Another Niggling Annoyance

My new friend the interventionist (not) seems to be adhering to some sort of detectable pattern as far as when it goes off. I haven't quite sussed it out yet, but the 6 times per day routine is definitely predictable. I'm going to start keeping track of what time it is when it starts beeping at me.

I thought of logging which words I have to say each time as well, and the order in which I have to say each one, but that doesn't seem like it would be worth the effort. For something which is said to cost several thousand dollars, I'm not impressed by the quality of the electronics inside. Maybe that's because it's made in Canada and not Japan, Taiwan, or elsewhere in Asia. The other day - frustrated by the number of times I was repeating words and doing double sessions - I decided to see what happened if I purposely said the wrong thing at each prompt. For example, after the voice recognition test began and I was prompted for "Red," I said "America." I did a whole set like that (about 7 words in total) and the device continued to function normally. After blowing into it to confirm the sober part of the Sobrietor, it merrily processed the results before going off again 10 seconds later. That behavior is not much different from what it does when I follow the directions - about half the time I have to repeat the entire process. Maybe next time I'll try insulting it or slandering the management team at BI.

The really annoying part about this isn't having to repeat some of the tests, which I'm used to, but rather that the damn thing keeps going off when I'm in the middle of cooking dinner. I've burnt garlic bread in the broiler, overcooked salmon steaks, and left the stove on because I was distracted by this thing. Somehow the dinnertime test always seems to be one of the ones that need repeating.

Maybe there's such a thing as a do-not-disturb list for this. You know, sort of like that bogus do-not-call list that purported to keep the telemarketers off your back (but ended up being sold to them or something)? I'd like to think so, but by now I know better. I guess it's time to start eating at 1630 instead of 1800.

Whoops, there it goes again...