Electronics Killer

Joe is a killer of all things electronic or even remotely high tech.

We have had a new garage door opener for three months and in that three months, his remote opener has died three times. The first time I think he demagnetized it by carrying it around in his pockets. The second time I don't know what happened, maybe he was still carrying it around. But the company replaced both of our openers and reprogrammed the whole system. Now he keeps it in his console as it must be out of sight or someone might steal it. Whatever! This third time they suggested to him he try to reprogram it himself and to look for the red button on the opener system in the garage. There's no red button on the box that I can see. So he'll have to call them again and hopefully they'll help us fix it without starting to charge us. Oh, and yes, I have an opener that has had absolutely no problems.

When I had my first knee surgery, I purchased a second laptop for the house (My other one is at the shop and used for business.) and signed up for internet access at home so I could keep up with all the fun stuff I do, like this blog. Now that it's there in the house, Joe wants to do email. It's a slow process educating him. He's very impatient and he pounds on the computer and inevitably every time he touches it, it freezes up. Honestly, I think it's someting in his chemistry. I don't know if that's even possible but if it is, it's him. I think he could bring down the whole internet so if it goes dark, be aware that it's Joe's fault!

I think he's also killing the dishwasher. See my earlier post.