My mom insisted that my grandma get a cell phone after Grandma got a flat tire at the grocery store and had a hard time getting it fixed and getting home. She, my aunt, and uncle all picked out a phone for Grandma, programmed in all sorts of numbers she might need to call, and each spent a day with her making sure she knew how to use it.
A few months later I asked Grandma how she liked her phone, and she said she didn't really enjoy using it much, but she felt guilty that her kids were paying the bill every month when she wasn't using it (like $15 because it was on one of their family plans), so she used it once a day to call the atomic clock line.
Post by Doggy Mommy on Aug 29, 2015 9:28:54 GMT -5
The bad tipping! Drives me crazy!!! Mil tips like 10%, my mom will ask me how much to tip and I tell her and she leaves half what I tell her, and Dh's grandma leaves A DOLLAR.
Post by cabbagecabbage on Aug 29, 2015 9:39:39 GMT -5
Honest question, what's up with minion memes? I'm not familiar with the minion movie but is there a reason to post sappy or sarcastic phrases over a picture of a minion? Is it meant to be "zany?"
Honest question, what's up with minion memes? I'm not familiar with the minion movie but is there a reason to post sappy or sarcastic phrases over a picture of a minion? Is it meant to be "zany?"
OMG. This girl I went to high school with posts an average of 5 of those fucking things every damn day. I barely talked to her in high school and haven't seen her in 15 years but I'm certain I hate her now. Not funny. Not clever.
They are so indecisive. Example: making dinner reservations. They agonize over it for days. "Which place is better? We could order the chicken at X place but the steak at Y place. But Z place is usually a little quieter at 6. But maybe we should go at 7 because we heard our friends went at 7 and had a very nice waiter. Maybe we could get the same waiter. But we really like the appetizers at X place. But the steak at Y!"
RAGE
Then when they have FINALLY made a decision and we are sitting at Y at 7:30 all they can talk about, while looking at the menu, is "maybe Z would have been better. I'm feeling like chicken tonight, maybe X would have been better." IT KILLS ME. They can enjoy nothing without comparing it to something else.
They are so indecisive. Example: making dinner reservations. They agonize over it for days. "Which place is better? We could order the chicken at X place but the steak at Y place. But Z place is usually a little quieter at 6. But maybe we should go at 7 because we heard our friends went at 7 and had a very nice waiter. Maybe we could get the same waiter. But we really like the appetizers at X place. But the steak at Y!"
RAGE
Then when they have FINALLY made a decision and we are sitting at Y at 7:30 all they can talk about, while looking at the menu, is "maybe Z would have been better. I'm feeling like chicken tonight, maybe X would have been better." IT KILLS ME. They can enjoy nothing without comparing it to something else.
My DH and I can never make a decision about dinner, and it's annoying. Yet, we cannot stop doing it.
It must be a hold over from when I was a kid and moved all the damn time. I'd always write my friends notes in class, and then mail them. Or a boyfriend I had who lived by my cousins, whom I'd visit every summer, and I'd write on fancy colored paper with my calligraphy pen. Lol
My mom will hardcore creep on Facebook, and then call me to ask questions about her finding. Things like "oh I saw that girl you went to camp with once was at a baby shower. Who's baby shower was it?" "Sarah said on Facebook *some dramatic vague-booking* status. Why would she ever say that?"
She will also unfriend people if she sees them a lot in real life, and doesn't understand why they want to be Facebook friends with her lol.
Oh my MIL does this too. She also won't like or comment on pictures I post, but will mention how she likes them when I see her.
If I have to show my dad how to upload music to his iPod ONE MORE TIME, you guys...
My mom says "make a copy" instead of print. Jesus Christ, Eileen, yeah I'm gonna roll out the mimeograph machine.
I feel like, "Jesus Christ, Eileen!" needs to follow in the footsteps of "What the fuck is the Philadelphia police department going to do about that, STEPHANIE!??!"
If I have to show my dad how to upload music to his iPod ONE MORE TIME, you guys...
My mom says "make a copy" instead of print. Jesus Christ, Eileen, yeah I'm gonna roll out the mimeograph machine.
I feel like, "Jesus Christ, Eileen!" needs to follow in the footsteps of "What the fuck is the Philadelphia police department going to do about that, STEPHANIE!??!"Â
I feel like, "Jesus Christ, Eileen!" needs to follow in the footsteps of "What the fuck is the Philadelphia police department going to do about that, STEPHANIE!??!"Â
My family is VERY exasperating!
"Jesus Christ, Eileen!" is the new "GODDAMMIT STEPHANIE."
My FIL insists (MIL, too, but mostly him) that the whole "La-a" urban legend is true, despite my showing them multiple Snopes and other articles that prove it is not. But, nope, they saw the paper with the name online, so it MUST be true.
They also tell the same stories approximately 15 times, even when we say we've already heard.
And love to tell us how they "don't know anything" and are "stupid about this stuff" This stuff being any and all electronics.
I feel like, "Jesus Christ, Eileen!" needs to follow in the footsteps of "What the fuck is the Philadelphia police department going to do about that, STEPHANIE!??!"Â
My family is VERY exasperating!
my mom use to get a lot of, "mom. mom. MOM. MOM. EILEEEEEEN."
I think she has learned to tune out the word mom. I can't blame her.
My mom will hardcore creep on Facebook, and then call me to ask questions about her finding. Things like "oh I saw that girl you went to camp with once was at a baby shower. Who's baby shower was it?" "Sarah said on Facebook *some dramatic vague-booking* status. Why would she ever say that?"
She will also unfriend people if she sees them a lot in real life, and doesn't understand why they want to be Facebook friends with her lol.
Oh my MIL does this too. Â She also won't like or comment on pictures I post, but will mention how she likes them when I see her.
This is my MIL, except she will email me about it. So I'll get 5 separate emails, all very vague because it's basically what she would say if she were to comment on a FB picture, but instead it's just a random, "oh that silly dog!" And that is the whole email. Sometimes it's just the subject line.
Post by eponinepontmercy on Aug 29, 2015 22:10:49 GMT -5
A few years ago, we figured out that MIL had been paying a monthly rental fee for their home phone. The actual phone. I think it added up to a few hundred dollars for a regular old corded phone. The phone company was very sad to see her go when she called to cancel that service.
DH ended up saving them over $100 a month by telling them to actually look at their phone and cable bills.
A few years ago, we figured out that MIL had been paying a monthly rental fee for their home phone. The actual phone. I think it added up to a few hundred dollars for a regular old corded phone. The phone company was very sad to see her go when she called to cancel that service.
DH ended up saving them over $100 a month by telling them to actually look at their phone and cable bills.
So, renting your phone ended in the '80s with the break-up of the phone company. Maybe she needed 30 years to adjust? Fun Fact: Requiring the phone to be rented was one of the core elements that made it a monopoly - and required the ultimate break-up.
My mom is in town. This has resulted in me yelling at her when in traffic (with my kids in the back) because her GASPing at a car resulted in me thinking the world was ending.
Also, her telling a couple who spoke no English ALL about the playground we went to today. They were so nice and nodded politely the whole time. SO NICE. It was bad enough DD was running around the restaurant and they were kind to her, I didn't need her to stop them as they were trying to escape all about our day. Even DS asked what she was doing!
And also, she never has her phone on. Must always tell her if I'm going to call her so she has it on. She won't go on Facebook but wants me to tell her what her friends are up to. Why am I friends with them? Am I an old?!?! All I know is I got a fantastic picture off her BFFs page so she could get her a great photo gift. LOL
I want in! I love cards. I can spend far too long reading every card at Hallmark and chuckling to myself. My dd calls me grandma. Lol
Yes! and all the "I hate snail mail' people will be jealous. lol
I want in! I LOVE mail. I get the mail every day and get so excited for "real" mail. DH checked his mail maybe twice a month before we met. Does. Not. Compute.
Post by JayhawkGirl on Aug 30, 2015 0:30:00 GMT -5
And to the original topic at hand... DH's aunt and uncle are convinced they pay per minute their phone is turned on. 1. no 2. Made it impossible to reach them during a family emergency. 3. No 4. If so - IF - get yourself to the sprint store pronto!
My dad insists on using the speakerphone on his cordless phone all the time. It's impossible to talk to him since it cuts him out anytime there's sound from my end. I have a 1 & 5 year old. We are on a constant dull roar over here.
MIL... I could go on and on and on. So I'll just say I have rum in my diet coke 95% of the time I'm around her.
My mom isn't old, just older, but she thinks that any sort of Internet interaction equals instant identity stealing. She also will think things like her phone or computer are broken if they have minor glitches and pay hundreds of dollars to scam artist gadget fixers who prey on people not in the know.
My mom bitches constantly about how her email never loads, how she can never see pictures on her computer, and that pages freeze, and every time I tell her that it's because she's using $10/month Walmart DIAL UP and the if she'd get broadband she'd be a thousand times happier. Then she gets all pouty about it, because CHANGE and "I don't need fast internet like you do."