I do not have the right temperment for tech support

[odditycollector]

 
"I've been using Yahoo since I got my first computer. And I like Yahoo, it seems to go everywhere, but now my son is talking about this new thing. He says it's better. It's called something like... Firefox? So what do you like better, Firefox or Yahoo?"

HOW DO YOU EVEN ANSWER THAT QUESTION YOU GUYS.

 
(For the record, I went with,
*stammering explanation of why my face has just twisted into a funny expression*
*silence*
"You know, I think if you can get on the internet now, you are obviously doing something right and should keep on doing *exactly that same thing*!"

Comments

[vagabondsal.livejournal.com]

Poooooooossibly she means the Yahoo! browser that comes with the service installation bundle? Umm. Still. That's...special, that is.

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

I gathered it was IE with Yahoo as the homepage? But my brain was expecting "Google" at the end of his trying to remember what it was called, and I totally did the mental equivalent of missing the last step and faceplanting into the carpet.

How am I going to explain the mental carpetburn on my nose?!