Few months ago, I wrote a piece "What Owns You"
I was feeling, while writing that, that I am still not as of an "owned property" of a device or a service. How naive was I?
That morning I woke up bright and early and reached airport
for a flight to Chicago. I planned to be in Chicago for next 2 days l. Had multiple meetings
with different customers. All good, or that I thought.
As soon as I board the flight, my coworker emails a file
that I had promised that I will review in my flight. I saw the email on my
phone and pulled my laptop to download the file before the plane door closes.
Don't like attempting to download anything on in plane WiFi. However, before digressing
any further, I will continue; so, I attempted to turn my computer on, and it
refused to boot. Hard drive not Installed is the error. That didn't appear like an error
message but more like a "semi slaughter verdict" #
I’ve had same issue 4 months earlier when the manufacturer took
1 week to fix.
That time it was not felt as harsh. I was in office when that happened
and in no time, I had a loaner computer. But now in flight and travel for 2 days
following the weekend, another 2 days so practically I might be without my computer for 4 days. That never happens. I am feeling too upset, almost depressed
and certainly afraid. How will I survive the trip; how will I survive at all?
Survival seems in jeopardy since computer stopped working.
That is where the ownership thought kicked back in. I was still in shock. Making
many plans on how to survive next 2 days. Hope I will manage something. Hope it
will not be a total disaster. The more I think, more depressed I get. So; work
computer; you own me… maybe....
PS: The story doesn’t end here; I am writing this because I did survive; BUT HOW? That part hopefully soon.....
# Semi-slaughtered – A term borrowed
from a coworker who used this to represent how he felt in a recent unfriendly
meeting environment (can make for another story for another day 😊)
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