Oh you should have heard me ranting at the salesperson about wanting my dials and knobs back on the washing machine. Now I have to turn the thing off after the previous load, turn it on again, scroll through the settings to the right program, adjust every parameter, and then hit start. I want my old one back where all the knobs stayed set and I just had to turn the big dial in the center to the right place and it automatically started up.
My microwave was replaced within the first month because the control panel went out. My previous range had the computer go out, and it would have cost more to fix than the whole range cost to begin with! My new one has problems with the fan running when it's not supposed to and not running when it is. And I can't figure out my phone for anything-what was wrong with the original ten keys? (I never could figure out when I was supposed to use the # and *). Not that I want to go back to rotary, though. Sometimes buttons really are faster.
I get the strangest looks when people find out I'm a computer programmer after I've complained about these disfunctional devices, but I think it's because I make user interfaces for a living that I have so little patience for unusable gizmos and flashy whatzawhosits which only get in my way when I want to do something simple.
