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flapsdaddy
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My mum has a constant problem with electronics.....
Ever since she can remember she has been unable to where a clockwork watch, she will stop it dead within a few hours. Even a brand new one fully wound. But this is not just an analogue problem. Now we are in the digital age she has a digital problem. She cannot use most kind of electronic equipment, I thought it was her just her being a technophobe and doing things incorrectly. But the effects are so total and so consistant that it can't be a conincedence. Laptops come to a hault within about 2 months of her getting one (she only uses email on it, how much damage can you do?) When she goes in and out of shops she CONSTANTLY sets off the alarms as she walks through the door way alarm gates. When she pays on a card at a till, it often crashes. When she is working or doing anything with someone that involves electronics, she is constantly hearing frases like "it's never normally this slow" or "its never done that before" even if she is not the one using it. Her bank cards rarely swip properly and the info has entered by the tiller manually. She buys train tickets that won't be accepted by the machines. The other day she tried to check a book out of the library and when swiping her card and exiting through the electronic alarm gates and the entire system crashed with the words of the librarian: "its never done that before!" She bought a new phone 3 weeks ago and now it will not hold any charge. This is her second phone, the 1st did the same thing and it was a different make and model!
I have looked it up online but cannot find anything relevant and would love to know if any of you have ever come across anything like this!
Please help, as I am the one who always has to try and fix her electronics, knowing the problem might save me hours!
Ever since she can remember she has been unable to where a clockwork watch, she will stop it dead within a few hours. Even a brand new one fully wound. But this is not just an analogue problem. Now we are in the digital age she has a digital problem. She cannot use most kind of electronic equipment, I thought it was her just her being a technophobe and doing things incorrectly. But the effects are so total and so consistant that it can't be a conincedence. Laptops come to a hault within about 2 months of her getting one (she only uses email on it, how much damage can you do?) When she goes in and out of shops she CONSTANTLY sets off the alarms as she walks through the door way alarm gates. When she pays on a card at a till, it often crashes. When she is working or doing anything with someone that involves electronics, she is constantly hearing frases like "it's never normally this slow" or "its never done that before" even if she is not the one using it. Her bank cards rarely swip properly and the info has entered by the tiller manually. She buys train tickets that won't be accepted by the machines. The other day she tried to check a book out of the library and when swiping her card and exiting through the electronic alarm gates and the entire system crashed with the words of the librarian: "its never done that before!" She bought a new phone 3 weeks ago and now it will not hold any charge. This is her second phone, the 1st did the same thing and it was a different make and model!
I have looked it up online but cannot find anything relevant and would love to know if any of you have ever come across anything like this!
Please help, as I am the one who always has to try and fix her electronics, knowing the problem might save me hours!