Note to self: don’t leave windows open on my laptop!
As I started to log in to my credit card site to check my balance (after spending a small fortune on paint earlier this week – another story), I was shocked to hear a strange, rather distant and automated, voice saying ‘Welcome’.
This is not usual, and I hadn’t fully logged in anyway.
The voice then haltingly continued – ‘One of the great things about you is that you always know when to leave’. What?
Once again, but more coherently, as though whatever robotic entity had learned already how to say this in a more human way – ‘One of the great things about you is that you always know when to leave’.
Completely bizarre and not a little unnerving, to be honest. My Mac just talking to me like that.
Then I realised. A little earlier I had been prompted to revisit an ongoing installation by the Royal Court Theatre which comes to an end later today. I had stared at their empty stage for a while then flicked to something else, leaving that Chrome window open. Clearly they make announcements from time to time.
Anyhow, I guess I’d better take the hint and not only log out of their installation (until later) but also leave my room and get on with the painting.