Chapter 1: The Block Feature
I am from a generation who grew up with old school medium to DIY to technology keen. My Parents come from a generation who didn’t care about any such medium and now are leveraging technology because it’s the “IT” thing to do at this age and time. Their innocence is leveraging it in ways unrequired and one such usage is ‘The Block feature’.
Scene 1: I was casually sitting with my parents one fine morning, eating my mindful breakfast when my father’s phone rang loudly and I was waiting patiently for him to pick it up. He didn’t.
He just said one thing, “It’s fraud, no worries I have blocked it”.
Scene 2: My parents had a fall out with one of their far away neighbors and they blocked the numbers, all 6 of them (of a single person) and they so purely thought that’s the “IT” way of getting rid of someone.
Scene 3: I ended a long term relationship with my first trainer and kept the friendly relations alive by occasionally texting her. My father inquired whether or not I have blocked her contact number, I asked why, and he simply said because she is not your trainer anymore.
Verdict: Our lovely innocent baby boomers, poor sufferers who were forced to adopt the technology as their child and now have a love hate relationship with it. And the valuable lesson here is with big bold disclaimer, DO NOT SAVE YOUR PARENTS NUMBER AS EMERGENCY CONTACT. They will either block you or most probably have already done that. Be practical and let them explore.
