Analog Revenge

Whats the old saying about walking and running, and not doing one before the other?

Well, this week I may have been slightly reigned in from my "early adopter" digital approach. Its been a week of illness in our house, sick kids and a dad with a bout of man flu (me). As a result the sleeping arrangements have been a little muddled. I've been sleeping in a spare room without my wireless charging pad nearby (you will see why that's important later).

As a break from the house I took my little girl, Gracie (11) to Kmart to buy a present for her friends upcoming birthday. The ulterior motive was to try and get her to eat something having lost her appetite with the flu. Sushi was promised.

We got to the register at Kmart only to find that my phone had completely died when I went to pay, with no wallet, I thought we will have to head home and either charge my phone, or get the wallet. No big deal, a 20 minute round trip. As we gave our would be purchases to a check-out girl to put aside until our return, we left the store and suddenly something dawned on me. No wallet, no keys, and an EV where my phone is my car key. Amazing how the lack of a full charge the night before had rendered my digital life futile. My kingdom for an old fashioned car key, a bank card or dare I say it even some cash!

Crisis averted when we found one of those mobile phone kiosks, now the proud owner of an overly priced, fairly average power bank, we were able to charge the phone and normal service was resumed.

Present purchased, sushi enjoyed and my daughter had great amusement at my digital malaise.

We are heading toward a world where the mobile device is our world. Maybe just not yet, for me.