Yes, Technology Can Be a Little Psycho

I have to admit, I used to laugh at people who had difficulties with auto correct or other features on their phone. It had to be human error, right? I now know that phones have a twisted sense of humor.

Last week, I had a hankering to use the voice dialer on my cell phone, for the first time. I don't know what took me so long. I suppose I simply didn't need it.

I decided to call my husband, so I said "call TJ" because that is what he is called on my contacts list. It dialed my brother, whose name is David. Seriously? How did it get from TJ to David? Ok, fine. I tried it again. Same result.And again. Ditto.

I gave up. I renamed my hubby's contact info Thomas. I said "call Thomas". It said "calling John Davison." What? How in the world did it hear my colleague's name from "Thomas"?  So, for my last attempt I opted to yell my instructions into the phone.

Apparently, it was deaf, because that worked. I don't use the voice dialer anymore. Who wants to look like an ass in public by yelling at their phone?

Now I know how people with errant auto correct feel. I guess phones can be psycho and moody too.

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