Have the world gone Microsoftised?

In the morning when I was driving to the office the “ON” button of the car’s CD player was playing dumb to my finger’s command to start playing music. Was my two and a half year old metallic red car finally tired of my constant demand for a spin of Mawi Timbaland’s CD while transporting my butt all over the city? But how could I drive with the radio broken? What do you expect my left hand do if it can’t flip through radio channels while I drive? Hold on to the steering wheel? Puhleeez…

So after thinking really hard I pulled over at the road side. Turn off my car engine and then turn it back on. I pressed the button and once again I was served with the barbaric terrific melody from my favourite tune- Chaiya Chaiya Give it to Me! Hooray!

Later that evening at home, it was Azman’s beloved big screen HDTV’s turn to drive me up the wall. When I tried to switch it on, just like the usual I could hear the sound but now there was no picture. After 10 seconds, even the sound went off and the TV turned into stand by mode. Same frustrating thing happened again and again as I tried to get the TV on in time for my favorite show at 11. Dammit!

At last Azman came to aid, insisted that I must have hurt the television’s feeling hence the machine’s weird behavior. He tried my method with the remote too but failed. Then he pulled the TV off the power supply and then fed it with electricity again. He did this while cajoling the TV to listen to Mum and Dad. Yes, the TV is our first child, the one in my tummy is Abang Ngah. And so the TV cooperated nicely and I got to watch Spongebob at last.

Just what is wrong with the machines in our lives lately? I understand Bill Gate’s cheapos need to be rebooted every 15 minutes in order to function. But my car’s CD player and TV too? Sigh…. Machines Microsoftization need to be curbed immediately.