Talking to a Computer

6/15/11 |  1:27pm

While in the car driving home from my half-day at work, an automated message calls to confirm my appointment between 2-5pm, but disconnects midway through the message.  This moment of communication breakdown, I would later come to realize, is what dramatists call “foreshadowing.”   (Call length- 0:08)

6/15/11  |  2:02pm

The automated message calls again, and gives me the option of “Press 1 to cancel appointment.  Press 2 to keep the appointment.”  I press 2, very deliberately.  “Thank you for using Comcast,” the voice says, and ends the call.  (Call Length: 0:48)