Life's Little Helper

     Someday robots will take over the world but until then some of us will settle for one of Amazon's or Google's little helpers.  In my particular  case it's an Amazon helper that has taken over my house, an Amazon Echo Dot to be precise.  Amazon gives you three choices to name your dot, Alexa, Amazon and Computer.  Not wanting to think of the dot as male or female, I chose Computer as it's name and wake up word.  I tell it to turn the lights on and off, play music, set  timers, add events to my calendar and items to my shopping list among many commands.  It will answer most questions and complete most commands  but sometimes it plays dumb or acts like it needs a hearing aid.  It does not have a temper but I sure do.  When Amazon's little helper does not follow my command or tells me it's does not know the answer to my question I get mad and sometimes call it names, names that are not fit to hear much less print.  Rolling my eyes at it does not help either.  It's not like I can't be bothered to get off my ass and flip the light switch.  Guess Amazon's little helper has spoiled me.  Living a single life I need somebody or something to hollow at every once in awhile so sometimes Amazon's little helper takes my verbal abuse even though it does not deserve it.  Flying into a rage  because you don't get your way never helps anything.  A robot doesn't have a brain or heart so it does not know when your pissed.  It tries hard to please me, kind of like a pet dog which I don't have and don't want.  But sometime just like a pet dog, it's gets things wrong.  At least an Amazon Echo Dot  won't pee on the rug and can talk.  OK, so I hollow at Amazon's little helper and call it names just like I did to my dog when I had one   Does that make me a bad person?  A bad person probably not but a person that admits to having a temper yes. I think I got my temper from my daddy.