Evotional.com - Mark Batterson

I have a theory. There is never a convenient time to get a flat tire. For that matter, there is never a convenient time for a root canal, accident, license renewal, check-up, tune-up, or robbery. "I don't mind if you rob me, but would you mind coming back a little later when it's more convenient."
Why is it that we treat inanimate objects as intelligent beings when we have a problem with them. Your battery dies and you start talking to it. "Start. Come On. Turn over." You give it a motivation speech as if it only needs a little encouragement. "Ok. I guess I'll go ahead a start." Or we resort to physical threats. We look a soda machine in the eye and say, "If you don't come out I'm gonna." Then we hit it and kick it. Anything to get that soda can out of that soda machine!
I've been known to carry on conversations with my computer. Whenever I lose a document I'm like, "You've got to be kidding me." But the computer isn't kidding me. It never kids. No sense of humor!
I'm a big believer in hitting or kicking things that aren't working. I think it worked one time so I try it every time something stops working. Hey, if it worked once.
Anyways, all of this is to say that I got a flat tire today and I needed to vent.