Corporate Monkeys Nodding to the Beat

Aren't we all just corporate monkeys nodding to the beat of our machines?!!!

We need alarm clocks to tell us when to get up, answering machines to take our calls, calculators to add up the grocery bills, and cell phones that can sing. A beep here and a beep there.......supermarket bar code reader – beep, mall security check - beep kitchen smoke detector – beep, electric kettle (tea's ready!) – beep, microwaved dinner – beep, sms alert - beep, car alarm - beep, and lets not forget the office biometrics reader - beep beep beep beep beep beep beep!!!!! It feels like we're in a 'Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner' movie for crying out loud!

Then there's the 'ding' of the elevator, the blare of car back-up melodies, the twang of the pop-up toaster, and the annoying ring of the doorbell when you're in the shower. What about the infuriating busy signal IVR messages on your cell phone? And don't get me started on the dumb railway announcements that no one understands.

And when we're not listening to the rest of it, we're usually walking around with our ear phones on at the mercy of FM or the latest downloaded chart buster.

Haven't our lives turned into an electronic cacophony with a 24/7 accompanying metro orchestra? We hardly take time to hear the birds tweet anymore! Oh wait, there's a couple of them tweeting now....! No wait, that's my ring tone!