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slow response time. He then has to log onto his computer to search the customer number in the company database. He searches several different ways to find an explanation for why the complete order wasn't received and finds that, it's back-ordered. It takes all of forty-five minutes to do the research and see why it was back-ordered. Another, thirty-eight minutes to cancel the order and locate another supplier for his customer, who is in immediate need of the purchase. 7 minutes later, it's ordered and he sends off an email to the customer to let them know exactly when their order will arrive. This consumes the second hour of his day.

The phone is beeping again, it's his boss; time for that meeting. Quickly he checks his email again and goes off to the meeting with his hand-held device in tow. Once in the meeting he plugs in his portable keyboard and proceeds to take notes on his hand-held. Halfway through the meeting his hand-held device's folding keyboard stops working and he misses some very important information. The boss is very irritated to have to stop, back track and repeat what was just said for him, but he does anyway.

Lunch comes after the meeting and our techno-slave is relieved to have a break in his all-to-hectic, techno day. He heads down to his favorite Bistro to meet a friend for lunch, confirming on his iPhone that he is on his way. On arrival, he places his order only to hear, I'm sorry sir, but our computers are down, can you repeat that? After a 35-minute wait, he and his friend try to cram down their lunch in the time that is left while in conversation, but they are continuously interrupted by the kid at the table behind him playing with an electronic game. "Beep...bleep...bleep...bleep. ..beep...be-boop... beoooooooooooop! "Beep...bleep...bleep...bleep. ..beep...beep...beep...be-boop ... bleep..." Techno-Slave's head is beginning to pound as he tries to hear what his friend is saying over the din.

Oh his way back to the office, he remembers that he has almost forgotten his girl friend's birthday! He stops at the nearest florist; tries to order two dozen roses, but his credit card won't go through because the automatic reader is malfunctioning. Maybe he can order from the on line florist who already has his other credit card in their database. Our techno-slave is frustrated to find that his florists computer is "down for maintenance" so he will not be able to purchase the flowers. He spends the next hour looking for an on-line florist

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