It’s 2019. My mother buys a treadmill. The treadmill is shipped from Canada. It is a well-stocked machine with fans and MP3 players.
The treadmill arrives. We set it up. We realize it needs a voltage step down from 220 volts to 110 volts. We make a note to buy it. We never do. We forget about this.
It’s 2022. My mother needs to start using the treadmill. The story surrounding the treadmill is that it is not working.
We decide to look for a technician to fix it. That takes us 2 months. We can’t seem to find one.
I wake up today. I get myself a step-down voltage meter. I plug it in. I switch the treadmill on. The treadmill is working.
It is unbelievable how humans forget so much.
