We are such creatures of habit.
KFC has been running commercials like below. For decades they have convinced us the Colonel’s original, “secret” recipe had not changed. So, this is a clever way of introducing their boneless, skinless version of the original.
The interesting thing is I have been having lots of those “I ate the bones” wake-up moments – no, not at KFC because I am not big on deep fried stuff.
But in daily life
- Thanks to Delta, I qualified for the TSA Pre list in Orlando a couple of weeks ago. And the agents look at me funny as I removed my shoes, jacket, liquids from the bag, laptop etc. “Never done this before, have you?”. No, I cannot remember this easy a TSA process since even before 9/11.
- My daughter and her friend Emily are “Euro-railing” it this summer. For decades now we have used local phones, calling cards, call forwarding from US and who knows what else to avoid outrageous roaming charges during the family’s annual trips to Ireland. So we give them both Nokia dumb phones with O2 SIM Cards from our previous visits. We brace ourselves for short calls every few days. Turns out my daughter discovers Viber (likely from this blog) and has free wi-fi at most hotels they are staying at. So, we have been getting regular calls, text messages with photos and videos. For free. The Nokias are their back up when they are away from hotel. My wife and I are astonished at how much easier and cheaper this makes staying in touch overseas.
- A battery at home sent me an email a few weeks ago. No kidding. It identifies itself as 12-Volt 7.2 Ah SLA Sealed Lead Acid. I have no earthly idea if it is a prank email – no idea what that battery is, certainly not something I have installed at home. Turns out the email is from Verizon, our FiOS broadband provider, and when I get home it is beeping to be replaced. A smart battery. Wow!
- I hear a radio DJ announce that DisneyWorld is open 24 hours this Memorial Weekend. And the other says – “great, 24 hours of waiting in lines”. Clearly, this man has not experienced Disney’s MyMagic+ which allows guests to schedule 3 FastPasses before arriving to the parks for rides, shows, parades, fireworks, or to meet characters
- I am talking to an auto executive about coming autonomous cars. And he tells me his car has had adaptive cruise control since 2001. And it hits me many cars already have functions to offset attention deficit, help detect blind spots, keep you from straying across lanes. It makes me wonder how many “I ate the bones” moments we have coming as our cars override our poor decisions.
Readers do you have other technology-enabled “wake up” moments to share?
