Stuck in a chat circuit

“It’s time to talk about chat-box experiences,” declares Kerrie Wehbe of Blacktown. “Ever wondered whether the one at the other end of the conversation is a robot? Yesterday, after my ‘helper’ typed, ‘I’m Lucy, how can I help?’ there was no further response to any of my questions. In the end I typed, ‘Anyone there?’ and was promptly told to ‘Calm down’. At least then I knew I wasn’t chatting to a robot!”

“Vlad Putin’s various sexploits have been reported as going back some time, apparently,” notes Stewart Copper of Maroubra. “For the life of me, I can’t think up a word to rhyme with Putin that describes his activities.”

You are too kind, Sue Casiglia of North Ryde: “Granny, Wednesday’s CBD column mentions that the top media job at NSW Police has been vacant for at least six months. They should bring you on board, even on a short-term contract. You have a strong, no-nonsense approach to everything and have such a way with words, totally ideal for a job working with the media. And the $330,000 p.a. income would boost your retirement income. Why don’t you ask for advice from your dear readers about how you could creatively describe what skills you would bring to the job?”

While Doris Stewart of Double Bay wonders if we could “accuse royalty of nepotism”, Greg Lewin of Tumbi Umbi reckons Washington’s race to the bottom can be linked to a senior moment: “The scene: President Joe Biden is sitting in the Oval Office when his aide comes in and says: ‘What are you going to do about Hunter?’ Joe cups his ear and says: ‘Pardon?’”

Jim Sabine of Kellyville is perplexed ATM: “I’ve heard many times that the Commonwealth Bank will be charging us $3 to withdraw our money from ‘branches, post offices or over the phone’. I will happily pay for the ‘over the phone’ option as it will save me a trip and I can’t wait to see the notes coming out of my iPhone.”

Megan Brock of Summer Hill has other reasons for empathising with yuletide toilers (C8): “Years ago I was in hospital on Christmas Day in a regional town. The nurse on duty joined the lunchtime feast, set to cheer up the few patients still there. Later that day she was in the operating theatre herself, receiving the unexpected Christmas gift of an emergency appendectomy.”

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