What makes life easy
(and what we don't toast enough to)
You know, I'll just send a Tikkie. I'm recording that docu about Lady Di and I still need to fire up my parking app. I didn't say things like this 10 years ago because I had no idea that Tikkie would ever exist or that I could park my car via my phone. Man, that would have saved me a breathtaking amount of fines.
Actually, we use all sorts of inventions every day, but we don't give them enough props, kudos (if you still remember them from the Sugababes and Superdudes era) and more of that old-school material. What, you might ask? Well, this for example.
Netflix, seems logical to me
For sentimental reasons, I have a cabinet full of silver discs because do you know how many euros we've spent on those DVDs? Not that any of those silver things ever reach the device because we watch movies and series on Netflix. Binge-watching, can you imagine a life without it? That's what I mean: appreciate more.
Taking photos with your phone
That evening gone wrong had to be carefully stored in the upstairs brain because you had nothing to make evidence with. Now I experience everyone's evening gone wrong live via Insta Stories (hi Elke). And I keep my own safe in my film roll.
TringTring
When on a Friday afternoon it suddenly seems like a grand idea to park your entire friend group on the couch in the evening, but you haven't got a dried-out cracker in the cupboard and you're stuck behind your desk until six. TringTring is your friend. Just let Sammie or Michael or whatever that friendly delivery person's name is deliver some lovely organic snacks to the office. And wine, that too.
Appie who slides you into the kitchen
Speaking of groceries. I can't remember the last time I saw the aaa-haaa from the inside. It might sound spoiled, but it's also easy. For that five euros delivery fee, I can't even start my car and drive to the supermarket in the next little village. It definitely saves an hour and a half on my free Saturday and a grumpy boyfriend, that's pure profit.
Parking without fines
I was always that person who arrived ten minutes late at her car. That officer was already diligently trying to stuff a yellow ticket under my windshield wiper. The parking app saves me a designer bag worth of tickets annually. No idea what I do with that money nowadays because that bag still isn't here.
Interactive piece of TV
As a little thing, I sat on the pouf in front of the square box to operate it. You had to rewind video tapes before they had to go back to the video store. And if you were five minutes late turning it on, you had finally missed the cliffhanger of your favorite soap. Now you can pee on your own time, pause that series to grab the olives, and if you missed something, you can watch it back. Interactive TV, I love you.
Tikkie, you are the one
The deadbeats among your friends hate this little handy app. I find it a delight. Did the sandwiches at lunch get out of hand? You send a Tikkie in the group chat. Oh, and then that notification when you or someone has paid up. It's a party and it saves some grumbling, growling, and demanding reminders.
Oh yes, and hats off to the dishwasher. Since the move, I have to wash dishes by hand again and now I suddenly remember how intensely happy this piece of technology makes me.
