Do We Take The Internet For Granted?

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 by: Jesse S. Somer

One small change made a huge impact in a day in the life of Zardinia Zaffas.

I can see you right now. You’re sitting at your desk
staring into the computer screen, the Internet is connected and the
information is flowing like a river. If you are at work, you are
randomly checking email, News sites and interesting topics in between
your necessary tasks. There’s a woman like you out there, her name is
Zardinia Zaffas and this is an interesting tale about a recent day in
the life of her world.

Monday morning was like any other to Zardinia: waking up
to the sound of 60’s music on her clock radio, breakfast of the usual
oatmeal with maple syrup, grapefruit with a little brown sugar,
peppermint tea and of course her favorite food-the sacred Pink Lady
apple. This is followed by 20 minutes of yoga and a nice hot shower,
then jump in the car and down the highway to her job as a software
programmer.

However when Zardinia walked into the office on this
particular Monday she could sense something was wrong. It was like an
anxious buzzing cloud of confusion was raining weirdness in the air. As
she sat down her supervisor walked up and gave her the news. The
company’s Internet connection was temporarily ‘out of order’ and would
be fixed at an indeterminate time. Well, life sure is unpredictable.

After logging in she realized she no longer had her
usual access to the daily News information. Deciding to go down to the
lobby where the newspapers were sold she took a ride down the elevator
and grabbed a copy. Back at her desk as she perused through the
International section she heard the sound of a throat being cleared.
Looking up over the paper she saw the face of her supervisor once
again, although this time his demeanor had gone through an obvious
transformation.

“We don’t pay our staff to read newspapers here Miss
Zaffas. If you want to read the Newspaper please do it on your own time
at lunch or at home.” he said obviously agitated.

Zardinia’s face contorted with obvious surprise, “I’m
sorry Mr. Stevenson.” A red sunset spread across her cheeks. “I’ll get
back to work sir.”

Back at her desk after doing a few jobs Zardinia
realized that she needed to make a few emails to her friends about her
party on the weekend, but of course this was no longer possible as the
Internet was down. After making a few calls she got onto her good
friend Tommy Vasquez. After one of his patented jokes directed at her
about the lack of romance in a single person’s lifestyle, she
unfortunately didn’t realize how loud she had been laughing. Again a
looming presence of towering shadow blocked out the light in front of
her.

“Oh man.” She mumbled to herself. Another thought swam
slowly through her mind, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen this guy so many
times in one day.”

“Miss Zaffas, I’m sure that is not a personal call. Is
it?” Mr. Stevenson was starting to resemble a hydroponically grown
candy apple red tomato.

“I’ve got to go Tommy.” Hanging up the phone quickly
Zardinia looked down sheepishly, but then suddenly stood up and looked
Stevenson directly in the eye. This silenced the man and she went back
to work at her computer as Stevenson walked away shaking his head in
bewilderment. After working for a while she realized how much she
missed searching the Web for all the random interesting thoughts that
passed through her mind everyday.

“Not having the Net really sucks. It’s like I’m
addicted or something. Or is it that I just can’t get away with murder
anymore.” She whispered out loud.

Zardinia could be addicted to the Internet, a lot of
people are; most of the good things in life have people who just can’t
have enough of them. But I think in Zardinia’s case it’s more the fact
that she’s gotten used to the hidden freedoms lying in the Web. It is
often the case that we only realize how important and useful something
is when we no longer have it. Maybe we need to have more appreciation
and gratitude for this new tool that so many of us use without even
thinking.

About the Author

Jesse S. Somer, M6.Net

http://www.m6.net

Jesse S. Somer is a storyteller spinning tales in the nebulous reality of virtuosity.

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