Setting up wireless

A.: So, do you have everything ready?
Mom: No.
A.: Ok, well let me know when you do.

An hour later

A.: Mom, this is a warranty, not instructions. Anyway, let's turn on the laptop.

Later

Mom: It won't open.
A.: You're opening it backwards.
Mom: The writing is right-side up this way.
A.: Right. It opens in the other direction.

Mom: It won't turn on.
A.: Where's the power supply?
Mom: There should be plenty of battery.
A.: They deplete fast, especially stored in the cold.

Mom spends a good hour looking for the power supply.

Finally, we manage to turn on the computer.

A.: Huh.
Mom: What?
A.: It's asking for info other than the network key.
Mom: Do you have the printout I gave you?
A.: Yeah, it has the network key. Let me think for a second.
Mom: We have a mouse so you don't have to deal with the touchpad.
A.: The touchpad is not the problem.
Mom: Why don't you open the network thing?
A.: Mom, stop looking over my shoulder and let me think.
Mom: Fine, think!

But instead, mom keeps talking and making suggestions that don't make sense. That's where we are now.