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I'll start.
My mom who is in her 70's and lives alone rarely watches anything other than the news on TV. She hasn't watched a DVD in a decade or more. So last week she decided she wanted to watch Manchester By the Sea with her friends. So I rent it for her and then show her what buttons to press on her Harmony remote. Very simple over all and she says she is good to go.
So a few days later I go to visit and she proceeds to ask me to help her with the TV/DVD so she says she watched everything just fine, BUT she was really frustrated by one thing. She asked me "How can I rewind the disk faster, it took forever!!"
So I tell her (after laughing my butt off) that she doesn't need to do that. Just take the disc out, put in case and return. She was convinced that if she didn't, the next renter would watch and the movie would start where she finished. This all stemmed from me telling her earlier that when she pauses or stops the movie, and restarts, it will start right where she left off.
Oh boy, we had a good laugh.
So, have your parents done anything crazy/nutty?
My mom who is in her 70's and lives alone rarely watches anything other than the news on TV. She hasn't watched a DVD in a decade or more. So last week she decided she wanted to watch Manchester By the Sea with her friends. So I rent it for her and then show her what buttons to press on her Harmony remote. Very simple over all and she says she is good to go.
So a few days later I go to visit and she proceeds to ask me to help her with the TV/DVD so she says she watched everything just fine, BUT she was really frustrated by one thing. She asked me "How can I rewind the disk faster, it took forever!!"
So I tell her (after laughing my butt off) that she doesn't need to do that. Just take the disc out, put in case and return. She was convinced that if she didn't, the next renter would watch and the movie would start where she finished. This all stemmed from me telling her earlier that when she pauses or stops the movie, and restarts, it will start right where she left off.
Oh boy, we had a good laugh.
So, have your parents done anything crazy/nutty?