THE KID BROTHER has been experiencing technical difficulties.
"Chuck, have you been getting my emails?" I asked one week.
"It's gone!"
"What's gone?"
"I don't know! All of it. Kaput!"
"Can you open email on your phone?"
"No! It's broken! You'll fix it when you're here."
"That's not until September, Chuck. Take it into the office and see if someone can help you fix it."
"I'll figure it out. I'll take another look."
That was a month ago. Then, Sunday when we were supposed to FaceTime, he didn't call. So I phoned him.
"What did you do?!?" he demanded to know when he heard my voice.
"What do you mean?" I responded. "I waited for you to call on FaceTime."
"It's gone!" he said.
"What's gone? You can't find FaceTime on your iPad?"
"I don't know. It's all kaput. You'll fix it when you're here."
"Chuck, that's 9 months away. A woman could have a baby in that time."
"WHO'S havin' a baby?"
"No one. It was a joke," I said.
"Well, that's not funny, wise guy!"
"Chuck, take your phone and iPad into the office. I'm sure someone can get them working again."
"I'll see. I'll see."
EL HERMANITO HA tenido dificultades técnicas.
"Chuck, ¿Has estado recibiendo mis correos electrónicos?" pregunté una semana.
"¡Se fue!"
"¿Qué se fue?"
"¡No lo sé! ¡Todo! ¡'Kaput!'"
"¿Puedes abrir el correo electrónico en tu teléfono?"
"¡No! ¡Está roto! Lo arreglarás cuando tú estés aquí".
"Eso no es hasta septiembre, Chuck. Llévalo a la oficina y mira si alguien puede ayudarte a arreglarlo".
"Lo resolveré. Lo echaré otro vistazo".
Eso fue hace un mes. Entonces, el domingo cuando se suponía que íbamos a FaceTime, él no llamó. Así que lo llamé por teléfono.
"¿¡¿Qué hiciste?!?" exigió saber cuándo escuchó mi voz.
"¿Qué quieres decir?" Yo respondí. "Esperé a que llamaras a FaceTime".
"¡Se fue!" él dijo.
"¿Qué pasó? ¿No puedes encontrar FaceTime en tu iPad?"
"No sé. Es todo 'kaput.' Lo arreglarás cuando estés aquí".
"Chuck, eso es dentro de nueve meses. Una mujer podría tener un bebé en nueve meses".
"¿Quién está tenido un bebé?"
"Nadie. Fue una broma", dije.
"¡Bueno, no es divertido, tonto!"
"Chuck, lleva tu teléfono y tu iPad a la oficina. Estoy seguro de que alguien puede hacer que funcionen de nuevo".
"Ya lo veré. Ya lo veré".
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| THE KID BROTHER (RIGHT) AND HIS ROOMMATE CHRIS, WHEN FACETIME WASN'T KAPUT. EL HERMANITO Y SU COMPAÑERO DEL PISO CHRIS, CUANDO FACETIME NO ERA 'KAPUT.' |
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| THAT FABULOUS FACE (FROM TWO WEEKS AGO). ESE ROSTRO FABULOSO (DESDE HACE DOS SEMANAS). |
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| THAT FABULOUS FACE IN 1965. ESE ROSTRO FABULOSO EN 1965. |
He is a charmer.
ReplyDeleteWilma:
DeleteOur conversations are like an Abbott and Costello routine.
such a cutie!
ReplyDeleteanne marie:
DeleteHe was adorable AND difficult. In pictures, he is only adorable. Thankfully, he's no longer difficult in such serious ways. And he's still adorable.
Sending you a message maybe, Mitchell? This made me smile but I imagine it is frustrating when kid brother starts 'playing with you'!! If he wasn't so darn cute!!
ReplyDeleteJim:
DeleteI get so much practice talking in circles!
I like the Kid Brother a lot.
ReplyDeleteBob:
DeleteSo do I (fortunately)!
Honestly! Youngsters nowadays are hopeless!
ReplyDeleteRay:
DeleteI asked him about the weather. He told me it was "... a nice day, not cold." I asked later if he was going out. He said, "Are you nuts? It's freezin' out there!"
Would he go to the Apple store if you made an appointment? My middle brother bought his first smart phone a few months ago, over dinner last Sunday my cousin set up his first email account and a facebook account for him. We will see if he ever uses either of them.
ReplyDeleteTravel:
DeleteHe would love the Apple Store if someone were with him. He couldn't manage that exchange/conversation/process independently. He has no fear of technology, which is good and bad. He's not afraid to press buttons ... and he presses buttons that shouldn't be pressed.
That's a bit frustrating! At least you can still call him though. Is there someone there that you could call to ask to help him? Maybe he is having a hard time with asking for help
ReplyDeleteCheapchick:
DeleteI like to give him a lot of time to get around to going himself to the office that manages the residences. If it's finally clear he won't, I then email them and let them know he needs help. I don't want him to always rely solely on me to address issues for him. It mostly works.
Very smart and it seems he got it worked out for himself :)
DeleteTell him to use the computer at the library. I'm typing on one now.
ReplyDeleteKirk:
DeleteThe thought of that made me laugh out loud. How close are you to Brooklyn? Maybe you can take him to the library and teach him how to do that. I don't even want to think about THAT process.
Oh no! That's not good.
ReplyDeleteJudy:
DeleteI wish I knew what he was doing to these things. One time (for a month) he had no email on his phone. It was "kaput." Then, suddenly, "I fixed it." "How," I asked. "Don't worry. I figured it out." If he still hasn't gotten help by the time we talk tomorrow, I'll email the office and ask them to help him.
never a dull moment - in English and in Spanish !
ReplyDeleteSpo:
DeleteI never know if Who's on first or What's on second?