What getting old means...
May. 3rd, 2012 03:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wiseheart... is finding yourself outside the mainstream of normal, everyday life. It's sad, but it's true.
I've talked Mum into going to Hamburg in this summer, mainly because I've never been there before (neither has she, for that matter), but also because from Hamburg it's relatively easy to make a one-day-trip to Lübeck, one of the most beautiful Hansa-cities of Germany, and, last but not least, to finally meet the most gracious![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
songfire3 and my little sis in crime, artemis10002000 in person. I like meeting my online friends in person. It's always an adventure and a wonderful surprise.
Anyway, when I was young - which was literally in the last millennium - in such cases I simply walked into the travel agencey (we only had the one, back in the goode olde days), told them the train route I wanted to go, and they made me the train ticket. Then I wrote a letter to the hotel, booked a room, got the written reassurance, and when I arrived, I paid for the room in cash, and that was that.
Today, in our wonderful modern time of online booking and internet research, I'm close to giving up the entire idea. Honestly. I just can't keep up with all this virtual stuff. Last night I was in tears from frustration. Every time I think I've mastered one step in this amazing process that supposed to make my life sooo much easier, I stumble over a new problem and I'm just plain fed up with the whole thing!
I know it's just because I'm hopelessly behind the time. Any twelve-year-old would laugh their heads off over the problems I'm constantly having. For them, it's the most natural thing in the world to organize everything by mouseclick and not to give shit about the additional costs. That's what they've grown up with. But I haven't, and it's getting too much.
The lady in the local office of the travel agency (yes, surprisingly enough, it's still in business, despite our current government's efforts to destroy everything that was good in the previous regime) promised to help me with the booking. Anf she said that in their central office - which is also well within reach for me - they can put together the train ticket for me, so that I can pay for the whole route in our national currency (and believe me, considering the current Forint/Euro exchange rate, it's a very important factor) in advance.
I'll give it another try next week. If it doesn't work, I'll just stay at home. Or don't go any further than Vienna, unless with a package holiday organized by some travel company. I'm simply not up to deal with all this stress. *sighs*
I've talked Mum into going to Hamburg in this summer, mainly because I've never been there before (neither has she, for that matter), but also because from Hamburg it's relatively easy to make a one-day-trip to Lübeck, one of the most beautiful Hansa-cities of Germany, and, last but not least, to finally meet the most gracious
songfire3 and my little sis in crime, artemis10002000 in person. I like meeting my online friends in person. It's always an adventure and a wonderful surprise.Anyway, when I was young - which was literally in the last millennium - in such cases I simply walked into the travel agencey (we only had the one, back in the goode olde days), told them the train route I wanted to go, and they made me the train ticket. Then I wrote a letter to the hotel, booked a room, got the written reassurance, and when I arrived, I paid for the room in cash, and that was that.
Today, in our wonderful modern time of online booking and internet research, I'm close to giving up the entire idea. Honestly. I just can't keep up with all this virtual stuff. Last night I was in tears from frustration. Every time I think I've mastered one step in this amazing process that supposed to make my life sooo much easier, I stumble over a new problem and I'm just plain fed up with the whole thing!
I know it's just because I'm hopelessly behind the time. Any twelve-year-old would laugh their heads off over the problems I'm constantly having. For them, it's the most natural thing in the world to organize everything by mouseclick and not to give shit about the additional costs. That's what they've grown up with. But I haven't, and it's getting too much.
The lady in the local office of the travel agency (yes, surprisingly enough, it's still in business, despite our current government's efforts to destroy everything that was good in the previous regime) promised to help me with the booking. Anf she said that in their central office - which is also well within reach for me - they can put together the train ticket for me, so that I can pay for the whole route in our national currency (and believe me, considering the current Forint/Euro exchange rate, it's a very important factor) in advance.
I'll give it another try next week. If it doesn't work, I'll just stay at home. Or don't go any further than Vienna, unless with a package holiday organized by some travel company. I'm simply not up to deal with all this stress. *sighs*
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Date: 2012-05-03 04:49 pm (UTC)Anything I can do from this side?
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Date: 2012-05-03 05:45 pm (UTC)As I said, I'm not giving up just know. I'm just so very frustrated. I can handle some computer-related things - hell, I've managed to send the applications the entire eight grade to several dozen different secondary schools, and not one application went to the wrong place. Butt hat required my boss sitting down with me, showing me how it's done properly and letting me do it on my own a few times while she was watching. After that, I could do the remaiminmg 90something cases on my own.
But I'm simply afraid trying out new things alone, because I know I won't be able to correct any errors. I was almost 40 when I faced my first PC, and I'm scared all the time that I'll do something wrong, because who will clean up the mess afterwards? Yes, I know it's stupid, but I can't help it. I'm not technically savvy, and with everything getting more complicated with each new model, it's an uphill fight I'm doomed to lose. *sigh*
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Date: 2012-05-04 02:54 am (UTC)There's no reason to feel stupid just because you did not have the privilege of being raised using a computer/the Internet, and as a result feel uncomfortable working with either!!
Never mind the fact that you are actually working rather successfully with several different websites, like LJ, DW and ff-net - so I'm rather confident that you are not lacking in *net-savvy*, at the least! ;)
As for doing something "wrong" - though I'm not sure what exactly that would pertain - you can always still undo it again. And it doesn't have to become a mess, either! ;) And if you don't know how to un-do it, just ask - I'm happy to help, and I'm certainly not the only one willing and available! That's pretty much what works for me. There's ton's of stuff I don't know, so I'm like "why??", "How does this work?" and "what did I do wrong?" (never mind "HELP!!" and "Please explain this like you would to your 5 year old child") pretty much all the time! XD
Did I mention that my youthful years also happened in the last millennium? *g*)
And by the way, there is no such thing as a *stupid question*! ;)
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Date: 2012-05-04 08:53 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-05-04 12:10 pm (UTC)I wish I could help.
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Date: 2012-05-04 03:56 pm (UTC)I'll give it another try. It's really frustrating to be willing to spend a full month's salary on a few nights in a hotel and not even being to get done it alone.
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Date: 2012-05-04 05:39 pm (UTC)I do all the online travel reservations for both my mother and father, so I know how difficult this is.
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Date: 2012-05-07 04:33 pm (UTC)The Deutsche Bahn website is super easy to use for planning train travel, but I'm sure it requires payment to be in euros, so it probably won't be much help. But surely your travel agent can put a simple train ticket together for you?
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