Recently Bossy signed-on with BlogHer and Sprint to explore the role of digital parenting, even though the only thing Bossy understands in that whole sentence is the word parenting, which Bossy thinks of as that thing she ignores in order to watch the Bravo channel’s Milion Dollar Listing marathon.
Because Bossy has an outdated phone that doesn’t take photos or feature a qwerty keyboard or have a working cattle prod, Sprint agreed to send Bossy a silver marvel known as the HTC Hero.
The first thing Bossy wants you to know is the HTC Hero’s Basic Guide is 135 pages long. The. Basic. Guide. The next thing Bossy wants you to know is the nice folks at Sprint, while writing the Basic Guide, must have laughed until they pooped a lung.
For instance this is the way they describe the different ways of getting around your device:
- Flick — move your fingers in lighter, quicker strokes than swiping
- Swipe — quickly drag your finger across the screen
- Drag — press and hold your finger with some pressure
Not to mention the description of the slide and the rotate, or what to do if you pinch your trackball.
Of course, none of these maneuvers represent much of a concern for Bossy, who can’t even figure out how to get the thing out of its packaging:
Lizzy says
November 30, 2009 at 12:42 pmI heart giant dog heads.
Cactus Petunia says
November 30, 2009 at 12:56 pmVideo Bossy is very entertaining to bleary-eyed blog readers on Monday morning! I myself am a fan of analog parenting…my antique brain just can’t seem to make the leap to digital. Maybe I need new equipment!
bobbie says
November 30, 2009 at 12:59 pmPlease please Bossy draw us a picture of Chad from “Million Dollar Listing” (after you’ve figured out your new phone, of course).
Joie says
November 30, 2009 at 1:14 pmHow is it possible that Bossy is old enough to have a son in college?
AnnP says
November 30, 2009 at 1:36 pmHilarious! (just the laugh I needed after playing hostess this holiday weekend and developing a kidney infection which morphed into the hostess visiting the ER where there were no cute doctors just really competent ones) You crack me up!
Ms. Cranky Pants says
November 30, 2009 at 1:51 pmI admire Bossy’s calm and smiling demeanor; I’d be swearing like a drunken sailor and wielding the scissors like Norman Bates.
RuthWells says
November 30, 2009 at 1:52 pmA pinched trackball sounds like a very serious condition.
Tonya_in_FL says
November 30, 2009 at 2:05 pmVideo Bossy is cute and giggly.
corrie says
November 30, 2009 at 2:19 pmI too have just received a new piece of hardware … and the phone’s ‘basic’ directions are also in a bound volume.
That bound volume really doesn’t even begin to tell you enough!
P.S. I love these video Bossy posts!
P.P.S. Please let me know what you learn, I need some help too!
thatgirlblogs says
November 30, 2009 at 2:42 pmmy phone would probably work better if I’d charge it. which I would do, if I could find it.
The Domestic Goddess says
November 30, 2009 at 2:56 pmIt’s a good thing they didn’t ask me to do it. I’d never put it down.
Audubon Ron says
November 30, 2009 at 3:13 pmI am verklempt mit de verklas effect. There be bears in them woods.
Julie says
November 30, 2009 at 3:30 pmIs it sort of sad that Julie is so amused watching Bossy open a box?
Is Bossy that entertaining, or does Julie need to get out of the house?
Play on, Bossy…
ZDub says
November 30, 2009 at 3:42 pmBossy makes me laugh. Love it.
Red Hamster says
November 30, 2009 at 3:43 pmI alternately heart and hate my iPhone, depending on whether or not I can figure out whatever I’m wanting to do with it at the moment…and whether or not I remembered to charge it.
Half Assed Kitchen says
November 30, 2009 at 3:48 pmAw, now we don’t have the same phone anymore.
Reeb says
November 30, 2009 at 4:28 pmI dunno. All these vlogs of giggly, box-opening trying-to-talk-in-third-person Bossy are making me have to realize that she’s a real person and doesn’t just live in my computer for my personal entertainment. Not sure I like reality. No doubt I’m in a minority amongst the Bossy Posse though (re: seeing bossy in motion, not about disliking reality…)
Kate at And Then I Was a Mom says
November 30, 2009 at 4:45 pmThank God they provide definitions for swiping and dragging. Those Sprint people think of EVERYTHING.
WebSavyMom says
November 30, 2009 at 6:03 pm–>Bossy entertains whether in her writing/pictures or vlog. I can’t wait to see the diagram Bossy’s daughter draws of the phone with instructions.
Mr Farty says
November 30, 2009 at 6:44 pmBOSSY forgetting to refer to herself in the third person made Farty do a LOL. Wayyyy too stressful. I’ll – er, Farty will stick to his tin cans and wet string.
bossy's friend amy says
November 30, 2009 at 6:46 pmHoly Crap – is your old/current cell phone actually on??? I swear I saw a blinking green light…
BusyDad says
November 30, 2009 at 7:02 pmBusyDad can officially catch and clean (and perhaps cook) a fish in the time it takes for Bossy to open up a cell phone box. Next up, field dressing a duck vs installing a battery. Tune in!
Meg at the Members Lounge says
November 30, 2009 at 7:16 pmI love your Bob Eubanks theme music! I suspect the Council will soon be purchasing 3-D glasses to watch your videos. “BOSSY at Large” perhaps?
Dharmamama says
November 30, 2009 at 8:17 pmWhoa. Newlywed Game theme. Mind warp. All I can see are pastel tuxedos!!
Trenches of Mommyhood says
November 30, 2009 at 9:49 pmI’m totally impressed that you didn’t use your teeth to open the package. I usually resort to that…
Melanie @ Mel, A Dramatic Mommy says
November 30, 2009 at 10:42 pmOh my gosh, Bossy is too cute. Who knew watching a box being opened could be so entertaining?
Hunter says
November 30, 2009 at 10:58 pmYeah, I got a pinched trackball once. It was while dressing in the locker room after running hurdles and doing the shot put…. Oh, you probably don’t want to hear about this.
David says
November 30, 2009 at 11:11 pmBusyDad FTW. LOL
Bossy, you make me feel so much better about my (lack of) technical prowess.
joeinvegas says
November 30, 2009 at 11:26 pmThanks for that post me, ur, I mean Bossy. Three minutes of entertainment and information Wow.
josh says
November 30, 2009 at 11:36 pmThe giant dog head made me cry in hysterix for some reason.
jen says
December 1, 2009 at 12:09 am“Thumbs” Bossy “Thumbs”
Tootsie Farklepants says
December 1, 2009 at 1:22 amI’m sorry, Tootsie was distracted by how in love she is with BOSSY’S hair.
Ambry says
December 1, 2009 at 10:30 amBossy is so cute. & I agree with Joie – Bossy cannot be old enough to have a son in college.
Shayera says
December 1, 2009 at 5:09 pmExcellent! I’m expecting you to keep us updated about the new phone, Bossy. Since I’m considering getting that very phone when my contract expires.
foolery says
December 4, 2009 at 3:41 pmFoolery doesn’t use third person but will for the purposes of this comment in order not to sound too stalkerish, but GAHHHHHH foolery thinks BOSSY is adorable all over again. Foolery did a donkey noise at the advent of the Newlywed Game music.