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Old 03-13-2017, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee View Post
Same problem in this household. Husband was used to having Secretary to do EVERYTHING for him and at this time in life, does not want to learn a new phone system, it took him long enough to master the antiquated flip phone.

We have friends who own a large engineering company and the husband will not, absolutely not, go near a cell phone. His son purchased a flip phone with minutes for him and he has not used one minute. He has a landline and that is all he will use.
With all due respect, some people are just "bullheaded". A retired person who had significant position and power in his/her employment will sometimes react in this way as a defense mechanism. Any "average" intelligent person can learn to use a smart phone very quickly if he/she chooses.
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