Twitter hearts melted when teaching assistant Ben John posted a screen grab of his grannies recent Google search, showing that old fashioned British politeness is not lost online.
@Push10Ben that is the CUTEST THING EVER 😭💖
— martyn (@martynhett) June 10, 2016
John was left in hysterics when he saw his granny May had said "please" and "thank you" to Google when shy typed in a question she wanted the search engine to answer.
In a screenshot shared on Twitter by John, Granny May wrote: "Please translate these roman numerals mcmxviii thank you."
Omg opened my Nan's laptop and when she's googled something she's put 'please' and 'thank you'. I can't 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/hiy2tecBjU
— Ben John (@Push10Ben) June 9, 2016
Apparently when challenged on her silver surfing politeness, 85-year-old May Ashworth thought it was normal — bless! Also, before the bots take over — Ben John was keen for Google to get a glimpse of his granny's googling manners.
I still really want @google to see this.
— Ben John (@Push10Ben) June 13, 2016
And his online request was answered by Google, who politely thanked John's granny for her search.
Dearest Ben's Nan.
— Google UK (@GoogleUK) June 15, 2016
Hope you're well.
In a world of billions of Searches, yours made us smile.
Oh, and it's 1998.
Thank YOU@Push10Ben
