Hodge Podge Seniors online
Sitting watching some TV. this evening I was struck by this thought, at least five out of the seven adverts I have just watched were all about on-line activities or contacting companies online. Now that’s all well and good, fine and dandy, but what happens if you are not an online, up to the minute, go-go granny, hip chick or guy that just isn’t eau fey with the Internet and computers?
When we moved into our present house we had to wait for our broadband to be installed and it took an age, ordered in November, it was smartly installed in February. During that time we had to go to Internet cafés to get online.
Most companies want you to contact them by e-mail, to apply for jobs or order you shopping from a large local supermarket it’s all on-line.
Also nobody seems to take into account the struggle that seniors face and that’s not good enough.
How on earth are they supposed to know what to do? Some of our older friends can’t even turn on a computer and I know at least one of my friends won’t even have one in the house. I know that there are organizations out there that will help seniors, but again contacting them is by phone or by e-mail. So it’s a catch 22 situation for them.
So next time you are tapping away on your keyboard have a little thought for the oldies who can’t.
I lost count over the rest of the evening of just how many other adverts had e-mail addresses on them, they were all singing and dancing, contact us on…@ ……
Does anybody do any work or are we all online all the time surfing endlessly looking for that perfect house with delivered groceries in our new clothes that arrived by courier with fresh flowers.
Don’t get me wrong, when it works it’s great, but if you happen to be one of the seniors that slip through the net and you can’t e-mail or surf the web, life can be harder, not everyone has a computer or is well enough to hop on a bus to go shopping and have to rely on family, friends or neighbours to get things done.
Keeping in tough is easier too, if not e-mails there’s skype or messenger on Facebook, but they all require one thing….. you’ve guessed it, the Internet.
Go visit your loved ones or ring them and whilst you’re there give them the low-down on the Internet. I was lucky enough to grown up with the rush of technology we now take for granted. I can text, message, e-mail or skype. I am that go-go granny, that hip chick. I found that using the Internet can be informative and fun, interesting and wonderful, especially when one of our children want to skype. The privilege of them taking time from their busy day and also allowing for any time difference just to say hi is priceless. I enjoy a good natter and I love them for it.
Try to stay connected, either physically or on the web, give grandma or granddad a crash course on computing, think about how you would feel if you weren’t on-line and didn’t know how. Teach someone else how.
Remember big companies we weren’t all born with the ability to connect.