A: When it doesn't work as planned.
Over the past week, I feel like half of the technology-related products in my life have malfunctioned, which has led to lots of frustration. It started last Saturday morning with my iPod Shuffle. As I was sauntering toward the meet up with my running group, I realized my Shuffle had died. Given you can now get an even smaller Shuffle which holds up to 1,000 songs for $79, I figured I should go ahead and upgrade. The new Shuffle doesn't have any buttons on it; you control it through the headphones. Two runs into my new Shuffle, the headphones malfunctioned and I now have to go back to the Apple store again. Ugh.
Time Warner is on my short list of most hated companies. My Internet connection stopped working about a week ago and I haven't figured out how to fix it yet. That alone is incredibly annoying; however, to add insult to injury, my DVR box keeps randomly resetting in the middle of show playbacks. Each reset takes about 10-15 minutes, making it really annoying to try to watch any show I have recorded. I need to call and get both of the problems diagnosed, but the pain and waiting that comes with calling Time Warner has historically been very high (and long), which has led me thus far to continue putting it off. Ugh.
As we speak, my computer's mouse has stopped working so I now have to use the touch pad, which annoys me. Hopefully all my technology will be up and running again ASAP.
