Current Events > At my job I sometimes encounter people who have never used a computer before

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Antifar 10/30/21 2:00:05 PM #1:	Maybe they have a smartphone or what have you, but a desktop or laptop computer is foreign to them. Often these are people for whom English is not their first language, which compounds the trouble on my end. Today I had a guy in his 50s or so tell me he'd never used a computer before, and when I showed him to his seat he said "oh, it's all buttons." It doesn't make them bad people or anything, it's just a bit jarring for me. --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:959536637] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>Maybe they have a smartphone or what have you, but a desktop or laptop computer is foreign to them. Often these are people for whom English is not their first language, which compounds the trouble on my end. Today I had a guy in his 50s or so tell me he'd never used a computer before, and when I showed him to his seat he said "oh, it's all buttons." It doesn't make them bad people or anything, it's just a bit jarring for me. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 10/30/21 2:02:02 PM #2:	What kind of field do you work in? I can't say I've ever had this experience, but I work in IT at an IT based organization, so it wouldn't make much sense if I did, lol. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:959536673] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>What kind of field do you work in? I can't say I've ever had this experience, but I work in IT at an IT based organization, so it wouldn't make much sense if I did, lol. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Brutal_Deluxe 10/30/21 2:02:23 PM #3:	We run sports for the students at the school I literally had to explain to a 20 year old who was training the under 15s that she had to use the mouse. She wasn't Irish and apparently at her last job in whatever country, everything was done by phone. Computers never existed so she had no clue that left click and right click were a thing. <cite>Brutal_Deluxe posted [p:959536678] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>We run sports for the students at the school I literally had to explain to a 20 year old who was training the under 15s that she had to use the mouse. She wasn't Irish and apparently at her last job in whatever country, everything was done by phone. Computers never existed so she had no clue that left click and right click were a thing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AldousIsDead 10/30/21 2:03:36 PM #4:	--- In simplicity, utility. Through utility, simplicity. <cite>AldousIsDead posted [p:959536701] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 10/30/21 2:04:14 PM #5:	I did tech support for Frontier around the time they bought lines from Verizon in West Virginia. I talked to multiple customers who couldn't read. I was confused about what they were going to use a computer for. --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:959536711] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>I did tech support for Frontier around the time they bought lines from Verizon in West Virginia. I talked to multiple customers who couldn't read. I was confused about what they were going to use a computer for. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Master_Bass 10/30/21 2:10:00 PM #6:	CableZL posted... I did tech support for Frontier around the time they bought lines from Verizon in West Virginia. I talked to multiple customers who couldn't read. I was confused about what they were going to use a computer for. While it would make using a computer much harder, they could still learn to use photoshop or something I'm sure if they're taught how to. I can't read Japanese, but I played Japanese RPG maker games enough to recognize what characters together say "save" and "load" even if I don't know why they stand for that. Also, a lot of things are the same between games, so you just get used to things and can find them pretty easily even if you can't read. --- Many Bothans died to bring you this post. <cite>Master_Bass posted [p:959536824] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>CableZL posted... </cite> <quote>I did tech support for Frontier around the time they bought lines from Verizon in West Virginia. I talked to multiple customers who couldn't read. I was confused about what they were going to use a computer for.</quote>While it would make using a computer much harder, they could still learn to use photoshop or something I'm sure if they're taught how to. I can't read Japanese, but I played Japanese RPG maker games enough to recognize what characters together say "save" and "load" even if I don't know why they stand for that. Also, a lot of things are the same between games, so you just get used to things and can find them pretty easily even if you can't read. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Njolk 10/31/21 2:59:45 PM #7:	I don't own a computer and use one like once a month They're on the way out imo --- Suffering is expecting things to last forever <cite>Njolk posted [p:959565194] in At my job ... [t:79735796]...</cite> <quote>I don't own a computer and use one like once a month They're on the way out imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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