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After the time’s up on our microwave, it continues to
beep every 10 seconds or so until the door’s opened. I understand that the
function is designed to be helpful, but the beeping is annoying and has led to me talking to the machine far more often
than can be healthy, and even snapping
at it daily every now and then (“I GET IT, YOU’RE DONE!! You may have
noticed that I have my hands full right now, so just CHILL OUT, MAN!!! Gosh.”).
I think if it spoke rather than beeped I’d be far more
grateful for its reminders - just a sweet, “I’m so sorry to interrupt you,
you’re obviously very busy! I’m just
letting you know the broccoli’s still in here – wouldn’t want you to discover it
tomorrow and realise you’d left it out! Smells great, by the way!”
I thought we’d all be
getting around on hoverboards by now; surely polite and chatty microwaves can’t
be too far off?
I thought we'd be on hover boards too :)
ReplyDeleteThe pictures of hoverboards I found were mostly from Back to the Future, although I never watched those movies so I've no idea where the idea came from for me. I really believed it, though!
DeleteI despise beeping (full stop) but the beeping has saved me from finding the peas the next day or, as actually happened way back when, finding, a week later by following the rotten smell, that tiny handful of mince meat that hadn't defrosted like the rest!
ReplyDeleteIf my microwave talked to me I'm pretty sure I'd talk even more to it!
You're right, it wouldn't stop me talking to it, but it would stop me talking *crankily* to it. We could have some lovely conversations if it wasn't so persistent and irritating!
DeleteOhhh man, mine does that too. I get so cross at him I want to punch him in the face. Nothing gets the goat like naggy technology.
ReplyDeleteYes! Naggy is *exactly* what it is!
Delete(I do think I'm less crazy now, thanks to your comment - I haven't yet given my microwave a gender!)