After cleaning every room of the house with a toothbrush, one of the other things I found myself doing while home on quarantine for fourteen days was cleaning out the closets. After all, what else can you do for all those days to occupy your time and still keep your sanity?
Well it just so happened
that during one of my bedroom closet clean outs, I found an old Kris Kringle
gift from last Christmas. It actually
got stuck behind some storage boxes way in the back of the closet and I had forgotten
all about it. When I found it, it was still wrapped. “Just what I needed, an early Christmas
present for this year,” I said out loud sarcastically to no one in particular.
The wrapping paper was a sparkling, shiny mix
of reds and greens and I couldn’t wait to tear it off the box. I ripped it off and lifted the cover. I could see an alluring
ladies tote pocketbook in black. I took
the bag out so I could get a better look at it. I was so disappointed! I like
pocketbooks with lots and lots of compartments and this tote bag had none.
Just as I was ready to pack the tote back up, and use it as a re-gift present, I noticed a round label on the underside of the bag. The words on the label read, 'Voice activated tote bag.'
“Wait a minute,” I thought to
myself with curiosity, “Is this what I think it could be?”
I looked inside and found a pamphlet that had an explanation regarding how to use the
voice activation feature. Apparently,
all you have to do is speak toward the top of the tote bag and, if you want
your keys, for example, you just say, “Keys,” and the keys come up to the top
of the bag with ease! No more digging for important things inside your bag like
your cell phone, wallet, lipstick, tissues and so on. You just speak your
command and the item automatically comes to the top of the bag. Amazing! I couldn’t believe it! What a great invention and I was now the
owner of this wonderful necessity.
As I sat near my closet
filling the black tote pocketbook with items to try out, I remembered back to a
time when I was using the office bathroom. When I finished, I dug in my
pocketbook to get my mini air freshener but instead grabbed my pepper spray. I
was shocked when my eyes started burning and the air in the bathroom filled
with a horrible chemical odor instead of the smell of lilacs. With a voice activated
pocketbook, that would never happen! Or
the time the sweat was running down my forehead and neck as I searched and
searched frantically for my wallet while holding up a long line of people
waiting to pay for their items. Oh happy days when I wouldn’t have to be stuck
on line like that anymore.
No more time for
remembrances, I was ready to try out my new voice activated tote bag. I faced the top of the bag and said, “keys”
and up they came to the top of the bag. Next, I commanded, “wallet” and up it
came, too. I love this pocketbook! Now
for the real deal, “air freshener,” I said loudly and it arrived at the top of
my bag, not the dreaded pepper spray.
I was so glad I had decided
to clean out my closet and came across this wonderful invention. The tote bag
turned out to be the best left over Kris Kringle gift I ever received. Not to
mention, the quarantine turned out to be a more of a treasure hunt rather than practice
for a jail sentence of solitary confinement.
Ellen G.
Dec 2020
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