Friday, November 9, 2012

Microwave

from here

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?

6 comments:

  1. I thought we'd be on hover boards too :)

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    1. The 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!

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  2. I 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!
    If my microwave talked to me I'm pretty sure I'd talk even more to it!

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    1. 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!

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  3. Ohhh 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.

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    1. Yes! Naggy is *exactly* what it is!

      (I do think I'm less crazy now, thanks to your comment - I haven't yet given my microwave a gender!)

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