Zero at the bone

by beanalreasa

This morning

At 5 AM.

I was lying in bed,

inwardly debating if I should get up to go to the toilet

( as it so often happens roughly around this time each day)

or if I should just go back to sleep for another half hour

( because it didn’t feel like I had to go that badly.)

The house was dark and quiet, with no one else awake

( but me, and only partially so )

When suddenly

Alexa*

Blurts out:

Oh, hello! So glad to have you here!

At volume 8.

Entirely unprompted.

.

.

.

You’d best believe that I was lying there, chest pounding, and * fully awake*  wondering what in the hell could have brought THAT on

Only to see the green glow of the device lighting up AGAIN

Hello! So glad to have you here!

And I seriously thought my heart was going to burst out of my chest.

Damned creepy technology…

*shudder*

~~~

I have read so many horror stories of voice assistant tech going off unprompted at the strangest times – and yet, this is the first time that it has happened to me.

😱

*catches breath*

*unplugs all smart devices*

_______

*(that ubiquitous voice assistant technology that I begrudgingly refer to as ‘the faceless woman’ )