Technology Hates Me!

Forgive me Technology for whatever I did to Piss you off!

I have a love/hate relationship with technology. On one hand, I cannot imagine my life without the internet. I have many friends on here! The first thing I do in the morning is check twitter (http://twitter.com/CathyBend if you want to follow me!) and my email. My ipod is permanently attached to my ear! The few times I have gone without internet service, I felt like I was going through drug withdrawal.

But I have come to the conclusion that technology hates me. I always suspected it. At my last "real" job, a few times a month, I was forced to work on the dreaded Remittance Processors which were giant 20 foot monsters that processed checks and did all sorts of other technical stuff. That machine knew I was afraid of it & waited til I had to work on it to break down or do something screwey.

Now, I am again getting the feeling that these computers have it in for me. Passwords that should work, no longer do. Twitter says they have been trying to contact me by email and the email addy is no longer valid (it should be, I use it all the time!). A payment came out of my paypal account for something I KNOW I didn’t buy. My google calender is not showing me things I know I put on there. Several affiliate programs that I’m involved with, have messed up my payments. One has even lost all record of me ever having signed up with them. Today, I got a notice that I was overdrawn on my bank account and charged a $30 fee. When I checked, I couldn’t figure out why since the money was in there to cover the check. So I called the bank, & the lady I talked to couldn’t understand it either. But I understand why. It’s all a sinister plot of technology to get me!

I love Sci-Fi and this all reminds me of an old episode of "Tales from the Darkside", a cheesy knock off of  "Twilight Zone" from the 80′s. I can’t remember all the details but it was something about how this electric typewriter helped a screen writer become famous with scripts that the typewiter actually wrote while the guy was sleeping (told you it was cheesy). Well the typewriter got mad because the guy took all the credit for the scripts (in his defense, who would believe him that a typewriter did it all by itself?).

Anyway, the typewriter, got all the other technological machines and appliances to turn against this guy. The answering machine broke up with his girlfriend when she called, the microwave blew up his dinner, the TV tormented him constantly, etc.

Let’s just say, I’m beginning to understand how this guy felt! 

by mattroilan2008

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