Well, I blew it.

mehnyblooms thought this was worth mentioning said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 1:52pm ET

My Mother was reading a book that had a robot vacuum in it and she said “how cute! I wish I had one”. So, Meh had one for sale and I thought “score!”. She unwrapped it this morning, and kinda wrinkled her nose and said “I can’t use this… can you return it?” It was supposed to be the piece de resistance! Shucks. I thought she would really be excited about it. Oh well.

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RiotDemon said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 1:53pm ET:

Bummer.

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Kidsandliz said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 2:28pm ET:

No good deed goes unpunished? Sorry you struck out. Not your fault though. I would have concluded the same thing (that she would have liked one).

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- @Kidsandliz I know, right? She says I don’t listen to her, but when I do… well, her birthday is coming up in 7 months. Maybe I’ll do better then. I hope your Christmas was happy.
  
  mehnyblooms said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 2:38pm ET
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ruouttaurmind said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 3:24pm ET:

<sigh>

I know how you feel. I’m sorry this one didn’t work out. I’m sure she appreciated the thought and the effort. Maybe revisit the topic in a couple days and possibly even set it up for her and convince her to try it out for a bit to see what it’ll do for her?

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- @ruouttaurmind Good idea. I’ll get it charged up and running and then maybe she’ll see that it really is helpful. She is 84 years old and doesn’t need to be running that heavy vacuum around the house every day. Thanks for the advise.
  
  mehnyblooms said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 3:45pm ET
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sammydog01 said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 3:47pm ET:

On the bright side you just scored a sweet Roomba for yourself. Go power that puppy up!

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- @sammydog01 I said I bought this from Meh. You think Meh sells Roomba’s? HaHa Ha. Thanks for the laugh. Merry Christmas.
  
  mehnyblooms said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:23pm ET
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- @mehnyblooms Meh has sold Roombas many times but none in the past two years.
  
  cengland0 said Tue, Dec 26th 2017 at 7:58am ET
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- @cengland0 You’re right. My mistake. Thanks.
  
  mehnyblooms said Tue, Dec 26th 2017 at 8:16am ET
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Flipit said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 4:59pm ET:
1. There is your root issue. My mom is 87, and I’m in the process of removing every bit of technology from her life whatsoever. She just doesn’t (and cannot) appreciate any device like that.
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- @Flipit We got my 89 year old mom hooked up with the Geek Squad because we live out of town and couldn’t stand calls about the computer anymore. She can drive over and visit them. Have fun, Geek Squad.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:07pm ET
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- @Flipit My mom was just the opposite. She was almost 80 when she developed this fascination for tech stuff, especially computers. (Me? Nope!) Anyway, I had to learn so that I could teach her. And then she would buy, buy, buy crap.
  
  I have found 3 printers, 1 roomba, one very nice little laptop, two TV’s and all sorts of new, unused stuff tucked away at her house.
  
  It looked like she had my “learning” days all planned out for me.
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:09pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  She was almost 80 when she developed this fascination for tech stuff, especially computers. (Me? Nope!)
  
  You didn’t develop a tech fascination when you were almost 80?
  
  I could sworn you did … but …
  
  Such a long time ago; I’m no longer certain of those ancient memories.
  
  /giphy Jurassic Park
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:17pm ET
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- @f00l Gawd, I hate you.
  
  Edit: How do you know that I’m not at least 80?
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:20pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  I have always assumed you are several millennia past 80.
  
  Have I been a tiny bit off the exact age, all these years?
  
  Apologies!
  
  /giphy "land before time"
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:26pm ET
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- @f00l
  Wrong color.
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:29pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  Colors were different before time started.
  
  Think back. You remember!
  
  Here was purple, back then:
  
  /image “taupe”
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:32pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  How do you know that I’m not at least 80?
  
  Math and logic.
  
  mflassy said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:37pm ET
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- @mflassy
  
  I used math.
  I used logic.
  
  I also used “torment potential”.
  
  Quod Erat Demonstrandum
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 5:41pm ET
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- @mflassy
  @f00l
  I do not believe in math and logic.
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 6:33pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  Heh. But I do.
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:01pm ET
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- @Barney When I think of a purple dinosaur named Barney, that’s not what I pictured…
  
  spitfire6006006 said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:13pm ET
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- @spitfire6006006 I’ve been on a diet.
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:22pm ET
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- @f00l So you are telling me that you use logic?
  Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
  
  Barney said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:24pm ET
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- @Barney Well, it’s probably good to not hang around a bunch of children all the time as well
  
  spitfire6006006 said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:37pm ET
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- @Barney
  
  I use my logic.
  
  Tho there’s nothing at all personal about my logic (at least in formal terms).
  
  Think about how “sufficiently advanced tech” looks just like magic (or like bullshit) under certain circumstances.
  
  So how does one tell which label applies?
  
  I can (theoretically) answer that one, also.
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:50pm ET
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- @spitfire6006006 “Well, it’s probably good to not hang around a bunch of children all the time as well.” They are bad for a dinosaur’s diet, being so irresistably delicious. No one can eat just one.
  
  moondrake said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:56pm ET
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- @moondrake
  
  Awww, now.
  
  f00l said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:59pm ET
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kdemo said Mon, Dec 25th 2017 at 7:27pm ET:

Don’t take it personally, @mehnyblooms.
My mother, too, is in her 80s and has zero grace or empathy when rejecting gifts. It can hurt if you let it, but remember you did everything right.

You did not blow it.

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- @KDemo Thank you for the support. I take solace in the fact that she liked her other gifts (she picked them out, haha) and she was tickled by the meh.com t-shirt I got her.
  
  mehnyblooms said Tue, Dec 26th 2017 at 6:51am ET
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ChompyGator said Tue, Dec 26th 2017 at 1:40pm ET:

Maybe you needed to add googly eyes? Ups the cuteness factor…

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aetris said Tue, Dec 26th 2017 at 7:33pm ET:

I hate to say I told you so, but this is why you should always gift people with things you want to use or borrow yourself. Now you’ll either have to re-gift or start vacuuming your own home.

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