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More than reading comprehension problems

 *Val calls me over to her desk. She points to a file attachment on an outlook email. Val: what should I do with this file? *I am feeling pretty good. Normally when she calls me over to ask about something she does not remember what or where it is. I have to wait several minutes while she futzes around and babbles while she looks for it. This must be my lucky day! Me: open the file and read it. *I cannot read the file until she opens it. Val: Huh? Me: open the file and read it. Val: I don’t understand. Me: open the file attachment on the email in front of you. Val: what’s that? Me: ‘document.pdf’ It is the file attachment on the email in front of you. Val: where is that? Me. It is spelled D-O-C-U-M-E-N-T dot P-D-F. Document.pdf. It is the file attachment on the email in front of you.  Val: I Don’t understand
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The enter key has the word enter on it

 *I had just finished walking Val through key punching a receiving report into the system. There are only about six fields of information. We have already done this hundreds of times. She does not remember any aspect of any of it.  Me: alright. Now just hit enter. Val: huh? Me: Press Enter. Val: I don’t understand. Me: Press the Enter Key. Val: I don’t understand. Me: Press the Enter Key on the Keyboard. *Val squints at the screen Me: the enter key has the word ‘enter’ on it. Val: huh? Me: the enter key is the button on the keyboard with the word ‘enter’ on it. Val: what’s that? Me: they button on the keyboard with the word ‘enter’ on it. Val: where is that? *I point at the enter key on the keyboard Me: this is the Enter Key. It has the word ‘Enter’ on it. *val presses the enter key. She has already forgotten why she pressed it. I proceed to walk her through key punching the rest of the receiving reports into the system. I walk her through pulling up the total receipts loaded ...
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