Leigh's Views

  Every once in a while, I see things when I’m out and about that just make me scratch my head. Why in the world did someone think this was a good idea? Yup, let’s just strap a tote to the car. And then go hurling down the freeway at 90 miles an hour. Okay, I know necessity is the mother of invention. But this? No, this isn’t something good, useful, helpful or anything. It’s a disaster waiting to happen. It’s on the same level as those people who try to move furniture by having a few guys hold it in the back of a pickup truck. They think it’s not a problem because they are only going a few blocks. And then they hit a bump and the dresser falls out. Trust me, I’ve seen it happen more than once. Yet most of us have done something enormously stupid in our lives. Why? I’m not sure. But we humans seem to be good with questionable judgment. Like the parents I once witnessed allowing their child to play with an axe in the dark. And then seemed rather surprised when the inevitable happened...

  Okay, in the world of Zoom I’ve found a new problem. So, I had this meeting set up the other day, I got the email confirmation with the link to the person’s private Zoom room. And in that email it clearly stated the time of the meeting – the same time we always meet. Thus, I didn’t think anything about it. Until it came time for our call. I click on the link as I always do and nothing happened. Well, let me be correct here. Something happened – the app opened and I got one of those circles of death telling me to wait. Of course, the question at that point is as always - Wait for what? The world to end? So I sit there and stare at it for a few minutes. And give up, back out of the app and click the link in the email once more. Because you know what the definition of insanity is right? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. No joy. Circle of death yet again. Fine, whatever. I start doing something else and ignoring my tablet. At some point later ...