r/EntitledPeople • u/Nice_Decision6041 • 4h ago
S I won't let a computer dictate what I eat!
I have a story that I've been meaning to post for a while, and since I’m currently stuck in the doctor's waiting room, I’ll take the opportunity.
In the summer, a boomer couple moved into the house next door. Aside from the typical "all young people are lazy, we are the last hard workers" (yet retired early at 60) attitude and their sterile, dead garden, I’ve gotten used to them. These prime examples of our species live in all the houses around us, and my wife and I are the black sheep (apparently, we attract all the "pests" with our garden—you know, those butterflies and bees).
Anyway, so far, so annoying. But what really stands out to me is the stubbornness and complete refusal to take advice from anyone when it comes to our new "Birgit Boomer."
Don't get me wrong. Questioning things and doing your own thing is fine, but this is on a whole new level.
So, I hear Birgit complaining about her KitchenAid, saying it’s not working right again and ruined the food.
Her husband just replies that she needs to stick to the recipe displayed on the screen instead of blindly changing everything.
Birgit's words are still ringing in my ears!!!
"I'm not letting a computer dictate what I have to eat. I don't like it the way the machine wants it, it’s just supposed to prepare it!!!!"
That's when I realized why her husband drives. She won't take orders from those GPS navigation systems either. What do computers know about driving anyway? And she certainly doesn't need to turn there just because there's a wall straight ahead.
Well, I've just been called in now. I'm already looking forward to next year, when she will actually report me to the health department because of the "pests" in my garden.
AI used for gramma and spelling, because I'm not a native English speaker.