What was simple now incredibly complicated?

[reecejackox]

I would say booking doctors appointment , all this focus on online.

 

[Schneewittchen37]

Vacationing at Disney World. 15 years ago you could just show up, buy a ticket at the gate, go on rides and then walk up to a hostess stand for dinner. No reservations, no passes, no planning ahead.

 

[huskies90]

Vacationing at Disney World. 15 years ago you could just show up, buy a ticket at the gate, go on rides and then walk up to a hostess stand for dinner. No reservations, no passes, no planning ahead.

Survey Says...DING!! That's the number 1 answer. Do you want to Play or Pass??

 

[HerRoyalHighness]

Getting your high schoolers prepared to apply to colleges. I'm not even talking about taking the right classes and grades.....it's the multiple ACTs, extracurriculars, essays, etc etc etc.

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Vacationing at Disney World. 15 years ago you could just show up, buy a ticket at the gate, go on rides and then walk up to a hostess stand for dinner. No reservations, no passes, no planning ahead.

Winner, winner....

 

[Mysterian]

Simple at one time, now complicated...Life in general?

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Trips to WDW is already taken, so I'd have to agree with Reece and say doctor's appointments. Referrals and insurance claims and all that are a pain in the butt.

 

[a1tinkfans]

DISNEY WORLD…

 

[Uncle Coaster]

As someone who plans trips thoroughly I don’t think WDW was ever simple. It is definitely simpler to me now than it was when I was a kid and we’d have to buy travel guides, maps, call hotels, tourism bureaus etc just to find out what was even possible. It would take months to plan. I’ve spent the last few nights planning a trip to Syracuse and Rochester so I never make travel “simple”.

My answer to the question would be working with youth.I work with kids in my area and we used to just say show up on this date and this time and a bunch of kids would show up. Now, they all have sports, music lessons and other activities that are up a greater percentage of their time and we have to really work to find times that the most kids can participate. Plus, we have to make sure we have the proper number of volunteers and that they all have their waivers. It’s much more complicated.

 

[RamblingMad]

Camp site reservations.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

My old financial institution was bought by another. Now when I call for phone banking I have to go thru an atrocious amount of button pushing. Yesterday I couldn't get to my account , only my husband's. It is simply aggravating!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Camp site reservations.

What kind of campsite? I've just finished making reservations for our big summer trip (CA to eastern Canada and back) with no problems.

 

[Frwinkley]

Watching TV. Am I using the right remote? Do I have it on the right input? Is the show on Netflix, Apple TV, or Amazon Prime?

I honestly don't now how older people manage. My poor mother, in her early stages of dementia, simply left the TV off.

 

[China Expat]

Booking specialists appointments normally done in hospitals or out paitient
Dealing with health insurance
Going to Disney

 

[GoingSince1990]

Organizing photos. It used to be a simple matter of getting the film developed and putting the photos we wanted to keep into the album. Now there are so many, on different devices, and you have to worry about folders, backups, cloud accounts, and all the rest of it.

 

[RamblingMad]

What kind of campsite? I've just finished making reservations for our big summer trip (CA to eastern Canada and back) with no problems.

They go so fast. I'm booking tent sites.

 

[DisneyElite4]

Enrolling kids in public school.

 

[ronandannette]

Buying event tickets. No more box offices or same-day on-site sales. Everything is through Apps now, some of which work better than others. Tickets to sporting events are almost completely controlled by 3rd party re-sellers. I lament for the days of just walking up, paying cash for a paper ducat and keeping the stub for a memento.

 

[NannyBeBe]

Talking to an actual human being when I have a problem or need information.

 

[fly girl]

Talking to an actual human being when I have a problem or need information.

YES! I had to call credit bureau and it took 25 minutes to get to a human. She asked what help I needed and when I told her she directed me back to automated system after I just told her it did not work!