Well, that darn Google thing, it’s been actin’ up again. Keeps sayin’ “something went wrong google”. Drives a person crazy, I tell ya. One minute it’s workin’ fine, next minute, nothin’. Just that same old message starin’ back at ya. Makes ya wanna throw the whole contraption out the window.
I asked my grandson, he’s always on them computers, why my Google keeps saying “something went wrong”. He mumbled somethin’ about servers and cookies. Said maybe the Google folks are havin’ a bit of trouble on their end. Said I should just wait it out. Wait it out? Like I got all day to sit around and wait for a machine to make up its mind?
He also said somethin’ about clearin’ somethin’ called a “cache.” Said it might be all gunked up with old stuff. Like cleanin’ out the barn, I reckon. Said I should go to the “settin’s” then “apps,” then find the Google thingy. Then hit somethin’ called “storage.” Two more buttons after that, “clear cache” and “clear data.” Sounds like a lot of button pushin’ to me.
- Go to “settin’s”
- Find somethin’ called “apps”
- Look for that Google thing
- Then hit “storage”
- Two more buttons, “clear cache” and somethin called “clear data”
He told me, if that don’t work, to take the whole Google thing off and put it back on again. Like takin’ the engine out of the tractor and puttin’ it back in. Only, I don’t know nothin’ about takin’ apps off a phone. Sounds mighty complicated.
I just want my Google to work. I use it for lookin’ up my stories, you know, that “something went wrong google” error, keeps interruptin’. Keeps sayin’ something went wrong. And I wanna know what happened to Agnes’s prize-winnin’ rhubarb pie recipe. Lost the darn thing, and I need to find it before the county fair. Google usually helps me find those things.
Now, why is it always somethin’ with these newfangled gadgets? Back in my day, we didn’t have these problems. We had an encyclopedia. Big ol’ book. Took up half the shelf. But it always worked. Never said, “something went wrong.” Just sat there, ready to tell you whatever you needed to know.
But I guess times change. Gotta keep up, they say. Even if it means dealin’ with a Google that keeps tellin’ you “something went wrong.” It’s a real pain in the neck, I tell ya.
And this other thing, when I hit that little “G” on the search bar, I gotta make sure I’m signed in with my own account. My grandson, he’s got his own account on my phone. Sometimes I end up in his, and I don’t know what’s goin’ on. Maybe that’s why I see that “something went wrong” message so much. I dont know why the something went wrong google error appears again and again.
He showed me how to switch between accounts. Said it was easy. Just tap a little picture up in the corner. But there’s so many little pictures on that phone. Hard to keep track of ’em all. And sometimes, my fingers, they don’t always hit the right spot. I can not even find where is the “G” on the search bar.
Then there’s the “settin’s” again. My grandson says I can add another account in there. Go to “settin’s,” then “accounts,” then “add account.” Then somethin’ about clickin’ a Google button. It’s all a blur to me. I really don’t know why “something went wrong google”.
I just want to see the “something went wrong” error disappear. I just want the darn thing to work. Is that too much to ask? I just want to look up my recipes and see what’s happenin’ in the world. Without that pesky message poppin’ up all the time.
Maybe I’ll just stick to my old ways. Ask Mildred down the street. She’s got a good memory. Probably remembers more than that Google thing anyway. And she never says “something went wrong.”
