Overheard my neighbor arguing with his smart speaker about pizza toppings for 20 minutes

Last Tuesday around 7pm I was on my porch and could hear my neighbor Tom yelling at his Amazon Echo. He kept saying 'Alexa, add pepperoni' and it kept adding 'pepper and honey' instead. This went on for a solid 20 minutes before he gave up and ordered a Hawaiian pizza out of spite. It made me wonder how many of our daily frustrations are just us not speaking clearly or the tech not listening right. I work in IT support and this kind of thing happens all the time, but hearing it from outside was way funnier. Has anyone else had a smart device completely mess up a simple request like that?

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wright.drew7d ago

Ngl that's like arguing with a vending machine about politics.

parkerkim7d agoMost Upvoted

Man, I feel personally attacked... pretty sure I've lost arguments to soda machines before.