This morning I had quite a weird experience as I was suddenly cut off from the Internet. I noticed that the small lights on my fibernet box had gone out and tried to switch it on and off a few times, but to no avail. I then called the internet provider to try and find out what might have happened. The conversation went something like this:

Hi, this is Sophia from the Customer Service. Can I help you?

Me: Yes please. My Internet connection is not working today, so I hope you can…

Sophia: Internet! Why you want the Internet?

Me: Well, I need it for many purposes. I wonder if you could send a technician to come and…

Sophia: Technician? I don’t know the word.

Me: Well then, just send somebody who can come and…

Sophia: Hmm, I don’t know of somebody. Was this helpful?

Me: Grrr! Not at all. Goodbye, you stupid bot!

Shortly after I talked to my neighbour who said she was having the same problem. Luckily, half an hour later the connection was back and life turned normal again 🙂

Original image via The Economist, resized and partly (the robots) colourised by me.