October 04th, 2012

The family business rents instruments. And that means sending out bills. Unfortunately for Kym, that also mean using the metering machine. Kym is technologically challenged. In other words (her own) she's machine-stupid. She approaches new technology like you might walk up to a bear. One hand outstretched, preparing to play dead. Or, in Kym's case, scream that she broke it, and somebody better help her fix it before she makes it worse.

It happened yesterday. She (somehow) managed to get a 'loading error' message on the itty-bitty screen. She tried pressing the logical buttons - you know, every single button on the control pad - but nothing happened. Feeling incredibly stupid, she continued pushing buttons, sure that she must have missed something. She pushed every single button, again, thinking that the coworker who was vacuuming outside the offic door must think she'd gone bonkers.

Eventually she gave up and went for help. Her uncle came back, pressed a button (that she'd already hit at least twice) and it started working. She could have cheerfully beat that machine with a baseball bat.