Entry # 13 Carol 11

“What?!” Carol asked his son. “Meat and potatoes,” Carol Jr. answered a little clearer, but still, really difficult to understand. “She’s at ‘The Potato?” asked Carol. He had a huge confusion. “What?” Asked Carol Jr. Meanwhile, Fernando and I started laughing at the whole situation. Both Carols looked back at us wondering what we were laughing about. We cleared things out for them. My grandfather put his upper lip over his lower lip, looked at his son, and moved his head from left to right.
There was another time when both Carols misunderstood each other and assumed things quickly. This time, they’re conversation occurred on the cell phone. My brothers and I had given a cell phone as a gift to Carol Sr., since he was constantly complaining about his house phone. As soon as he received the cell phone, he complained once more, this time, about the cell phone. “Why are you giving me this @#$%? I don’t even know how to use this.”
We taught him how to use it. It was hard work, because my grandfather tried to slow his learning down. He didn’t want to make a small effort to learn and preferred to continue and complain about his 50’s house phone for the rest of his life. He refused to learn and kept on asking the same questions in attempt to make me and my brothers lose our patience and refuse teaching him. This way, he could escape having to use a cell phone. He ignored the advantage using a cell phone has.
My brothers and me didn’t lose our patience on him and figured out the little plan he had. Today, he just knows how to answer and make calls, but still, he uses the cell phone tons and every once in a while, he gives us a call. He doesn’t know how to send messages or how to respond to missed calls. “I don’t want to hear anything about those damn lost calls, missed calls, whatever you call them.” He doesn’t know how to change the ringtone or make the cell phone vibrate or play the cell phone’s games. He is not interested.
One day, the entire family was gathered after having lunch at his place. One of my brothers asked Carol for his cell phone, and activated the vibration option. Then, he gave it back to my grandfather, who put it back in his pocket and sat down. Then, Carol proceeded to tell one of his amazing stories, which are funny. In the middle of the story, my brother called Carol to his cell phone, which began to vibrate. Carol, not knowing that the cell phone had that ability, jumped off his seat as he felt the cell phone vibrate in his pocket and as he took it out he said: “Damn, this @#$% is going to explode!” He put the cell phone on a table and everyone laughed their tears out.