The mean washing machine
Poem: The mean washing machine
Bung everything in
5 minutes to go now
It’s not that long
so what could go wrong?
Watch as clothes spin around and around
on quiet mode thank you – there’s barely a sound
I switched you on and watched you
when I was out of the house
I love this new smart tech
I’m quite the super hero spouse!
Time to bend down and open the door
If you could do that yourself
I’d love you even more
That “3 hour 90 degree wash cycle is now complete”
your smug digital face tells me…
Say what?
How hot?
and for just how long?
Something DID indeed go very wrong
The husband’s underpants have now turned into a thong!
Review:The mean washing machine
Modern life eh?
Oh haven’t we evolved where we no longer need to trudge down to the nearest river to scrub and wash our clothes to then slap them dripping wet against a rock or something else to remove the stubborn dirt!
Ah, those ‘good old days’ they were, weren’t they?
OF COURSE NOT! No! It sounds awful!
Thank goodness the twentieth century did afford us humans more of a luxurious way of taking care of our clothes. The humble washing machine!
But here in the 21st century there is all this amazing technology available with an app for this, that and the other. The spy cameras are everywhere! At the tap of an app, can all therefore be permitted to be Oglers, Sleuths, Vigilantes and… Perverts?!
Surely not! Of course not! but I’m sure there are or will be ‘Artificial Intelligent’ versions of these.
What a scary notion. Best not to think too much about all this dependable and advanced technology we’ve got. It’s there to serve our best interests right?
Think again.
In the poem the owner of the washing machine thinks she’s got modern living all sussed with it being switched on while she’s out of the house. She can keep an eye on what’s going on inside her own indoors without needing to be there. Oh, the freedom felt! The washing machine can just get on with its usual ordinary task of spinning and washing.
But ordinary it is not!
It’s very much part of the 21st century tech cognoscenti with its fantastic features and foilbles.
The owner is lulled into thinking that she’s in control but she is not!
(oh how I laugh at this, it’s hard not to. Other stories for other times!)
Expecting more from the machine with wishing more from it. Some are never satisfied, are they, eh? Opening doors? If only she didn’t need to do that? Oh how life would be so much better eh?
If she needs all the other stuff to take place then here’s a thought or three;
Have staff, get a robot or continue to Do it YOURSELF! and Get on with it!
By the looks of it, the washing machine has been rebellious with having changed the setting to a long wash on a high temperature with the outcome being undesirable.
A humorous observation on modern life and technology. Move with the times, yes but perhaps a lesson to learn is not to be overly dependent on it.
Whatever the century, things can go wrong.