Here is our fresh look at really irritating things of our high tech world. Many are my Pet Peeves and from personal experience. Can you relate ?
The debit card bank tells me that their “debit cards will speed up my check-out at the store”. I am sure you have seen them.
Reality check: Of the 3 people in line in front of me, the first one can’t find his card and don’t have cash. We wait while he looks for it.
The second is denied for some reason and the clerk tries 3 other cards for him, each one denied. The man is confused but leaves the store in discuss.
The third persons card is unreadable but the clerk tries multiple times including once with it covered in a plastic bag and ends up entering the numbers manually twice and requires a photo I.D. that the buyer does not have with him.
All of this speed-up cost me an extra 15 minutes before it’s my turn and I am not sure if I have the time to use my debit card?
So I pay cash in the exact amount that I had plenty of time to count without holding anyone else up but the clerk says “I need 5 cents more”. now I had watched her count it and said “count it again, I did 3 times while waiting”. She counted it twice more and says “I am sorry, I don’t know what I did, I need 30 cents more”.
At this point I said “give me the change back and here is a dollar bill (my last one dollar bill), don’t count it again and keep the change” ( when you figure out how much that is ).
Turns out the dollar bill I just handed her was an older silver certificate and see thinks it is funny money and that I am trying to scam her. (she is not old enough to know what a silver certificate is).
So I give in (you know that advertisement was right) and tell her “O.K., give me all my cash back and I’ll just pay with my debit card”. …Priceless…
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I see Apple having multiple instances of hacked account information including my account that I find for sale on the Chinese Auction version of eBay.
Reality check: I can only think… Identity Theft, There’s an app for that !
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High tech traffic signal systems that use sensors in the lanes to detect cars waiting. This speeds up travelers in all directions.
Reality check: I am stopped behind one car at a traffic light that does not change for 10 minutes. I get out of the car to knock on the window of the car in front of me that did not pull forward enough to trip the sensor to explain this fact.
Being successful, before I can get back to my car, the driver is able to drive away after tripping the sensor and the police show up to hassle me as to why I was out of my car at a busy intersection. After showing my I.D. and waiting for a license check, digging up and showing proof of insurance, letting him look inside my car, there is a accident in the other lane from the folks trying to get around me and the police car. One car in this morning mishap hits the traffic signal electric pole, knocks out the power to the traffic signal and the real fun begins.
I only ask the officer,”can I go before this gets worse?, I did not see a thing and not a witness to anything, I need to get to work”. I wait and help in the welfare check to those in the mishap and for additional officers to direct traffic and open the intersection. Trying to explain why you are late to your boss is like telling a teacher that a goat ate your homework. Don’t even try the truth, you will have to lie.
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Digital TV will bring you a crystal clear high resolution picture and more channels to chose from.
Reality check: With my new HDTV, I now have a choice to watch the same info-mercials on more channels with perfect clarity.
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High-Speed Unlimited voice and data plan for mobile phones.
Reality check: When they advertised 3G data cellphones, I bought a 3G data phone and plan.
I soon go back to the store and tell them “this is no faster than what I had”.
I was told, 3G is not here yet ( how convenient for them to tell me after signing a 2 year contract).
So I ask “when will it be here?” and I am told “very soon”.
3 years later, They began advertising 4G service and the carrier just implemented 3G service.
I asked how long before they would have 4G service and they said “very soon.”
I said “so according to the last time I was told that, soon means 3 years.” AND ” I guess I’ll wait till you advertise 5G service and I’ll be in for that 4G phone”.
I enjoy a fair 3G speed for the first couple of Google map look-ups and a few hours of a online searches and email with the weather forecast daily, then when my unlimited limit has been reached, it is slower than dial-up.
My phone always try’s to use cellphone network data first, even when connected to my home/office wi-fi network. No wonder I eat up my unlimited limit early.
Yes, it’s a smartphone, very smart for who?
Just try to buy a iPhone without a data plan and use it with wi-fi only!
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More Pet Peeves Coming Soon !