JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

What do you do when someone complains that xxx ‘doesn’t work’ on their computer / phone / tablet and you try it and it works and you try to show them that it does … but they don’t ‘want a lesson’ they just ‘want it to work’? #AskingForAFriend

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@JohnPhilpin walk away. I've had this problem and the "I don't want to learn, I just want it to work"-attitude made me so angry that only solution for me was to avoid the whole situation

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seishonagon
seishonagon

@JohnPhilpin if you can’t walk away - try to have a 3rd party present (either with same problem, or “in training”, or just passing) It lowers the tantrumability potential of the initial idiot. Speaking from experience :-(

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@jemostrom @seishonagon all good … all understood … now if I told you that ‘the culprit’ is my better half … how would you handle it? 🤪

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@JohnPhilpin guess who I was talking about ...

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seishonagon
seishonagon

@JohnPhilpin ouch… yeah. Then patience, forbearance etc… :-)

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@jemostrom oh no .. really? Glad it’s not just me .. assuming I am right?

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@seishonagon I try. I really do!

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@JohnPhilpin Make yourself useful by providing tea/coffee and a smile.

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JohnPhilpin
JohnPhilpin

@SimonWoods 😜

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jemostrom
jemostrom

@JohnPhilpin 😂 I'm sure I'm equally bad when it comes to other things.

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