Two women are having coffee at the breakfast nook. It is around
11 o’clock on a lazy Saturday morning. The women are in their late
twenties. They are stylishly dressed in what ever happens to be in the
mode at the moment. The house is immaculate. It is obvious that someone
keeps it spotless.
Agnes : What a horrible mixup.
Katrine : Oh do tell.
Agnes : As to the beginning I can only surmise.
Katrine : What, what ?
Agnes : I guess it must have been Robosoft’s fault. They must have
wanted to cut a few corners. Any way they over produced some constro/mining
bots so just reprogrammed the droids and sold them as all sorts of robot
types. They didn’t bother to remove many of the special inserts or software
they just overlaid new commands.
Katrine : That’s horrible. You know it’s always the bottom line with
these big companies.
Agnes : It get’s worse. We got one of them as a babysitter !
Katrine : Oh my god ! Agnes ! Are your kids all right ?
Agnes : They are fine. They love their new baby-sitter. I check with
Robosoft and then with several consumer groups my children are perfectly
safe with the new android. They howled when I even suggested that he go.
Katrine : What’s the problem then ?
Agnes : You see Suzy wanted to play in the sandbox.
Katrine : Seems innocent enough.
Agnes : But we don’t have a sandbox.
Katrine : Go on.
Agnes : It is easier if you just look for your self. (Agnes goes to
the kitchen window and opens the curtains to look at the view of the backyard.
Katrine : Oh, I see. What are you going to do if one of your kids wants
to go to the beach ?