stillgrowing, I used the printer story to convey a simple to explain example of how we miss communicat at the Lou house. I can actually get through the mechanical stuff with asking questions that require a yes or a no. When I do something like this for R issues I have to ask so many questions because I do not seem to ask the most important ones.
Also W inputs too many side issues and has a difficult time sticking to ONE subject. To me, I like solving one problem at a time. To her they are all related, which they are, but little repairs seem easier to handle.
I am learning to not jump in to solve W's problems as much. I wait until she asks for help. Instead of solving the problem for her I try to have her repeat what I do to arrive at a solution. I think it seems like too much work for her or she does not see the logic behind my process. I uess I am screwed up, watching too many Discovery Channel sciene programs on how things work or were built.
W knows I can find a solution in say 3 minuets where it would take her an hour and she would still not know how she got something to work. She would chalk it up to luck. I guess W thinks, if H can do it in 3 minuets, why should I(she) work at it for an hour maybe get if working, maybe not working.
W retired early because the hospital was implimenting a computerised medical supply dispensing / treatment policy. You had to log on to a computer, select the codes that apply to client, enter codes for supplies, servives rendered. Said the computers hated her, were too complicated, made them crash everytime she entered a code, never got the page she wanted, and so on. Took the class 2 or 3 times, same results.
Sorry for all of the complaints about W. Just want you to see how different W sees things than I see things sometimes.
