An 86-year-old grandmother’s extremely polite use of Google’s search engine has gone viral.
John told the BBC that he came across the search when he was at the home of his 86-year-old grandma, May Ashworth, while he was doing his washing.
“I live with my boyfriend and we don’t have a dryer at our house, so I usually go over to my nan’s to do our washing,” he said. “While I was waiting I thought I’d go on the internet and that’s why I opened her laptop.”
He saw that she was typing in “please” and “thank you” when asking Google about Roman numeral translations.
“I asked my nan why she used ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and it seemed she thinks that there is someone — a physical person — at Google’s headquarters who looks after the searches,” he told the BBC.
“She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker.”
Dear Grandma,
No thanks necessary. 😊
Sincerely,
Googlehttps://t.co/vedrVek8nb— Google (@google) June 15, 2016
Dearest Ben’s Nan.
Hope you’re well.
In a world of billions of Searches, yours made us smile.
Oh, and it’s 1998.
Thank YOU@Push10Ben— Google UK (@GoogleUK) June 15, 2016
