Access and Poor Little Me

Morning!!

So i'm working on this database on access, even though what i study has nothing to do with systems, or computers, or whatever.. it's just because, umm.. this is not gonna make any sense.. ok. let's start the story from the beginning.

Almost a year ago some colleagues of mine suggested that i join them in this amazing project which aims to deliver quality healthcare and medications to the less fortunate, and i did. A month into the project, all kinds of different papers started to pile up.. being the chatterbox that i am, i made this "smart" comment that "technology is here to serve us, so let's use it to compile all this into an efficient system!" (ofcourse at the time i had been brainwashed by a certain someone into believing that technology is really our friend and stuff).. So being the one who evidently "liked" technology so much and was "hip" enough to know how to "work it", i volunteered to do that.. and that's when i learned my lesson: "Unless u Really know what you're saying, smiling and being all cute is good enough".. not for long ;P

So anyway, here i am, after very long, very frustrating nights, proudly a creator of a teeny tiny database.. and just when it got to my head, this scary little screen comes up and says "type mismatch in expression"!!
WHAT IS THAT ALL ABOUT?? I don't think it's even english!!

And what's truly pissing me off is the following: WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO COMPLICATED?? Why can't u have this little window that says: "I'm sorry you're so technologically challenged.. but it's not your fault; really! the problem is .......(in simple plain human instructions!).. u can fix it by doing ..(1, 2, 3..)... Sorry we're complicated!" and please, do NOT have that wierd little microsoft paperclip dude ANYWHERE near it..

Come on, How much nicer would that be? :)