This week’s photo prompt is provided by Enisa. Thank you Enisa!
“You are in a running zone! You must run!” The mechanical voice yells staticy words.
“I’m lost. The street entrance was blocked….Someone left gate open.” I realize I’m trying to hold conversation with a tape recorder with a brain.
“You are in a running zone! You must run!” It snaps back to life suddenly.
“I’m trying to get to the entrance. You piece of junk! Get me a human, damn it.” I start getting edgy. “Second rule, man will lead the machines. You must follow my requests!”
“You are in a running zone!” the static blurs the words “Are you second ruling me? You fallible clump of blubber! I’m a security unit. I could fry you where you stand, if my video failed…who would find out.”
“Just tell me where the damn front door can be accessed! Or I’ll piss I your circuit breaker.” I loosen my temper.
“Typical human. Can’t read a sign. Can’t follow a direction. Go back out to the left.” The voice has different sound. “Or run as you are in a running zone!”
“Your mother was an answering machine.” I smile back.
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Coloring Outside the Lines 
Ha ha ha, our worst nightmare come true, the IVRS lady has taken over the world 🙂
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It’s only a matter of time before we are prisoners to our own devices.
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Hahahahaha! Sounds like some of the voice machines when we call a company! Like James said, “Voice mail hell.” LOL! Great story, Mark!
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If I had the orginal 260 word version, I almost kept going with different languages. Thank you my dear. I had a day with wordpress issues. My comments linked to different people. But magically changed today.
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Voice mail hell.
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Obviously a married man realizes the value of something that pretend to listen and not real care at all
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Very engaging right from the start. It reminds me of the old movie, Logan’s Run.. Well done.
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Oh, never out that together… Yes, there are a few scary thoughts on technology to be realized. Thank youvery much
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This is the sort of hell we’re heading towards with AI and smarthomes. Alexa is bad enough! 🙂
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I don’t let her near my home. Asking her thirteen ways to dispose of bodies can be subpoenaed in most states, if the wife can’t be found. Just saying…
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Youe piece made me think of smart homes in smart cities. Great write.
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It is an oxymoron Smart cities, smart homes, smart phones & us uses them. Thank you
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Ooooh that’s playing dirty bringing in Mum insults at the end. I enjoyed the humour in this – although after listening to a BBC programme last night I fear that humans are in danger of being made redundant as we give our machines more and more human attributes. Really enjoyed the flash.
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Thank you for the kind words. Yes, I think we are becoming relics in our own world
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