It was quiet on Sunday morning.
The curtains let in beautiful light that made the living area look like gold. John and Linda were having a rare, peaceful morning together without work, chores, or other people getting in the way.
Linda, who was sitting on the couch with a cup of coffee, looked at her husband and said, “Honey, could you please get me the paper?”
John, who was good with computers and loved to stay up to date, shook his head and laughed a little. “Paper? Are you kidding? Linda, are you still living in the past? The way technology works has changed. Who reads paper these days? Here, take my iPad. It has everything, like “stocks, news, weather, and even your horoscope.”
He handed her his new iPad, which was just a month old, and he seemed to think it would make her life better.
Linda took the iPad and didn’t say anything. A second later, THWACK! A loud, piercing snap filled the room. John quickly turned around and stopped in disbelief.
Linda stood there quietly, holding the iPad like a club and pulling it slowly away from the wall. There were bits of a very sad bug all over the screen, and it was broken. It died in a pile of broken glass and guts.
John couldn’t believe what he was seeing and gazed with wide eyes. He said in a quiet voice, “My… my iPad…” and then his voice broke.
He then fell to the ground, unconscious, like in a sad opera scene that takes a long time to happen.
Her husband runs into the kitchen while she’s preparing eggs…
He notices the eggs right away and is afraid. “Be careful!” Watch out! Put in more butter! “Oh my God!”
The woman is shocked by how her husband acts and runs to the fridge to grab some butter.
“You’re trying to do too much at once.” TOO MUCH! Tell them to turn! “NOW TURN THEM!”
She forgets about the butter and goes to the eggs because she is worried about her husband’s mental health.
“We need butter!” Are you out of your mind?
Where is the butter? They will stay! “GET GOING!”
The wife runs to the fri-
“Be careful with the eggs!” Be careful. When you’re cooking, you never listen to what I say! No way! Quickly turn them! But not that quickly. “Don’t you know how to cook?” “Turn the eggs, damn it!” Are you out of your mind?
She tears because she doesn’t know what to do.
“What’s wrong with you?” She says. I know how to make eggs.
The spouse just smiles and says, “I just wanted to show you how it feels to drive with you,” and then he leaves.
