Nothing in this house works correctly (including me but that's another story LOL)!!!
I'm the type who, once I've installed or downloaded anything, expects it to work perfectly and forever. I don't have the time (well, I guess I do but I don't wanna) to reinstall, fix or replace any of the internet-sucking gadgets or appliances in this house. Maybe David and I need to go back to the good old days (yeah, right) when there was no such thing in our house. Even our refrigerator is hooked to the internet. Technology is great and extremely frustrating at the same time.
The conspiracy to drive us batty started a few months ago with the television in David's 'man cave' a/k/a the back patio. After years of great service, it went kaput so off we went to Sam's Club to peruse the latest in technological advances in couch potatoism. After selecting a new television based solely on the graphics on the box we paid and took it home where it sat for a couple of days while we contemplated the best way to proceed.
We finally removed the old television, which is still in the man cave taking up space, and replaced it with the new one. That is when we realized we had made a bad mistake. Instead of being like the other televisions in our house, this one was very complicated. David does not like complicated (neither do I) so it took us a few days to get it all figured out. The first thing we learned was we could not get the ESPN app added to it. Dang, dang, dang. If he can't have ESPN then there's no need for the television. Just kidding. We finally solved that problem. I gave him my iPhone so he could 'mirror' his sports from the phone to the television and I got a brand new phone. Win-win (for me).
The next thing to act up was our security camera/doorbell. The camera still works but the doorbell has decided to play hooky. I took it down, hooked it up to the charger, called customer service who sent a part to see if that would do the trick. I got it back up and running, for a few days. It is now refusing to hold a charge so it's back to calling customer service. I wonder if they'll replace it this time?
The answer was a big fat 'No!' although the nice lady in customer service offered us a sweet discount towards the purchase of a new, more updated doorbell. That's wonderful but the only catch is we (and by we, I mean me) have to remember to order it. We'll be lucky if I remember before the offer expires.
Now our television in the living room has gone rogue. It can either be watched on the antenna which is located in our attic or our satellite that is located on the roof. When I turn it on (no cracks) the picture is coming from the antenna but the sound is emanating from the satellite or vice versa. I grabbed the television remote, selected satellite, and viola, no volume control at all. So I turned the television off and back on, started the process all over, and finally got control. This worked for a little while before the gremlin inside took over and the volume control quit again.
If all that isn't bad enough we now have a strange shadow on the bottom half of the picture but only on our local television station. Weird.
And speaking of nothing in this house working properly–it's a conspiracy, I tell ya. My home appliances must be holding meetings with our internet-sucking gadgets while David and I sleep. I think they're taking votes on which one of them will quit and when. Will they die suddenly (like anything using the internet does) or will they experience a slow and agonizingly annoying (to me) death? Will they go one at a time or all at once? What I do know is they'll do it at the most inconvenient time which is pretty much anytime I want to use it.
Not too long ago our water heater decided it had had enough and 'poof' I got a freezing cold shower. That is NOT how I like to start my day. I hate cold water unless it's in a glass with ice. I won't even go into a pool unless the temperature has been over 100º for several days. Okay, more like a month. I'm a big weenie when it comes to cold water. I'll take it internally only, thank you very much.
As long as our air conditioner keeps on working as summer plugs along, I guess I'll be able to survive–maybe.