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I
was spelled out on his worksheet (I
sound of loud voices at 2:30 a.m. I
t is not hard to lose patience
peeked) and was surprised to find
stumbled
in
to
the
TV
room,
turned
with those who staunchly avoid
there was, in fact, no delete. He called
I
was
tap-
down
the
volume
of
a
show
progress.
service.
They had him give me a new
ing
and
tried
to
go
back
to
sleep.
Pre-
As a young man, I recall
"old
remote"
that had the delete but-
viously,
my
VCR
taped
scoffing at "older people"
ton.
"But,"
he
said, "you'll now have
internally;
it
never
turned
who would not drive on
to use the remote from your VCR for
I
found
the
TV
on.
This,
those "new fangled express- ,
the running of that feature; you'll now
through another call, was
ways;" who would jeer at the
use the new remote for operating day-
I
must
now
not
the
case.
need for electric can openers
to-day
and the new "old" remote to
remember
to
turn
the
vol-
and who never even consid-
delete.
ume
down
low
before
going
ered a color TV
Progress? Bah! 0
off to bed on a taping night.
These days, I try to go
The
last
great
frustration
with the flow, especially since
came when I wanted to
I find labor-saving devices
delete a set of taping
and developments really do
SY
instructions. I used every
live up to their reputations.
MANELLO
button
to no avail; a third
However, even with the 21st
Editorial Assistant call was made to service.
by Martha Jo Fleischmann
century in the offing, there
(Three calls in three days —
are some things I must be
not bad for progress.) The technician,
There once was a hen known as
dragged kicking and screaming to
with
that of-course-it-can-be-done-
June
accept and deal with. At the top of my
but- you-just-aren't-doing-it tone in
Who said, "I poop out much too
list is multiple TV remote controls.
his voice walked me through each
soon.
My exasperation proved unending
step. Then he said, "Now, push the
era I wake,
when our cable company called to
delete
button."
"That's
the
problem,"
. mistake.
d
that
Yom
arrange an "upgrade" in the equip-
I explained. "There isn't one." He
ere* by noon!"
ment. The service department called
apologized and arranged for a techni-
— not at dinner time, which was a
cian to come to the house to deliver a
break, sunrise
plus as far as I was concerned. I was
new
remote.
also told that there would be no
When the serviceman arrived, he
charges involved — a second plus,
asked
about the problem, though it
surely. The service man came as sched-
uled — I was really on a roll! The new
box was installed and I was handed a
remote control! Sensing my trepida-
tion — let's face it, I recoiled — the
serviceman patiently went through all
the buttons and procedures.
"The dedicated technocrats of Jewish communal life, from left to right,
That night, I tried to set the clock
are often humorless, not schooled in the values of wordplay, double-entendre,
on the box, which is a new feature,
parody, the use of jokes to make a point more subtly.
because it was off by several minutes;
This is a particular challenge for the young.
my fear was that this would affect the
Being Jewish can be fun as well as a duty."
taping of shows. I could not find the
— Stanley Rosen, professor emeritus, Labor and Industrial Relations,
choice on the menu so I called the
University of Illinois
company. "Oh," said the attendant,
"that feature can only be done by us."
"They became the first Orthodox minyan on the continent of Antarctica."
"Well, it's off," I said. "I'll report
— One of 4 5 Jewish passengers on the first kosher tour to Antarctica,
that," she said. Result? It's still off!
describing prayer services in the snow among the penguins and glaciers.
Next, I was rudely awakened by the
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