MUSINGS and other writing by Mark Kolke

. . . . . . there is no edge to openness

TODAY'S MUSINGS

FEEDBACK / COMMENTS

MARK SPEAKS

MARK'S SPEAKING TIPS

ARCHIVED COLUMNS

ARCHIVE WINTER 2020-21

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2020

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2020

ARCHIVE SPRING 2020

ARCHIVE WINTER 2019-20

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2019

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2019

ARCHIVE SPRING 2019

ARCHIVE WINTER 2018-19

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2018

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2018

ARCHIVE SPRING 2018

ARCHIVE WINTER 2017-18

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2017

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2017

ARCHIVE SPRING 2017

ARCHIVE WINTER 2016/17

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2016

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2016

ARCHIVE SPRING 2016

ARCHIVE WINTER 2015/16

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2015

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2015

ARCHIVE SPRING 2015

ARCHIVE WINTER 2014/15

ARCHIVE AUTUMN 2014

ARCHIVE SUMMER 2014

ARCHIVE SPRING 2014

ARCHIVE WINTER 2013/14

CONTACT

MY REAL ESTATE LIFE

WHY I WRITE MUSINGS

SHORT STORY PROJECT

POETRY PROJECT

SELECTED OTHER WORK



AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

Tuesday, December 1, 2020
 
Did you want fries with that?
 
Did you find everything you wanted today?
 
We live in an immediate satisfaction society with so much available on-demand that even Mick Jagger should be happy.
 
Increasingly, we don’t need to communicate with any human.
 
Our machine/device/tool/APP instructions someone else’s machine/device/tool/APP to move money, manipulate credit, pay bills, order goods, publish something, read anything, research whatever whim we want – without the need to be gentle, polite, or speak with anyone.
 
And without the opportunity to explain our problem because that’s had the humanity snuffed out by superior software and online multiple-choice questions – the more significant issue is about being heard, being listened to, being understood by whoever is supplying the goods or services that we need.
 
We do these in real-time, and ‘next day delivery’ seems too slow for some people, so they go to a store.
 
We can’t deliver instantly on most things we do – and yet we get frustrated when we cannot move things along as quickly as we would like.
 

Reader feedback:
ANY MONDAY CAN BE BLANK SLATE DAY
“which I idea to champion,“ This is either a typo or a clever turn of phrase, RH, Calgary, AB …. P.S.: It appears the government would prefer we not break fast together at this time and I suspect restrictions are more likely to get more restrictive.  I will be standing by.    





 
Read more of my writing by Mark Kolke at Medium

sign up to get Musings free daily

 


 
 


sign up to get Musings free daily


Comments are always welcome - please contribute to the discussion.  Reply to: kolke@markkolke.com

You can also connect with me on LinkedIn. This site is updated daily, each column is retained in the archive when the next day's column is loaded ...  


Copyright - all rights reserved - Mark Kolke, © 2003-2021