speaking of technology......
I have about had it with what most call " auto correct" but i think a much better title would be "autogetwrong"
I typed " I wil be nude when you come over " to a new acquaintance just to give him a heads up. I hit send . Then I looked at what autogetwrong had decided that was the correct word that i meant to type . Guess what ... it changed nude to nice.
The guy responded with a question that asked why wouldn't i be nice?"
With most phones, there is an option in settings to turn off auto correct. My phone allows me to swipe across my key board to spell words rather than touching each letter individually. When in a hurry writing a text, some completely crazy sentences end up on my screen.
what about those annoying robo operators and menus you have to go thru to just to talk to some one at a business, this particular one asked for my last name and when i gave it it told me to give last name only (which is two syllables), by the third time of going thru this nonsensense i was really annoyed and was swearing at the phone, which it didn't recognize either.
And another thing...since we're talking about annoying technology; I'm sick of having to wave my hands around like a crazy person just to get water to come out of a faucet or to get paper towels in a restroom.
Also...I've grown tired of arguing with my car. I was getting close to a destination and took a slightly different route than the one it picked. It told me I had left my route and asked if I wanted to cancel navigation. It went like this: Car "Do you wish to cancel navigation? Please say yes or no." I said "Yes". Car "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Did you say Yes? Please say Yes or No." At this point, I'm maneuvering through construction and traffic, so I wasn't paying attention, and it's response confused me. Do I say Yes I said Yes or No, I said Yes...and I grunted something as I nearly rear ended someone, to which it responded "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Did you say No? Please say Yes or No. I said "What?" and we started again. At this point, my kids are apoplectic with laughter in the back seat, watching Daddy argue with the car.
Many years ago when voice directions were still a novelty , I was riding with my cousin who wanted to show it off to us. We were on our way to his mom-in-law's home which well all knew how to get to. He turned on the voice but did not put in a destination. The woman's voice kept telling us to make a legal u-turn as soon as possible. We could not figure out how to shut her up. Me punching buttons another guy reading the manual. This went on for 1/3of the way to put destinstion.
I had an employee that wouldn't pull out of our shop on a service call without setting his navigator. Even if the house he was going to 3 blocks away. And he's been there before! I particularly like waiting behind someone stopped at a green light while they text or play with their smartphone.
I had an employee that wouldn't pull out of our shop ona service call without setting his navigator. Even if the house hewas going to 3 blocks away. And he's been there before! Iparticularly like waiting behind someone stopped at a green lightwhile they text or play with their smartphone.
I'm wearing out the horns on our cars with those texting people on
the road! The lights in our city are all screwed up and haven't
been adjusted in over a decade! According to the city Engineer and
traffic engineer, it's something that is in the works but these
damn lights are set to allow 4-8 cars at a time and that's it! If
someone's on their damn phone and doesn't go as soon as they can,
some poor bastard ... like me!, has to wait for another cycle of
the traffic light! I hate those people!
I think there should be some sort of device on phones where they
automatically shut off when the car's engine is on! Or a device on
the new car's engines where cell phones are disabled when the
engine is on. Something's gotta be done. It'sa
fricken nightmare out there with all these people thinking they can
text, talk and drive ...
The worst part is they kill other people not just themselves
what about those annoying robo operators and menus you have to go thru to just to talk to some one at a business, this particular one asked for my last name and when i gave it it told me to give last name only (which is two syllables), by the third time of going thru this nonsensense i was really annoyed and was swearing at the phone, which it didn't recognize either.
I'm with you on this one definitely. I believe that I speak quite clearly and pronounce words correctly,and don't have a strong accent, in the past I've done voiceovers for video productions we used to make at one place I worked at without any feedback that I was not understood. I rarely have misunderstandings when speaking with real people, but run into numerous problems with robo operators. I'm English, living in England, I hate to think what its like for non-natives living here where English is a second language, or dred myself ever having to deal with a robo operator in my get-by level French and Spanish if I encounter those infernal machines while abroad. None of them recognise/interpret my swearing as the frustration grows either. I'd be rather shocked if they did and swore back at me!
@H8cloz a great picture you painted of our kids "apoplectic with laughter in the back seat, watching Daddy argue with the car."
I wrote and supported some of those automated attendant phone systems for 36 years. The real problem with those systems are the Monkey Business Administrators (MBAs) that had control over what was done, but had no understanding of the technology they controlled.
I did want the systems to recognize the obscenities and respond with "That's not nice," then repeat the last prompt. I would also question the MBAs, "If the callers didn't understand the statement they received in the mail, what makes you think they will understand the same words when the robot reads them?"
Bob
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