So, my dad got an iPhone.  Lori–you should stop reading now 🙂 He was able to text me using SIRI–impressive.  He called to check-in with me and we talked about the phone, etc.  He really is enjoying having advanced technology.  But he is having a problem setting up his email.

“I can’t get my phone’s email to work.”

“What do you mean, Dad.  You have to set it up.”

“I tried to .  I’ll just go back to the store and have them help.”

“Dad, it’s not their job to set up your email.”

“Well, I typed in my user name and password and the phone says it can’t guarantee that user name.”

“Dad, do you have a gmail account?”–really, I shouldn’t have to ask this question right?

“I’m setting it up on the phone.”

“No dad did you set it up already with gmail?”

“No.  When I did Lori’s I just set it up on the phone and it was really easy.”

“Dad,  you can’t set up your gmail account on your phone until you have done it online with gmail.”

“But I don’t want the email on my computer.”  WTF?  At this point I am trying not hard to laugh.

“It won’t be on your computer–it’ll be on the internet.”

“I just want to be able to get email on my phone.  I don’t want it on my computer.”

“Dad, it won’t be on your computer.  But you can check your gmail account from anywhere–computer, phone, anywhere that has the internet.”

“Oh.  So I just go online and set it up.”

“Yes.”

“But I don’t want it on my computer.”

I give up at this point.

“It will be on your phone.  You can check it from your computer–but it will be on your phone.” I am no longer unable to hid my laughing at this point.

“Okay.  I don’t want you kids making fun of me.”

Well…sorry dad.  That is what kids are for.  But I totally love you.