Things not working together. We’ve most likely all experienced it or witnessed a friend, colleague or family member struggle with it. Recently, hearing a colleague’s frustration I approached his desk to see what was happening. I found him attempting to plug a device into his laptop. Holding the connector in his hand, he said (verbatim), “Why don’t they just make this work with this!”
Evidence of this phenomenon is not rare. I think in many ways it is because technology has jaded us. We get used to the benefits that technology has provided. We’ve become accustomed to being able to check our e-mails from anywhere, but when that ability is denied for a brief moment we do not look back and remember the time that it wasn’t possible at all and marvel at the progress we have made as a society. No, we become frustrated that we can’t check that e-mail or search that web site as we ride a shuttle from the parking lot to the airport terminal. Just human nature, I guess.