Pluggers by Rick McKee for September 04, 2021

I should try that with my parents’ Alexa the next time I go to my parents’ house.

I like doing that. I’m aware she doesn’t really care, but she doesn’t mind either, so it’s a win-win situation. :D

Can you give Alexa a male voice? I would like to be the Alpha woman in the house.

Eh, we doesn’t has unnecessary gizmos like that in the first place.

No Please and Thank-you here for we have no Alexa ;-)

Or if you say excuse me when you burp and you’re all alone.

I’ll be polite and say that I’m sorry however I really don’t want something in my house monitoring everything that goes on, especially in regards to Alex’s “sidewalk” feature. Most folks don’t realize what it is or that it’s even already activated. That’s a security risk – it’s an open door you probably do not know about to some of your data. It can be turned on without you knowing it. While useful for somethings it’s potentially like leaving a first floor window wide open when you’re out of the house. That would cause me to use some rather impolite words.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/jim-rossman-is-amazon-sidewalk-cool-new-technology-or-a-security-risk/ar-AAL6ok3

how can you be a plugger, with an alexa????

It is a deeply ingrained habit of pluggers to say “thank you” and “please” at appropriate times. Without thinking about it.

Well, I’ve gotta say some of those gizmos are real lifesavers for many of older and disabled people. I transported a woman home from the hospital and she told me about having her heart attack. She lived alone in her house and couldn’t reach her landline phone. She called out “Help!” and her Iphone she had on but rarely used responded, “What can I help you with?” She had Siri call 9-1-1 and her life was saved.

I’m sure many, I know I did, made fun of the commercials that came out eons ago, “Help, I’ve fallen and can’t get up!” Well any sort of life guard monitoring systems can help with we by-God-stubborn Pluggers who can do everything ourselves!

Not knowing what or who Alexa is it’s what a real Plugger is…

I prefer to not have another intrusive privacy stealing entity in my home.

I do, but that’s mainly in the hope of clemency during the robot uprising.

If Alexa is listening in all the time, what happens when the TV ad comes on saying “Help! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” ?

But, can you still be classified “plugger” if you have “Alexa”?

Pluggers don’t have Alexa or Siri.

Manners should be appreciated and practiced by all if we are to have a decent society. Sadly, we don’t anymore…..

Ouch !

Or possibly you’re just a Canadian.

…and she doesn’t appreciate it.

Guilty.

Only because the younger generation doesn’t know how.

I swear at mine on occasion, then I realize she doesn’t really care.

I do that because you never KNOW. What Alexa, no I didn’t say anything.

I select the UK-female voice option for my voice assistants. Yes, I do thank them for a job well done.