80 Of The Funniest Times That Old People Failed At Using Technology Correctly
Even I, a member of Gen Zor a digital native as they call it, who grew up with technology, feel like Iām falling behind in knowing about all the new apps, glitzy phones, computers, and who knows what else. So imagine the struggle of those who were raised on magazines, TVand radio. They simply arenāt used to things advancing this quickly, so their attempts at technology are usually full of trial and error, which we sometimes canāt help but find hilarious.This TikTok recently invited people to share many such instances, which we gathered in the list below for a little weekend pick-me-up. To find these stories, all you have to do is scroll down!
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when Facebook used to prompt you to write a status by saying how are you today, my dad posted I’m good who’s this
My dad got asked to officiate a wedding once. He spent months on a ācourseā. We told him he can just get a daily thing at the court house. No mam, this man made himself a full on PASTOR without knowing it.
my grandma used to think Obama was posting to her when heād post on Facebook so sheād reply to all his posts something like āthank you for letting me know, Mr. President.ā
My grandma tries to play solitaire with me on Facebook and shares it to her timeline and tags me when itās my turnā¦
My mom called a stranger about a thousand times to vote for American idol and he politely took her vote each time.
My grandpa hears you mention youāre not feeling good in any capacity and he does a whole Google research, prints, binds & laminates his findings to help you
my grandma tried to order my aunt chandelier earrings for her birthday and accidentally order a MOTORIZED DENTAL CHAIR.
Mine asked me for directions to the closest App Store
My grandma has 24 Facebook profiles bc when she forgets her password sheāll make another
my dad called me upset he couldnt log in to his email. I went over and he was typing his password into Google search
MY MOM DID THAT WITH UBER FOR ME!! she was like āthereās no reason your driver needs to know you social security number. i was like ??? mom delete everything youāre doing
My mom once sent me a screenshot of her phone home screen to try to show me the crack in it
My mom took a personality test and somehow got Scientology books sent to our house
my dad tried booking a holiday to canada online and managed to somehow apply for citizenship instead
I couldnāt call my mom for a week because it would go straight to voicemail so I thought she died and called the hospital. Turns out she blocked me and couldnāt figure out how to unlock meā¦
One time my aunt was showing my family how instacart worked and accidentally accepted a cart and had to go shop and deliver it lol
Mine deleted maps from both his & my moms phones bc he thinks thatās how the govt tracks him
My mom somehow defaulted her uber to Africaā¦she lives in upstate NYā¦.
My aunt is constantly posting random peopleās names as her facebook status. Sheās trying to search for the personās page.
My grandma shared a pic of a random garden. Then she commented on that same post later saying āwow, you have a beautiful garden.ā Then later she replied to her own comment and said āyou should come see my garden one day.ā A post 3 comments and an invitation and it was all her. Bless her sweet heart!
My dad once got really excited that āTaylor Swift had tweeted at him.ā In fact, he had just received an email notification that sheād posted something on twitter
My grandma will screen shot my pictures then print them out and give them to me as Christmas gifts
yesterday i found my mom recording on her phone, a YouTube video playing on her laptop because she wanted to listen to the song again
My grandma wrote āLOLā on someoneās Facebook post about their husband dying. She thought it meant lots of love š she called me asking why everyone in the comments was upset š
My dad takes photos by opening the notes app, pressing the paper clip, then selecting take photo. And then wonders where his pictures go.
My dad will post a video on Facebook and in the parts where it says “comment” he will literally put “No comment”
My grandparents tried to sign up for Instagram and immediately got a 30 day ban??
my mom took a picture of her computer screen because she wanted me to see something. she printed the picture and then took a picture of the picture she printed and emailed it to me.
My mom couldnāt figure out where the emoji keyboard was so she screenshotted a previously texted emoji and then cropped and pasted it into my text. It was like 4 pixels
My dad made an Instagram one day and ONLY followed Kim Kardashian and never logged back in.
my grandma posted a picture of her credit card to her Facebook story. No idea what she was even trying to do.
I had to explain to my grandma what Wi-Fi is and why itās different from Netflix and why you have to buy both
My grandpa thinks the emails he receives from Facebook are directly from me so whenever I post something I get a phone call from him telling me he got my email šš Iāve tried explaining it and that is what he believes
My sister put her own cell phone number as the “If found, call: …” number on her cell phone.
My Father-in-law signs all of his Facebook comments with ā-Garyā like Gary, we know who you are š
meanwhile my grandma who was in MEMORY CARE figured out how to order an uber for herself (she wasn’t allowed to leave)
We saw a house for sale that we were interested in. Decided to contact the (elderly) owners and they were confused. Turned out the husband put the house up for sale by accident
my grandma was watching a military going home video and accidentally live streamed her crying and posted it on facebook
My dad prints memes to bring to his cousins house to show him. Full page, full color prints.
My grandma firmly believes you can call in a Lyft and pay them when they pick you up, in cash. The concept that itās not a cab is not sinking in for her
my grandma was frustrated why she couldnāt open any of her apps. she was tapping on a screenshot of her home screen
Mine deletes recent calls from his phone because he thinks they can still hear him
My dad got a scam message on WhatsApp and was all freaked out after they āsent him a picture of him in his office asking when he took itā. How would they have gotten this picture of me?! It was his profile picture.
My nana just called me today because she accidentally posted a picture of herself without makeup on Facebook to tell me sheās suing the man from cricket who was at her house the day before because he MUSTVE posted that photo of her and sheās filing a formal complaint because she canāt fathom that it was her
my mom LITERALLY did this with Uber, and then thought she was ordering rides but she was really picking them up so they banned her since she wouldn’t show up
My grandma printed out the Dr appointment āclick to confirm appointmentā email
my dad tried to google something and got redirected to some other website and in the search bar he typed: āhello i was told 2 come 2 u 4 helpā
One time my mom couldnāt find her phone so she filled out the contact form on my business website saying ābrooke itās mom I lost my phone call meā
My mom had a random appliance repair company as her only emergency contact on her iPhone medical ID
My grandma was told she could see her Costco receipts in her app. I went onto her appā¦ she hadnāt logged in, but was searching receipts into the product search bar
my highschool teacher went live on facebook for 47 hours one time.
My dad made the whole fam smile and wave for a video to my brother on Thanksgiving and then posted it in a FB marketplace listing he made to sell antique bottles
My dad got lost in Olive Garden and used Google Maps to find the exit
My dad randomly āš®ā reacts my texts but he has no idea how it happens. He works on machines that test for nuclear radiation for a living.
My mom kept ordering Chipotle and she was confused as to why she would only get the tortilla š she never added anything ššš
My mom thought LOL meant log on later. So whenever she would be talking to people on Facebook or anything and see lol she just thought Facebook was too full for her to be on it so she would log off and go back later
Probably him on the app: āoh wow I didnāt know I could pick the color and model of the car that picked me up!ā
My grandma accidentally went live this morning, itās just her eyes peaking over the camera and her scrolling with Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter playing in the background
My dad signed up for Apple Music and instead of using the Apple Music app he purchased like $300 worth of songs from iTunes..
