Grandma's Polite Google Searches Go Viral: Tech Giant Charmed By Gran's Heartwarming Inquiries [VIDEO]
A grandmother from Manchester, England has charmed the world by showing first-class manners, while searching in Google. Her searches, which have since gotten viral, included very polite words such as "Please" and "Thank you."
May Ashworth, who was born in 1930, as well as her manners while using the services of the search giant, came into attention after her grandson, 25-year-old Ben Eckersley, posted about his grandmother's unique Google searches online.
"Omg opened my Nan's laptop and when she's googled something she's put "please'" and "thank you," Ben posted.
Ashworth's search which caught her grandson's eye involved a few Roman Numerals that she wanted to get translated. While typing in the Google search bar, the grandmother stated: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxcviii thank you."
According to Eckersley, the Roman Numerals were from a TV show that his grandmother had watched. Ashworth, who is very fond of watching television, is also very curious about when certain programs were created. Currently, TV shows in the U.K. still utilize Roman Numerals when showing the production date during their credits.
"She saw a TV show the other day but couldn't work out from the credits when it was made, so she put the numerals into Google," Eckersley stated.
While the politeness of the grandmother's searches was already notable, the reason why she placed "Please" and "Thank you" was even more adorable. When asked by her grandchild, Ashworth stated that she thought her search would go faster if she was more polite.
"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. She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker," Eckersley said.
Ashworth's polite searches were received very warmly by netizens, as well as Google itself, who specifically sent a message to the grandma.
"In a world of billions of searches, yours made us smile," Google stated.
Indeed, Ashworth's politeness is a breath of fresh air in today's world, where such decorum has started to become rare.
