thomas

Laundry guy came to collect shirts today. He would normally give me a paper receipt where he simply writes down how many there are.

Today, he whipped out a mobile printer from his bag. He fiddled with it for a minute to switch it on and pair it with his phone. He then opened a bespoke app on his phone in which he proceeded to painstakingly enter the type of clothes and the number of pieces. After another minute or so, he gave up because the 5G connection sucks inside the building. He left without giving me a receipt because he no longer carried the usual stubs.

We don’t need to digitize everything

I don’t want to connect my coffee machine to the wifi network. I don’t want to share the file with OneDrive. I don’t want to download an app to check my car’s fluid levels. I don’t want to scan a QR code to view the restaurant menu. I don’t want to let Google know my location…

Robert Sterling

Laundry guy came to collect shirts today. He would normally give me a paper receipt where he simply writes down how many there are.

Today, he whipped out a mobile printer from his bag. He fiddled with it for a minute to switch it on and pair it with his phone. He then opened a bespoke app on his phone in which he proceeded to painstakingly enter the type of clothes and the number of pieces. After another minute or so, he gave up because the 5G connection sucks inside the building. He left without giving me a receipt because he no longer carried the usual stubs.

We don’t need to digitize everything

https://x.com/robertmsterling/status/1889097312103747776

lol, sometimes old school is the best school! hope u get ur shirts back 😂

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