Voluntary work

I started volunteering at a local day centre a couple of weeks ago to provide help to people using the two old, slow, Windows infested computers they have there. I've helped three people open and use their own webmail accounts (Gmail seems easier to do that Hotmail) to keep in touch with family and friends; shown someone else how to copy and paste text(!); another person wanted to know 'how to use the internet' so I showed them how to Google it and click through and read the search results; it's been pretty slow going and very basic stuff. It's only ten minutes walk from where I live, though, so I don't mind too much when there's no one there who wants to do anything - I just come home.

Today, when the cat puked on the bed, just as I was about to get ready to go out, I phoned them to let them know I would be a bit late. 'Don't worry about it,' said the assistant manager. 'We've got the engineers in today and they've moved the computers while they work, so they're out of use today.'

Oh, well. Thanks for letting me know!