Staff reported that most carers accepted a calendar when offered unless they had been waiting a long time to see a GP.
In addition to the display, the device has back and forward buttons so you can rotate widgets (though these can be set to automatically rotate), as well as an enter key for programmed responses, such as accepting a calendar invitation.
However, after many years of rejection, Britain and its colonies accepted the Gregorian calendar, in 1752 -- admitting that their system needed to be changed.
But, eventually, the Gregorian calendar was accepted.
These historical anecdotes show that calendar systems do expire, and eventually new calendar systems are accepted.
The difference reflects the hesitant nature of the British colonies to accept the reformed calendar of Pope Gregory XIII.
It took centuries for the majority of the world to accept the Gregorian calendar after the Pope mandated it.
However, in a time without trains, a reliable post system or the internet, news often traveled slow and the uneducated, lower class people in rural France were the last to hear of and accept the new calendar.
The Protestant opposition at first refused to accept the Gregorian calendar, and by the time England finally adopted it in 1752, King George II had to throw out 11 days from September to catch up, causing consternation.
The Gregorian calendar was gradually accepted by the countries of Europe, though Russia did not accept it until 1918.
