Techno Troubles

I love technology. I do! I really do. Except on those days when everything goes horribly wrong. Well, maybe not horribly, but it’s frustrating when the technology doesn’t work and I waste time.

Case in point: Monday.

My car won’t “find” my phone so I can’t make a hands-free call.
Once the car finally “finds” my phone, the cheerful female voice informs me the “phonebook” is empty. Empty?
Walked into the classroom to find a new phone system installed—complete with high-tech phone. Great! Except, there’s no User Manual—I might read it–uummmm who am I kidding? Because of the upgrade, important extensions were changed. Now I have zero clue how to get messages AND I don’t know how to record a greeting AND passwords haven’t been assigned to access the voice mailbox. ( ACK! Another password to add to my list—see yesterday’s post)
Printer gets jammed.
Computer won’t “load.” No icons. Just blue empty screen. Once. Twice. Three times. Ahhh—there it goes. I have icons!
Can’t figure out the digital recorder I need to use today. There’s a wheelie thingy, and a mode button and a whole row of functions I can’t figure out.
Phone has no bars. (Ten years ago, no one would have known what that statement meant—now you’re all thinking—“Yep, no bars, you’re in a dead zone.”
My iPad is demanding a new email password.
The connector from digital recorder to computer doesn’t work.
My school computer won’t “read’ the memory card.
Online form won’t download correctly.
Keep getting errors on an upload.
I can’t remember which flash drive I put all the stuff I need for today’s work.