The marvels of modern shopping
9 days until Christmas. So far, I’ve only physically shopped for two items. Out of a total of 10 purchases, I feel like I’m doing pretty good. I’m frequently reminded of just how bizarre our lives have become. As a reader of science fiction (including some older stuff), I’ve read what the “leading minds” (ie, people who had time to sit around and come up with the craziest ideas possible) thought life would be like as technology advanced. While they were right on in some ways, it seems to me that they missed the boat both in terms of commerce and labor.
Every morning as I walk down to my office — in my house — and start another work day, I’m reminded of how far we’ve come. Shopping for Christmas takes it another step. I tell a computer what I want, I provide payment, and someone, somewhere in a warehouse, picks it off a shelf and gets it ready to send. In most cases, I have it in just a few days.
Now if I could just get my personalized jet pack and a robo-maid for the house. I’d probably name her… Rosie.
Hate physically shopping. Love Internet shopping. Want a jet pack and a Rosie too. Have you googled them?
….have a Rosie on my key chain……….hoping one morning I will wake up and…….. the Rosiemyster fairy will have magically come to life during the night and……..