In full disclosure I must confess to you, gentle reader, that I don’t own a cell phone, let alone a fancy-shmancy smart phone. (I know you’re shocked, if you feel lightheaded put your head between your knees and focus on your breathing.) It seems as if the entire world owns a cell phone. I figure there are probably about five or six of us technology-bereft individuals left in the greater Indianapolis area who don’t. And three of them are probably 10 year olds.
Someday I will be the proud owner of a cell phone, someday far in the future when we have robots to do our household chores and we drive hoover-cars to the grocery store. However, I think I could talk my husband into buying a cellphone faster if they came with a few special Apps.
1- I wish there was an app for emptying the dishwasher. If my calculations are correct, I’ve emptied the dishwasher approximately 5600 times in my life. That’s enough for any one.
2- I wish there was an app that would do my daughters’ hair. I am notoriously horrible at doing girl hair (despite having girl hair) and my daughters are notoriously horrible at sitting quietly while I ineptly fiddle around. It would just be wonderful if technology could step in and help a mother out.
3- I wish there was an app that could locate all the missing-in-action library books we have scattered around the house.
4- I wish there was an app that would shout out, “Don’t forget to wash your hands!” every time a toilet flushed at my house, so I wouldn’t have to.
5- I wish there was an app that would step in if too many people kept asking, “I don’t know….what do you wanna do tonight?” The app would speak up in its little mechanical, robot voice and say, “Tonight you are going to do this,” and give out instructions. There could also be a similar function for when “I don’t know….what do you want for dinner?” is said too often.
6- I wish there was an app that alerted you when someone is being sarcastic and teasing versus when they are being serious. Then I could avoid some pretty awkward situations. Can you imagine Siri’s voice saying, “This person is being sarcastic when they say they would love to look at more pictures of your children.”? I can.
What are some apps you wish you had?
Hey, I promise you’re not the last person on earth to have a cell phone, one of my sisters doesn’t have one yet, and my other sister still doesn’t have the internet in her home. (She still calls me to ask me to look up stuff online for her.)
I personally wish there was an app that hung up all wet towels, since all the nagging in the world doesn’t seem to be helping around here.
And if there was an app that walked the dog every morning and evening, both she and I would be much, much happier.
I really like the idea of a wet towel app.
I wish there were an app for putting cereal bowls and spoons actually IN the dishwasher. Or for putting diapers on a naked baby who just wants to squirm and crawl away to the nearest electronic device (like a smartphone) that she’s not supposed to get to..
I love the empty the dishwasher app and the hair app – (I have three girls and I am terrible at doing their hair!) I would also love a personal chef app that would plan and prepare healthy, yummy meals for my family and/or an app that would intervene when my kids are bickering – mediate the argument and enforce appropriate punishment.
I would love to have an intervention app for the sibling fighting!
HAHAHAHAHA Funny post, I do find myself daydreaming of an app for many things.