Software Nightmare

When will it be over??

I’m typing in passwords, forty times a day,

resetting filters, because they’ve gone away.

Screens are so cryptic that come with new software!

Loaded with buttons, I’m clicking everywhere.

Some things don’t work right, some go to a dead end.

Text is so tiny! Those tabs are not my friend!

Typing’s a skill at which I am not strong.

Voice recognition: it’s on but sometimes gone.

Easy if normal, but if not, then more tough!

I’m not experienced, so getting through is rough.

I’m just an old dog, not great with these new tricks,

I get instructions, but not all of them stick.

Be patient with me, I’m new to this program.

I learn more slowly, old person that I am!

This week, I tackled the new radiology software program rolled out at work, and although I am making progress, the process is slow.  This Rube-Goldberg machine of mammography software is laden with buttons and columns and tabs and pages and filters, making it quite a task to complete every mammography report.  Anything complicated takes the user into a new dimension of  utter confusion!  Our old software was much simpler, but now we're part of a different hospital system, so this is progress, I guess.  Several features of this program did not behave as expected, but the hiccups are being solved, one by one, gradually.   I've made it through the first week on a reduced schedule, so there are still many challenges that lie ahead as the workload increases.  If I survive this, I will probably show up here on Substack in a few days.  Otherwise, you'll know the  computer finally did me in!