A Penny For My Thoughts

Me Against Computers

By Paul Wein

Did you ever see, the movie Terminator? The premise of the movie was that all of the Earth’s computers come to life. Although it was a great movie, I don’t see why that is so exciting, because that happens to my computer every day.

Electronic equipment and I do not get along. I have gone through more computers, TVs, CD players, cordless phones and VCRs than anyone, not because the equipment is defective, but because I am.

Since I learned how to plug something in, I have been called everything from "electronically spastic" to a "walking computer virus". I have made more things crash, shut down, erase, or need repair than I can count. Is there a cure for my ailment?

The newest example of my "electronicaphobia" came when I joined the Eagle and started to use their computers. So far, the scanner had to be rebooted, I have lost documents somewhere in “the system”, and I have screamed at each and every computer screen yelling, "Why won’t you work!" (an obvious form of projection)

I don’t know if there is anyone out there who suffers from the same disease as I, or if is there is a cure or vaccine for what I suffer. If anyone can suggest something, besides taking all electronic equipment within a 50-foot radius away from me, I would appreciate it.

They say that by the year 2000, most of the everyday things that we do will now be able to be done electronically – look out world, here I come.