Yeah. I have an engineering degree, a PhD in physics, I code, and I build IoTs for fun -- and I did not manage to use the new water cooler at the office.
I tried all the tricks gathered over 40 years of dealing with ever-evolving technology and then this WTF of not being able to switch on water.
It happens, not everyone catches on to new tech. And then I heard my whole team explain among them where a "working water cooler" is. Fortunately, one of them knew how to use the closest one. The whole herd (me included) trotted for a demonstration and now I know that I have to press 3 buttons, then when the incorrect button is lit up, I need to continuously press the small "start" triangle which you see in video programs. All the lights flicker, something something and, tadaaam, the water flows.
I have the same problem when I have to use a shower I do not know. This reminds me a time when I was trekking and saw my friends taking a shower under the faucet of the shower (yeah, the shower had a faucet) because they did not work out what needed to be pulled, turned, pushed, and whatnot.
I was in Malaysia and used the toilet in my hotel room. The handle was broken and was just turning idly. Since I was leaving for dinner, I told the reception desk that it was broken. They told me it would need fixed right away.
I got back two hours later, check the toilet and it is still broken. Call the desk, they're sending an "engineer" right away. The guy comes in, goes to the toilet, I show him that the handle is just turning idly.
He looks at me, surrounds my shoulders with his arm and tells me "I will show you".
Proceeds to turn the handle the other way round and, tadaam, the water flushes...
I tried all the tricks gathered over 40 years of dealing with ever-evolving technology and then this WTF of not being able to switch on water.
It happens, not everyone catches on to new tech. And then I heard my whole team explain among them where a "working water cooler" is. Fortunately, one of them knew how to use the closest one. The whole herd (me included) trotted for a demonstration and now I know that I have to press 3 buttons, then when the incorrect button is lit up, I need to continuously press the small "start" triangle which you see in video programs. All the lights flicker, something something and, tadaaam, the water flows.
I have the same problem when I have to use a shower I do not know. This reminds me a time when I was trekking and saw my friends taking a shower under the faucet of the shower (yeah, the shower had a faucet) because they did not work out what needed to be pulled, turned, pushed, and whatnot.