So I bought a new electric toothbrush a few weeks ago, the old one, it was pooched, wouldn't charge, power on, it was done.
I was a little annoyed as I didn't feel I'd gotten my money's worth. It didn't live nearly as long as the warranty promised it would, the warranty that I threw away upon buying because who keeps that stuff anyways...
Anyways, no sooner than I get the new toothbrush home and up and running than the old one begins working again.
At first, it's just on for a 2 minute cycle, no turning it off. And as I'm fastidious about using things right up I put the new toothbrush away and use the old one. After a couple of weeks it begins to allow me to turn it off as well as on, and it would seem to be as good as new.
Yesterday it needed charging. I threw it on the charger, and from the bathroom all night it played a variety of tunes, beeps, chirps, like R2-D2, this morning, took it off the charger (heard it beeping for attention) - it wasn't charged, put it back on, it was charged, light turns green. I go in to the bathroom a few minutes later to find it fully on and brushing an imaginary set of teeth...
It's as if it belonged to the internet of things, useless items that need to go online like fridges and thermostats and light bulbs, and had been taken over by a playful Russian Hacker. My haunted electric toothbrush...
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I tried to brush my teeth before work. It wouldn't start. And so I chucked it away, time, overdue, piece-of-shit toothbrush.
And ever since then I've heard it powering on, off, on, off, beeping out Xmas Carols, in my garbage.
Time to take out the trash...