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Do you sometimes lose your patience when dealing with a co worker or friend who is barely capable of using a computer or smart phone? (lemmy.world)

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[-] odium@programming.dev 80 points 3 months ago

It's not annoying when they can't do it. It's aggravating when they refuse to learn to do it and just want you to do the whole thing for them every single time.

[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 27 points 3 months ago

And then they say "you never show me how to do anything!"

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 months ago

Or, they act like they understand when you do show them, but go strait to the boss the next time and complain that you refuse to show them..

[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago

I was a cashier at Walmart, once upon a time. The new guy i had to train refused to look at the corner of the screen to read the totals back to the customers. When I pointed it out that he should get in the habit of doing so his response was "I don't feel that i should have to do that."

I just... Walked away and got the supervisor to assign him a different trainer. I refuse to train someone above the age of 25 with that attitude.

[-] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 months ago

What did he do instead? Just stare at them wordlessly until they produced currency?

[-] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

Something like "you can swipe your card now," or similar.

[-] watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 months ago

A minimalist approach.

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