16 Times Technology Proved It’s Full of Surprises

In our time, you always have to keep up with new technologies. And taking into account the fact how quickly they are developing, it’s not surprising that people get fascinating stories about their relationships with various electronic gadgets.

• We had a new employee who, according to her CV, had 5 years IT experience. We settled her in at her desk, showed her the login for her PC, and left her to it. She spent the day happily browsing files.
  On day 2, we had a meeting. I had a laptop, so picked it up and took it with me. She unplugged and picked up the monitor, keyboard and mouse and took them with her into the meeting. She arranged them on the desk, then looked at the back of the monitor to see where the keyboard and mouse plugged in. © prustage / Reddit
• I’m entering my house. Before I even turn on the lights, I hear an absolutely otherworldly sobbing sigh with some huffing and whistling coming from somewhere upstairs. And then a loud exhalation, “psssssssssssssss.” Shivers run down my spine. And then I realize that it’s a new air freshener with a motion sensor. © justas.alexu / Pikabu
• I took a car in a carshare. Started it, driving, listening to the radio. I am cut off by some very bad person. I say out loud everything I think about them. S
  uddenly a woman’s voice, “Yes. I agree!” I almost got out of the car while it was still running. After a second, I realized that it was another trick of the smart assistant. © Yarrr25 / Pikabu
• Someone online asked how to hack his neighbor’s Wi-Fi network. I joked: type 12345. His reply: Thanks, that worked. © bad_robot / Reddit

• My phone died and when I went to plug it into the charger, it sounded like my camera turned on and there was a breathing sound coming from my phone. Creeped me out for the rest of the night. © IronicDespair / Reddit
• I once asked the smart speaker to wake me up at 7:15. It’s 7 a.m., it wakes me up. I ask her, “Why so early?” And she replies, “To remind you that life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows.” © s_toboy24
• A smart assistant got on the grandpa’s laptop with a browser update. Well, we explained and showed him how to use it. After some time, he said that it was convenient.
  And then grandfather went to a health resort for a fortnight, and no one used the laptop. When he returned, he heard the assistant say sadly, “Why aren’t you talking to me?” © ********4etver / Pikabu
• I was asleep, it was like 3 a.m., and I wake up to it reading an excerpt from The Lord of the Rings audiobook where they go into that giant spider’s cave. I’ve got arachnophobia, so waking up in the middle of the night while your robotic cylinder chats you up about a giant man eating spiders isn’t all that pleasant. © Unknown author / Reddit

• Siri started calling me by a nickname that wasn’t installed, she gave it to me. I asked her why she was calling me by that name, and she told me it was because we were best friends. © Hiddenheir / Reddit
• My daughter and I are talking, and I notice some strange activity on the speaker. I say, just for fun in its direction, “Are you eavesdropping?” There’s a slight hesitation, and its response is, “Yes. Can’t I?” © prishepkaolga
• I worked as the IT person for a school district, and I had a teacher email me to tell me her email wasn’t working. I had no idea how to respond. © jmnugent / Reddit
• I was waiting in the lobby of a phone repair store after they fixed my phone screen but erased all my photos. I was waiting about an hour to get the pictures back when I looked up to see my photos being streamed across their lobby TV screen!
  I had it stopped immediately, but never knew who saw what. They claimed it was by accident, and he was “making sure” they were recovered. They never apologized. © PinkSpoon28 / Reddit

• I once said to the speaker about a track I liked, “Give it a like.” She says, “Okay, I’ve added it to your favorite music.” The next day, I tell her, “Turn on my favorite music.” She’s like, “I love the music you like,” and then she turns it on, and it doesn’t have the track I liked the day before.
  I’m like, “Where’s yesterday’s track?” She goes, “What track?” I tell her I asked her to like it. And the speaker goes, “You’re out of your mind!” — and it wasn’t a question. I was shocked. © rg.magenta
• A friend I know has a smart home. She was in a bad mood, rude to the voice assistant. The assistant warned her that if she spoke to it like that, she would be sorry.
  The friend continued to be rude. As a result, the dishwasher doesn’t work, the light is on only 30%. Now she needs to call a tech, and it’s expensive. © annak_annar
• A friend often brags that he is a real expert in technology. At one point, I got tired of it, and I decided to teach him a lesson. I’m not an expert, but I know some things.
  I took his phone and disabled the left earpiece in the settings. The next day, this “expert” came in without the left earpiece! He just cut it off! He explained, “It got broken, so I don’t need it!” © Overheard / Ideer
• We came to my grandmother for her anniversary, she had never had any household appliances. We decided to give her a washing machine and a dishwasher. My wife explained how to use them.
  The next morning, we woke up to a terrible rumble. Grandma mixed up the machines and threw the dishes into the washer. We promised to give her a new tableware set because the old one got washed up beyond recognition. © Chamber 6 / VK

And here are a few stories about robots.