20 Elderly Citizens at War with New Technologies and Unknown Objects

#1 When your dad uses an e-book reader as a bookmark

#2 When your grandmother hangs a Minecraft sword on the wall thinking it’s a modern version of cross

#3 When your grandfather asks you why the cereal tastes so bad not realizing that it’s the food for hamsters

#4 When your uncle uses a flashlight to brighten up the iPad’s screen

#5 A cute flower bed made by your dad

#6 ‘I was standing in line behind an elderly lady who, apparently, had been at Starbuck’s for the first time. When the staff asked her for the name to put down on the mug, she look puzzled and said ‘Why don’t you just call it Bob?’

#7 When your grandma buys Hannibal-Lecter-like face masks for the whole family, with tiny mouth holes to breathe more easily

#8 ‘My granddad got this tie in the 1990’s and has been using it ever since.’

#9 When you tell your grandmother that you work for Uber and she gives you a planner so that you can plan your appointments

#10 Your mum sets up her Facebook account and she sends you her first message

#11 When your grandmother still can’t work out how the new mixer actually works

#12 Your grandmother, a keen gardener, and her favorite face mask

#13 When you are having a photo taken by a 70-year-old Swiss gentleman and you ask him to take the finger off the lens

#14 Try to video chat your granddad on Skype

#15 Your grandparents waiting for each other inside a mall

#16 ‘My grandma got her smartphone photos printed.’

#17 A grandmother and a framed photo of her beloved granddaughter

#18 When you ask your granddad to put the wet smartphone into rice and he turns on the gas

#19 Bongo – now a perfect flower vase

#20 Your grandmother’s first Facebook story