Ah Technology

Ah Technology

Ah technology ....


Today I went to pay the telephone bill.

There are many ways to pay the bill even when you go to the company office itself. You can hand over the cheque , you can hand over the cash , you can deposit the cheque in a drop box or you can put the cheque in cheque accepting machine where you get immediate receipt .

The cheque accepting machine is the latest gadget on the line and so some people were keen on using it . Besides to hand over cheque there was a long long queue .

One person came up and asked the other guy as to how to use the machine . The other person told him to just put the cheque in the slit and the machine would accept it . Our man put the cheque in the slit , and viola , in went the cheque and out came the receipt . Wow , what technology ! The depositor exclaimed as he collected the receipt and turned to go . " Now no need to wait in a queue ! "

I was not very convinced .

I asked him " How did the machine come to know your telephone number ? " Three or four bystanders informed me that it was all latest technology . The machine did it all .

I was still confused .

I asked the person to show me the receipt which he proudly did . I indeed saw a telephone number mentioned on it . I read out the number and asked him if it belonged to him . Our man paled ! It was not his number ! Then he panicked .

Just then a lady came with a telephone technician in tow. The lady was in high spirits and through her gestures and expressions we came to know that the machine had been repeatedly rejecting her cheque . So she had gone and commissioned the technician . I read out the number on the receipt and asked her if the number belonged to her . It did .

The machine had accepted her bill and was awaiting for the cheque to be inserted , when our good samaritan turned up and on advice deposited *his*cheque and paid the lady's bill .

Wow , technology !