Mar 31, 2009

Ten-Word Tuesday.

the-return-key

When Bossy was growing up, broken things weren’t just broken, they were defective — a term used regularly by Bossy’s dad and formally documented here.

Fast forward to now: the above photo of Bossy’s MacBook Pro indicates a defective return key. One minute everything was fine and the next minute her return key went spongey. Bossy doesn’t like a spongey return key — she enjoys a certain snap to her keys, a pleasing resistance.

And then to make matters worse, Bossy recently noticed that her keyboard light is only illuminating a fraction of the keys. Bossy works in all kinds of lighting conditions, so this defectiveness is a real drag:

laptop-keyboard-light

And finally, this:

laptop-malfunction

It’s the defective button below the trackpad used for tasks like inserting the cursor, and when Bossy presses it, which she does every few seconds, it reacts like broken glass under her fingers, and it doesn’t really depress like it used to because the button doesn’t stick up enough anymore, and Bossy has seriously never used so many words to explain so little.

In whatever case, Bossy’s MacBook Pro needs a trip to the Mac Store hospital, which is going to set Bossy back time, energy, and money — and she can’t spare any of the above. Bossy can sum up her frustration this way:

Could you just work please, you expensive piece of aluminum?

Which is what today’s Ten-Word Challenge is all about. In exactly ten words, can you tell Bossy about a defective item in your world that is making you lose all will to live?

And don’t forget to check back later today for the most defective comments on the web.

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