There isn't anything more frustrating than when something
that usually works, stops working. Imagine, you're set to watch your favourite
match on TV, or your favourite show (either the premier or the final) and your
TV doesn't work.
You might take it calmly.
You might rationalize that machines sometimes break. The key word in that sentence (for me at
least) is the you. You might, but I
simply can't. When I expect something to
work, like the TV or computer, and it doesn't, I flip my lid. I go absolutely ballistic. Imagine a cartoon character...... you get the
point.
I was all set to check something out on streaming video and
it didn't work. I haven't sworn like
that in ages. My poor cat was probably
wondering why I was so worked up. He
probably hasn't heard that language since the hard drive in my last computer
was so clogged that it took an hour just to do the startup routine. I slapped that machine silly, in addition to
teaching it all the expletives I knew in English, Japanese, Spanish, French and
Korean. That's right, I showed that
machine who's boss.
Is it wrong to expect things to work? Is that how disposable society has
become? When was the last time a machine
made you so angry?
The problem has been fixed...without machine homicide...and
it probably wasn't my machine, but something that originated at the
source....but it still made me angry.
