While it’s been a rough week in the news, one British grandma is making everyone smile, including Google.
When 25-year-old Ben Eckersley, who lives near Manchester, England, went to his grandmother’s to do laundry, he noticed something charming on grandma’s computer.
When grandson, Ben, opened his nana’s laptop, he noticed that her Google search included, the words ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ He posted a photo of the search to Twitter, and it has gone viral, even getting Google’s attention.
Ben asked his nan why she used ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and it seemed that she thinks there is someone, a physical person, at Google’s headquarters who looks after the searches.
“She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker,” Ben told BBC.
While it certainly didn’t help speed up servers, it did warm the Internet’s heart.
Ben’s grandma, May Ashworth, who was born in 1930, spoke to CBC after her grandson’s tweet went viral, and she said that she is not computer savvy, and only uses Google a few times a week.
“I thought, well somebody’s put it in, so you’re thanking them,” she said. “I don’t know how it works to be honest. It’s all a mystery to me.”
Both Google UK and the main Google account issued a response on Twitter:
Ben says he celebrated with his grandmother by drinking a cup of tea together.
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[Featured Image: Twitter / Push10Ben]
Grandma Makes Google Smile With Polite Internet Search is an article from: LifeDaily