‘Hello, tech support? I think my cell phone is turning on my stove …’
I’ve had some wacky teach support calls in my life, But THIS one turned out to be true:
When Andrei Melnikov’s Sony Erickson PDA is within about two feet of the stove, an incoming call will make the Maytag Magic Chef stove beep, and the digital display will light up, indicating that the broiler is on high.
Open it up and you’ll see the gas flames streaming out of the broiler’s burners as it begins cooking anything inside it in 500-plus degree heat.
The Maytag repairman showed up this morning and said that he needed to order a part — “a suppressor” — which should arrive in 7 to 10 days. A Maytag spokesman says this is the first time the company has have ever heard of the issue and they are looking into it.
When I was a reporter in Canton, a co-worker took a call from a woman who insisted her Christmas tree was singing to her.
Who am I to scoff?
