Is it everyone’s?
The first time it happened, I wanted to believe alcohol was the cause.
You know how it is. Your friends have a couple of glasses of Sauvignon Blanc, and they reveal a side of themselves that’s usually well-hidden.
The self-revelatory side, perhaps, in which they admit they’ve never liked their spouses and their children bore them to tears.
Or the side in which they slouch at the dinner table and pick at all the food with their fingers while mentioning their admiration for Mussolini, Imelda Marcos, and Pope Benedict I.
Still, here was a friend I’d known for some time who, after dinner, suddenly decided to take control.
Take control of my HomePod that is.
Usually, when friends come over, I ask Siri to play a little quiet music to add serenity to the atmosphere. Some Keith Jarrett, perhaps. Or, if I don’t want the friends to stay too long, some Mud and Bay City Rollers hits from the 70s.
Until that fateful night, though, no one had expressed unease about the music. Until my friend suddenly shouted across the room: “Hey Siri, play some Tears For Fears.”
Normally, this friend is politeness itself. The presence of the HomePod — and Siri’s cheery willingness to react to anyone who pays attention to her — somehow obviated my friend’s need for basic decency.
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