My wife used to teach computers to kindergarteners. One day she was trying to teach a slightly challenged boy how to double-click. She told him, "Put your mouse over the picture and double-click."The little boy's brow furrowed and he pressed his finger to the mouse button.
Click.
"You need to double-click. That means click two times, right in a row."
Click.
"I said 'click two times.' Can you click two times for me?"
Click.
"How many times did I say to click?"
"Two times."
"And how many times did you click?"
"Once."
"Ok, so I need you to click twice. Two times, as fast as you can."
Click.
"Two times. I need you to click two times."
Click.
"Did you hear me say to click two times?
"Yes."
"So why aren't you clicking two times?"
"I don't know."
"Ok, so I need you to click two times, right in a row. Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"Ok, go ahead."
Click.
This apparently went on for another ten minutes, by which point my wife was nearly in tears. Finally she said, "Ok, I just want you to click a whole bunch of times. Just go click-click-click-click-click."
Which seemed to work, more-or-less, but God help this kid if he's ever got to do anything more advanced than Reader Rabbit. I hear he's working for WinSave these days.
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| posted by Diesel at Friday, October 27, 2006 |
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Wow
This explains so much, they are hiring kindergarten computer class drop outs!
No wonder out sourcing is so popular.
For some strange reason this reminds me of a story a friend told me. If used to work in an auto parts store and a big black guy once came in and asked for a "single car len [sic]". My friend said "You mean you want one car lens". The customer got ornery "No! I said I want one len, not more than one."
My friend didn't pursue the matter any further.
kitty-garten? totally cute. and i'm guessing that kid is, in fact, working at WinSav even as you fax. (what did that mean? i dunno, *you're* the one who was talking about faxing and calling and e-mailing yesterday. sigh. apparently this was only funny in my head...)
I refaxed today. I'll see if that gets me anywhere.
BTW, I found out what happened to this kid.
axytdwdc?!?! What, are you kidding me with this?!
Oh, that is sooooo bad! Funny though.
if laughing at that is wrong... i don't wanna be right.
your wife must be very relieved to know that kid was able to find gainful employment. one less mouth off welfare, right? xox
Hilarious.
dan - That's pretty funny. What's a single car lens?
cindra - Yes, it is, both.
neva - Sometimes you have to laugh...
michelle - Thanks! Actually, I should thank my wife. I just typed it up. Thanks for stopping by.
I can manage the double click process, but I must hold my hands up in front of me with fingers together and thumbs extended to remember which is left and which is right. Slows the computerizing process down.
Man, that's one of those teacher moments where you are just biting your lip and trying to remain calm.
I get similar things at the college level teaching graphic design. But you can never lose your cool no matter how much you want to shout "YOU MORON!"
There, that felt good. Thanks for the therapy, dude.
Hello,
I'm a representative from WinSave and I resent these comments. All of our employees have either a high school diploma or equivalent and six months of sobriety through mandatory drug treatment. It is important for society to give people a second or third... or fourth chance in life. I, myself used to have a drug problem and now I am a manager at WinSave... woah... what is that thingy? That is so cool... It's like a little tiny fuzzball on my screen that looks like that Horton Hears a Who thing. Did you ever think that there could be like worlds inside of worlds or... what were we talking about?
goldennib - You should do what I did: cut off one of your arms.
Tom - Yes, my wife has the patience of a saint. But then you probably already figured that out.
anonymous - Snap out of it! And check your friggin' fax machine! I drew a picture on my fax of two cute bunnies hugging under a rainbow just for you.
And yes, there are other worlds, but you'll be happy to know that this one has the best cheeseburgers.
yriheo: yer-EE-hee-oh (n) Someone who has been promoted to a position of authority by default, thanks to the even greater incompetence of those around him.
Hummmm a kid with ODD (oppositional defiance disorder) yay!