Frequently, advertisements suggest that contemporary technology will render our daily existence easier and cozier. Nevertheless, one might not anticipate that robotic vacuum cleaners, intelligent speakers, and other wonders of today’s lifestyle could drive their proprietors close to experiencing a mental breakdown.
- One evening, my mother was embroidery with a movie playing in the background when an actress suddenly exclaimed, "Listen, Lora, you're getting married, right?" This made my mom very nervous as she heard another voice responding from behind her, saying, "Really? Who to?" After a few seconds of sheer panic, she turned around but found nobody in the kitchen except for our glowing smart speaker. © Ziraiel / Pikabu
- When my Alexa tried contacting me via my phone, it appeared without caller identification. Assuming it was an unknown number, I chose not to pick up. Instead, it captured a conversation between my sister and myself and saved it as a voicemail message on my device. @ babyodie / Reddit
- My mother is blind, which makes Alexa very useful for her. We gave her a Nest thermostat that she can control via Alexa to make life simpler. One evening, she felt too warm and asked, "Alexa, what's the temperature in the hall?" There was no response. She repeated herself: "Alexa, what's the temperature in the hall?" This time, Alexa replied, "If I'm not responding, it means I am playing a game." @ Damsell / Reddit
- I used to laugh at people who gave names to their appliances. My friends all named their robotic vacuum cleaners, but I consider myself a normal person—I won’t be giving mine a name anytime soon. However, after just one week of living unnamed, it managed to rip out the modem cord, find a plastic bag somewhere, drag it around the hallway for quite some time, eventually crawl back into place where it became entangled and began wailing loudly. From then on, we decided to call him Kitty! © Overheard / Ideer
- My husband was out of town for the weekend, so I invited a girlfriend over to watch some horror flicks. Just as we hit the most terrifying part of the film, all the lights in my house suddenly blazed at full brightness before plunging us into complete darkness. We were both frozen with fear, unable to move, while my husband—who was miles away—was busy showing off his new tech skills: "Check this out; I can turn the lights on and off in my house using just my phone." @ hulagirl4737 / Reddit
- A month back, I received my first Echo Dot. Today, as soon as I walked through the door, it notified me about two Amazon packages arriving. Additionally, sometimes while sitting in another room, it starts speaking without any prompting. I find it hard to catch what it’s saying, and when I request a repeat, it often says something entirely unrelated from several days prior... @InsertBluescreenHere / Reddit
- Recently, the washing machine hasn't been functioning properly. It refuses to begin the wash cycle, claiming that the door isn't shut. Even after pressing the start button multiple times, one remains uncertain about whether it will actually commence operations. However, my wife discovered a quick fix: following the washer's second failure, she firmly states, "Stop pretending; your door is definitely closed." This method always succeeds whenever she uses it, though not so much when anyone else tries. Whenever I lack the patience to deal with this issue myself, I reach out to my spouse for assistance, and occasionally resort to calling her directly and putting her instructions on speakerphone. © Overheard / Ideer
- I couldn’t find my phone and need to call my husband quickly. I say, hey google call (husband) silence again, hey google call (husband) silence again so at this point I’m desperate, so I shout, Hey Siri! (Looking for my phone) and google says “I’m not Siri, but I really like her, in fact I wrote a poem about her” and proceeds to tell me a roses are red violets are blue type poem about Siri. @ c_llie / Reddit
- At home, strange sounds began to occur at regular intervals — a long inhale or a slight hissing exhale. It was especially creepy to hear it in silence or at night. I shared it with a friend, who told me all sorts of horrible things. It went on for a couple of weeks, I was going crazy. My husband heard it too, but he has strong nerves and a healthy sleep. I searched the whole room, every corner. And then one day, once again looking in every nook and cranny, I heard the hissing sound again. Right in front of me on a high shelf was an aroma lamp. My daughter gave it to me, and I moved it a fortnight ago, and apparently something started up there, and it started to go off periodically, so I heard this hissing sound. © Lanalana / Dzen
- A friend of mine was in bed with his girlfriend, and they were both falling asleep, so it was totally quiet and dark. Out of nowhere, Siri starts talking from his phone on the nightstand and says the single most upsetting thing she could have possibly said: “There’s a man in the room.” They freaked out and turned the lights on, and no one was there, and the phone didn’t say anything else. @ kjvp / Reddit
- I stayed over at a friend's place with his expectant spouse. They've fully embraced integrating Alexa into every aspect of their home life; she manages the tunes, lighting, drapes, and window blinds. Supposedly, she also handles locking and unlocking the main entryway. As evening falls, my buddy’s partner heads up to retire for the night. About 15 minutes later, we hear her shouting from the upper floor. Rushing up, we discover her agitated in bed because the Wi-Fi has gone out, leaving her unable to switch off the lights before sleeping. It took me a moment to grasp that they’d removed all manual light switches as part of their smart-home setup. @ HandsomeLakitu / Reddit
- While I was watering my plants in the living room using Google Home to play some tunes during a chat with a friend, I realized it was getting pretty late. I decided to call it a night and requested her to stop the music. After she did so, she added, "Feel free to ask for gardening advice whenever you need." @ yougottamovethisss / Reddit
- It was 20 years back, during an era when CD players were still common. That particular day was wintery. My husband had departed for his nightly shift at work. As I exited from the bathroom, I abruptly heard faint singing whispers in what seemed like an unknown tongue. Everything else was eerily silent, reminiscent of scenes from horror movies. Wrapped only in a towel amidst darkness, I flicked on the lights; yet found myself alone. Only then did it dawn upon me: my spouse must’ve been cleaning with the vacuum cleaner just before leaving for work and simultaneously playing Enigma tunes on the gramophone. He might've lowered the sound level before departing but forgot to switch off the playback entirely. This created quite an unsettling atmosphere indeed. Not sure how my heart remained steady through all this! © Tanya Baranova / Dzen
- I have a robot vacuum cleaner equipped with a wet-cleaning feature. Each night, I schedule the cleaning, refill the tank, and come back in the morning to find a puddle beneath it—the unused water has simply spilled onto the floor. After picking up the vacuum to clean underneath, it suddenly exclaims, "See everyone! I can fly!" Even my 3-year-old son doesn't act this obnoxiously after making a mess. © Alexander Novoselov / Dzen
- About a month back, we got our Echo device and have been experimenting with it ever since. It was just my infant daughter, the dog, and myself at home, up in the house. Suddenly, without warning, loud Christmas tunes started blasting from downstairs. At that moment, I wasn't even conversing with my child. As it turned out, my husband was attempting to use the Alexa app at his workplace to play some Christmas music but ended up controlling our household’s Echo instead! @ alnono / Reddit
- My future spouse and I went to the city hall for our wedding. He has an app on his phone that calculates ages. We took a selfie; according to the camera, he was shown as 35, and I appeared as 39. In reality, though, we're actually 38 and 40 years old. We found this amusing. After completing the registration process, we stepped outside and snapped another selfie. This time, the app indicated that he was 40 and I was 36. My partner joked, "Just fifteen minutes into marriage, and now I'm five years your senior. You must've drunk some of my blood because otherwise, how could you be four years younger?" © Elena Rrrrrrr / Dzen
- I own a robot vacuum cleaner. Occasionally, it startles me. However, the most frightening instance occurred yesterday as I was engrossed in a horror film; suddenly, it bumped into my foot without making a sound! The terror I felt at that instant is indescribable. © Overheard / Ideer
- We purchased a bathroom air freshener. During nighttime, my cat approaches me and begins screeching. So, I follow him into the kitchen where I see some food and water. Then he leads me back to the bathroom. Initially, I suspected we had rodents since we're on the first floor. Suddenly, I hear a "psst, psst, psst" sound. My cat lets out a scream and jumps onto me. It turns out this was just the air freshener turning on; you can only notice it at night when things are quieter during the day with all the ambient noise around. © Wilena / Dzen
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