I definitly have a love/hate relationship with my computing devices and maybe some of these might sound familiar to you.

The Incorrect Password Problem
I haven’t been on a site for a while so I decide to make a new profile or account. Of course, the computer doesn’t believe that anyone could EVER make the mistake of forgetting they already had a profile set up – silly human! I fill in all the details for my brand spanking new profile and am told a profile under my name already exists. I then go and try and remember which username I used initially – at this stage already about 10 minutes past the time I was actually intending on spending on the site in general- “Wrong User Name or Password ” ….OR? because it would be a complete impossability that you could let me know which one of the two it is so I could actually make it off this site alive?
Next, it’s ok! dont sweat ! We’ll just send your details to your email address and then everything will be bright and happy again.However, wait, the address we have on file is that email account you had back when you made your Communion , remember? “BEBOSTUNAH99”? Surely thats still your email address and SURELY you have the login details for it stored away safely….yeah, along with all the other passwords and usernames to anything I’ve EVER signed up to.
Eventually it’s time to desert that option and create a new profile with a DIFFERENT email address. No problem. Just fill out this quick form and give us a few details. Name , Date , Where you’re from, post code…Oh! your country doesnt have post codes? WELL MAKE ONE UP!
Next, create your new username , no , not just your name. It must have a capital letter, a symbol and the first number that you can think of thats divisible by 7. Done. Now, that wasn’t too hard was it?

Does Not Compute

These are the times when you’re trying to do something really straight forward and the computer just doesn’t want to cooperate. It’s always the time when you have until 4 o’clock to turn in that paper and it’s now 3.57 or when you are catching a flight and need the boarding pass but your printer just ran out of ink. Yet , when you need to print out pictures of Cat Memes for your wall, your ink cartridge is the land of milk and honey!
That time when you were on facebook and you accidently liked that complete strangers picture when you were being nosey- your computer will panic with you and completely self distruct leaving you unsure if you “unliked” the photo or accidentally proposed marraige.

The Overly Efficient Word Processor

This happens mostly with your android or Apple device. Your phone, or Ipod becomes WAY too clever for you and decides it really knows what you want to say in your texts better than you do- afterall you have been through a lot together including 4 broken screens and a near miss with the toilet bowl.If you dont believe me on how often your phone can try to speak for you , just visit , Damn You Auto Correct. It always leaves me in stitches!
Google’s not much better in the area of telling you what you mean to search for. -“Florists in Cork” oh , did you mean ” floral arrangements made out of forks?” ..Yes, Google. You know me so well. That’s exactly what I want. Thankyou for enhancing my life in this way!

Vicious Virus

You suddenly start getting these messages from your boss , your ex school principal and family friend who’s a nun saying “Erm, I think you might have a virus”. You then ask one of your closer friends and it turns out you have just sent your entire contact list a virus which came in the form of ” How to loose that Belly Fat in 4 hours”. Just after you revive yourself from death by public humiliation , you repeat the first step and create a new online presence ALL OVER again.

Prove I’m What?

That ridiculous question when purchasing something online- Are You Human? Just give me a second to check because this whole process has taken me so long there’s a very good chance I might actually have passed on! To go further , you then have to input this weird and mis-shapen code that is meant to resemble letters. If I’m human and I can’t decipher these letters, what does this mean? should I go and see someone? im questioning everything I’ve ever believed about myself!

There are so many times when you’re using the modern man’s best friend when you just feel like throwing the whole thing out the window and training that pesky pigeon you see outside your window to carry your mail from place to place . There are also times ,however seldom they might be, where a computer actually saves us a whole lot of trouble and without them, I wouldnt be writing this blog… so I guess I shouldn’t complain too much!