Uh oh,watch out:PluggedInhas just slid into the lobby all naked and greased up.
Take phones, for example.
The industry is filled with examples of this.
Just think aboutSamsungs foldablesorApples butterfly keyboard.
And thats just the hardware.
Think of all the awful online sign-up systems youve been forced to wade through over the years.
What connects these experiences are that theyre all things thatshouldworkon paper, but dont.
Reality, friends, is a harsh genital-smacker.
It’s free, every week, in your inbox.
Dont be fooled in thinking its just tech companies that struggle with this: other sectors sin too.
And the most blasphemous of technological implementations in the land?
Easy: hotel Wi-Fi.
How did I arrive at this conclusion?
Well, the world is slowly creaking back open.
And this led to me actually leaving the country (?)
on a work trip (??)
to a conference (???)
in Barcelona (????).
Do I have a point?
ALAS instead of phasing out to some flashing primary colors, I was delivered but spinning balls of hell.
For a brief moment, I believed that Id just gotten used tomy homes excellent Wi-Fi.
Okay, my reflection responded, name a hotel youve been to with good internet.
My mouth flapped like a guppy.
I couldnt think of one.
Much like James Joyce novels, Im sure good hotel Wi-Fi exists but Ive never come across one.
Nor do I expect to.
but I dont wanna hear it.
And theres a good reason for that.
Because…Im glad the hotel Wi-Fi was shit.
That, pals, is what a call a true slice of the old life.
Nature is healing and it feels great.
Plus, crappy internet gives me another excuse to stay home.
