Backstory: My mother-in-law is not that bright, but figures if she repeats herself often enough, then everything will be fixed to work the way she wants. She's overwhelmed by modern technology, but at the same time is ALWAYS right because she's 'older'. Also, she wants everything for free or at the lowest possible price, which is why she won't admit that her mobile phone (that we gave her) is broken.
= Mother-in-Law
R= my husband
Mishi/me = me
This story takes place over 3 days.
Day 1:
Hey Mishi, send R over will you? I need him to swap my SIM card into a different phone right now because this one is playing up. I charged it and it got hot so now I'm using a different phone.
Me: Well he has to drop the munchkin off at kindy, then go to work so he'll have to do it this afternoon.
So he'll be here in a few minutes then? Great!
I handed the home phone off to R, who had to explain several times why he couldn't fix the phone right that instant, then handed it off to his younger brother who starts work a little later.
Afternoon of Day 1:
Yeah, I only had it charging for 12 HOURS, then it got really hot so I took it off of the charger, then sort of waited sorta like 10 minutes, then it wouldn't turn on. I sorta waited a while, until it was cool, then I tried charging it for 4 hours, then it got hot and didn't even sorta say it was like charging.
Me: 12 hours???
Yeah, and it's stupid because I sorta only bought the new battery a coupla months ago, so I'll take it back and get them to change it. It's their fault for selling such a bad product, right? And I'll make sure I gets a discount too!
Me: Ummm okay, good luck with that!
Day 2:
I received a call about how to fix the texting ability on her borrowed phone so that the words are right, because it's broken. (Auto-spell) I fail to explain it correctly over the phone and get told that she's take it back to her sister because she obviouly knows more.
Day 3:
*sitting at the table, phones in front* Stupid people, gave me ANOTHER bad battery, my old one usta last for a week and this one don't even last for sorta two days!
R: How long did you charge it for?
They said it was charged! But its not charging and it just gets warm!
R: *Picks up phone, rattling sound comes out* I think its broken Mum.
Hang on, I'm fixing that *pulls apart other phone* here give me that, I wanna put this battery in that phone.
R: But it's a different model from a different brand!
Still a mobile phone though, you'd think they'd make it so it'll fit. *Tries to insert battery* Stupid phone companies, trying to rip everyone off! *Tries again*
Everyone: Leave it alone!
I'll just go to the place they gave me a card for, they said the bloke there would fix it. See? *shows R the card*
R: Mum, we have that store down the road!
But they said he could fix it! So I'ma gonna go ask him, make sure he does it for cheap too!
Am I the only one that thinks that the battery store is sending her to someone in the chain that they hate? Kudos to them for separating her from her beloved phone for a night of testing! Tomorrow we get to explain that it is stuffed and she needs a new one, oh joy
= Mother-in-Law
R= my husband
Mishi/me = me
This story takes place over 3 days.
Day 1:
Hey Mishi, send R over will you? I need him to swap my SIM card into a different phone right now because this one is playing up. I charged it and it got hot so now I'm using a different phone.
Me: Well he has to drop the munchkin off at kindy, then go to work so he'll have to do it this afternoon.
So he'll be here in a few minutes then? Great!
I handed the home phone off to R, who had to explain several times why he couldn't fix the phone right that instant, then handed it off to his younger brother who starts work a little later.
Afternoon of Day 1:
Yeah, I only had it charging for 12 HOURS, then it got really hot so I took it off of the charger, then sort of waited sorta like 10 minutes, then it wouldn't turn on. I sorta waited a while, until it was cool, then I tried charging it for 4 hours, then it got hot and didn't even sorta say it was like charging.
Me: 12 hours???
Yeah, and it's stupid because I sorta only bought the new battery a coupla months ago, so I'll take it back and get them to change it. It's their fault for selling such a bad product, right? And I'll make sure I gets a discount too!
Me: Ummm okay, good luck with that!
Day 2:
I received a call about how to fix the texting ability on her borrowed phone so that the words are right, because it's broken. (Auto-spell) I fail to explain it correctly over the phone and get told that she's take it back to her sister because she obviouly knows more.
Day 3:
*sitting at the table, phones in front* Stupid people, gave me ANOTHER bad battery, my old one usta last for a week and this one don't even last for sorta two days!
R: How long did you charge it for?
They said it was charged! But its not charging and it just gets warm!
R: *Picks up phone, rattling sound comes out* I think its broken Mum.
Hang on, I'm fixing that *pulls apart other phone* here give me that, I wanna put this battery in that phone.
R: But it's a different model from a different brand!
Still a mobile phone though, you'd think they'd make it so it'll fit. *Tries to insert battery* Stupid phone companies, trying to rip everyone off! *Tries again*
Everyone: Leave it alone!
I'll just go to the place they gave me a card for, they said the bloke there would fix it. See? *shows R the card*
R: Mum, we have that store down the road!
But they said he could fix it! So I'ma gonna go ask him, make sure he does it for cheap too!
Am I the only one that thinks that the battery store is sending her to someone in the chain that they hate? Kudos to them for separating her from her beloved phone for a night of testing! Tomorrow we get to explain that it is stuffed and she needs a new one, oh joy
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