Let’s just say that you got your typical, computer-illiterate, older adult an iPod Shuffle for Christmas. For the sake of argument, let’s say that person was your mother. Not that I got MY mother an iPod Shuffle for Christmas or anything. No, no. This is all about making the story “flow” better and all.
Anyway, let’s say you offer to help “your mother” install iTunes on her computer on the day after Christmas. You happen to stop by your mother's house while she is away. For the sake of argument (yes, again), let’s put her at a movie theater a couple of miles away.
The installation of iTunes doesn’t take very long. Like most typical, computer-illiterate, older adults, your mother is vastly underutilizing her top-of-the-line machine.
You think you are wasting your time when, while running the iTunes setup, the program prompts a question: Would you like iTunes to search your hard drive for any music or video files and transfer them to an iTunes friendly format? You figure you already know the answer. Mainly: good ole mom is barely using the machine for anything but Excel spreadsheets and QuickBooks. Why would she have any music or video files? You click SEARCH anyway, though, because you suppose anything is possible (and because you don’t want to have to come back later to transfer a music file from her desktop into iTunes simply because she doesn’t understand how to do it properly).
Imagine your surprise when you discover iTunes just transferred 441 files (representing 5.8 hours and nearly 800 MB of space) of hardcore VIDEO PORNOGRAPHY!
What would YOU do?
4 comments:
Luckily the shuffle doesn't do video.
It's a mistake. It has to be. Someone downloaded a virus.
What would I do? First throw up. Then see if there is anything good in the 800 Mb.
~Jef
I certainly hope you figured a tactful way out of the situation! I mean, if that weren't a hypothetical situation, I *would* hope that, but since this is purely hypothetical, I can laugh without feeling bad. Right?
I would get her a better iPod and put them on it.
Document everything for the police for when you are questioned.
- as always, your friend in Big A.
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