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Communication FUNdamentals
Aug. 10, 2006
Whining... with Humor! Whine and Cheese Party. Come on down!
I must admit that I am more than a little frustrated with technology
lately! Frankly, it doesn't take much to frustrate the
Technologically Challenged, but this week has seen its fill of
"technical difficulties"! If sitting back in my chair and
scratching my head doesn't fix the problem, my only other recourse is
to hit the keyboard again!
It's hard to keep your sense of Homeschooling with Humor
when Yahoo bounces your messages on a weekly basis. Each time I
have to reset my email address, and then go into each of my yahoo
groups to change the settings back from New and Improved (which in my
humble opinion is no longer new and not at all improved!) back to
Traditional. Yesterday I tried to click on the links at the
bottom of the post to get back to the group site and it kept taking me
to About.com! Only it was about...blank. lol
Color me confused on that one!
I am still trying to figure out
how to correct my little eNewsletter snaffoo I told you about the other
day. So far the vote is in and half of my subscribers got their
August newsletter just Peachy and the other half received it in varying
degrees of "Not so Peachy". It is apparently a typical HTML
newsletter issue that has many solutions but nothing that works for
every situation. So now this non Techie Type has to weigh the
pros and cons of some thing she knows virtually nothing about.
Film at 11!
Our garage door opener that was just installed
makes a loud clunking sound when you open it. I have a repair guy
coming over on Friday. That reminds me...I gotta find that hard
hat!
My computer started acting funny the other day,
only I'm not laughing! I found that every once in a while my
keyboard and/or my mouse will act as if my computer doesn't know it's
there. I have changed the batteries in both, but it appears that
the "little blue thingie" (technical term) that controls the wireless
keyboard and mouse has to be right next to them in order to function
properly. Fickle "little blue thingie" as it never wanted close
contact before!
My internet has been slow since it was
installed when we moved in two months ago. It has been procedure
to call customer service and have them "schedule a service call" that
someone may or may not show up for. Then we are to call in and
remind them that they were to come out. The next step is for them
to "escalate" it. We have no idea what this term means but I am
pretty sure it is code for "Get off my phone!" I may have to
resort to hiring Guido to get the cable company out here!
However, my phone doesn't always work correctly (oh Guido!!!).
Most of the time I hear a very nice echo of myself just about the time
the other person is speaking. Sometimes it makes a nice
harmony! Quite often it produces a gentle static effect that
corresponds perfectly to the other person's voice so that it is
virtually impossible to hear them. Occasionally it misinterprets
my speaking for hanging up. My fingers are getting pretty quick
on that keypad!
My cell phone delivers messages to me one to three days after the fact. I guess it doesn't want to interrupt me!
And finally my car brakes are still making that squeaking noise despite
the fact that the mechanic says he "can't duplicate the sound." I got a
tape recorder and I know how to use it!
I am beginning to feel
like that guy in the old Twighlight Zone who's appliances were after
him! If just one more Techno Doohickey has a nervous geardown, I
am going to have a conniption!
And now for the cheese... 
A little lesson in whining...with style!
From JoJo's Purple Crayon... 
Don't let your child graduate without the Art of Eloquence.Christian Speech Communication FUNdamentals. Because talk is cheap, but effective communication skills are priceless!
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Aug. 10, 2006 - Yikes!