Illustrative, but sad, story felix. I am glad she quit too. Me thinks that today's operating
modus operandi, especially its dependence and emphasis on technology, leads to a more frustrated and angry society than in prior year's.
Yesterday, at my son's house on Xmas eve, he was doing something for "stress relief"--downloading iTunes, setting up a music library, etc. Well, he works with computers all the time, but, unlike us, he doesn't "fool" with computers. So, the more and more he "relieved stress" the more and more he got stressed. He got in deeper and deeper and started asking me questions. The more I "helped" the more the "stress relief" worked against him because he was not quite up to taking the actions I would suggest. Eventually, he got things to the point his new laptop, which is his work computer, wouldn't start up--which led to more and more stress. I asked if he had a Vista disk. He said he didn't know/think so--that his computer techs don't always provide him with everything he needs. I said, OK, it's a Dell; the disk would be called something like "For the Reinstallation of Operating System." He found it, but had to leave immediately for his workout. Well, it took me about two minutes to straighten things out--repairing startup and making iTunes the default music player for simplicity. I got him the cabling he would need to connect his iPod to his Bose system.
When he got home he was very happy, and has had stress relief ever since. But, goodness, the pressures technology deals to most mortals can make their lives much more stressful. For us, its more like, "oh darn, I have to reinstall my operating system and all my software again."
