Good manners matter: even to search on Google? – La Nacion (Argentina)

A boy discovered the particular way your grandmother makes searching the Web, shared it on Twitter and created an international stir

When Ben, 25, went to visit her grandmother, she was surprised to open the computer and find out how he typed your last search on Google. “Please translate these MCMXCVIII Roman numerals. Thank you,” he had written May Ashworth, 86, in the search. For May, who thought there was someone in charge of managing the search engine, it made sense to have education and good manners in Google.

The young man was touched by the tenderness of her grandmother and decided to share the screenshot on Twitter . Although surely did not think his twit would go viral or receive a response from the US multinational.

Ben, who lives with her boyfriend and usually go often to visit her grandmother, says this It does not use the computer a lot. “It’s going to a club internet users seniors at a local bookstore (in the UK) to learn about computers and the internet, and just use your laptop,” said the boy.

The young man says that when he asked her grandmother why use “thank you” and “please”, she replied that he believes someone physically -a person in the office that handles Google searches. “He thought that being educated and have good manners search would be faster,” said Ben.

His grandmother likes to watch TV and has a special interest is knowing when programs were made, information some shows still use Roman numerals in their claims. And he put the numbers in Google to try to understand its meaning

A Ben found it funny the show of good manners of his grandmother in Google, he took a picture and tweeted. “Oh, my God! I opened the computer of my grandmother and when she seeks something in Google writes ‘thank you’ and ‘please’. I can not stop laughing. “

But Ben was not the only one that caught his eye . His tweet went viral, with thousands of “likes” and retweets. The young man said he saw his tweet in various media and even received a call from United States to speak in a program.

Google operators would not be less. His reply read: “Dear Grandma Ben, hope you are fine in a world with billions of searches, hers made us smile Oh Thank 1998. And..!”

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