Computer assistance rejected

Have you ever proposed a solution absolutely guaranteed to fix a computer user’s stress levels to someone who continually cannot remember where they saved stuff, why they cannot figure out the contents from the names of their documents?1

And had it rejected because they know where to save stuff and know from the documents names what’s inside?

Yeah.

I know some of it’s from the stress of the demands of the task they’re involved with, a need to complete the work, but why ask for help in the first place?

In this case my lifetime2 of experience, both calculated and gained from bitter experience, counts for nothing.

A 2017 photo of a work desk with old-fashioned phone, simple mouse, chocolate muffin, plastic cup, family photos, computer system unit, pieces of paper, and a folded towel embroidered with the words "DON'T PANIC".
A 2017 photo of a work desk with old-fashioned phone, simple mouse, chocolate muffin, plastic cup, family photos, computer system unit, pieces of paper, and a folded towel embroidered with the words “DON’T PANIC”.

Vent venty vent vent.

  1. Slightly-related link to ‘Computer assistance required’ – not my current stimulus. It’s from February 2 2014 and definitely not about the most challenging now ex-colleague I’ve ever had the pain of dealing with for 11 excruciating years: https://bt3.com/2014/02/02/computerassist/ ↩
  2. Since 1981 (when I started work) I’ve possibly owned more computers and set up and administered more systems than most. ↩