We drove home from church today and the electricity was out. The garage wouldn’t open but that revelation wasn’t enough to convince the kids that there truly was no power. They immediately ran through the house turning lights on and off and checking all of their favorite electronic devices.
No juice.
Its Sunday so if there ever was a good day to be without power, this one is it.
My kids wanted to call their grandparents and so we plugged in the “emergency” phone. You know, the one with the long cord…the one you can’t walk around with. Yep, that one. We still haven’t switched over to digital phones and on days like today, I am grateful.
“Ok, mom, what is grandma’s number?” Ava called from the hall where the phone was plugged in.
“It’s on the list on the wall.”
I listened as she and Ethan collaborated together eventually dialing the correct number.
“Um, mom?” Ethan asked.
“Yes?”
“Uh, how do you hit “talk”?”
I laughed out loud. Who knew we were already so far removed from the traditional “phone” that my kids wouldn’t really know how to use one.
“Just put it to your ear and talk. There is no button, you just have to dial.”
They hardly believed me, but with a small amount of convincing they finally brought the alien phone to their ear and connected with Grandma…to their wonder and amazement. Wow, the phone really worked! It was almost a miracle.
The next obstacle was hanging up. Now what were those instructions again?
4 comments:
Ha ha cute.
We still have a house phone (a rare thing) but they are all cordless.
Imagine what our kids would do with a rotary phone!
Isn't this so funny! Just the things in your life that have changed...imagine us oldies!!
Oh, that is funny. I never thought about a dial phone being so out of date that someone wouldn't know how to use it!
This is hysterical. My great niece would react the same way. She's just 5 and could use a cell phone before I could!!! But I'll be on top if and when we have to drag out our connects to the wall phone. That'll show her!!!
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