“We got my mother in law a cell phone for her b-day. When we began to enter numbers into her contacts list, she protested. Saying that she did not want all those people to know her number.”

“My professor tried to ease the class into a question by asking “What calendar does the United States of America use?” A girl in front of my whispered to her friend, “I think it’s the Mayan”. The other girl promptly raised her hand and announced “Um… the Mayan!”

“Even though we have Verizon Fios, which has a guide built right in, my parents insist on using the channel guide in the newspaper and reading it out loud to each other so they can decide what to watch.”

“My mother still types with two fingers and needs help turning on her laptop. Despite my misgivings, we bought her an iPad for Christmas. After opening the box and removing the protective cover, she tried to pry apart the iPad’s metallic casing. $600 well spent.”

“My housemate just asked me how much a new printer would cost. She already owns one. The reason she wanted to upgrade? Her old one ran out of black ink…”

“I work as a manager at a well known Italian restaurant. A woman complained about her steak and demanded a free meal. I asked what the problem was and she said the steak was too bloody and under-cooked. I asked how she wanted it and she said ‘rare’. I told her that’s what a rare steak was and she promptly told me she had only heard people in restaurants order steaks ‘rare’ and thought it meant that the steaks were “hard to find”.”