One-Size-Fits-All

Why can we send a man to the moon (and back), send documents through a telephone wire, and invent a pizza with the pepperoni baked in the crust…and not have figured out how to make a one-size-fits-all charger? I ask you why this is. And, Why is this?

Each device I own has its own recharger, so I end up with countless cords. It’s impossible to keep them straight…and untangled. If you go anywhere for an extended period of time you have to remember to bring all your cordage with you. Or you’re left with a dead cell phone, dead Blackberry, dead laptop…and there’s nothing worse than a DOA device.

PaulA, aka Willy Loman, was recently traveling on business and saw that someone had left the hotel room before him with their charger stuck in the wall. You know that person had to be in agony over his loss. I hope he was a fast talker on whatever phone minutes he had left…before the battery died or he died…whichever came first.

Let’s face it. It doesn’t have to be this way. You know there is some geek out there, who’s got it all figured out, and designed the one-size-fits-all charger. But they have him tied up with electrical cords and locked in a cell on some remote island. The universal recharger is the last thing they want out.

Without a universal recharger, the companies have us at their electrical disposal. This is recharger robbery. If we lose it or leave home without it, the first thing we must do is buy another one. You think we could borrow one ...no way…no fit. You think we could use the other 25 chargers we have in a junk drawer…no way…no fit.

Your recharger…don’t leave home without it! When we head out somewhere…it’s imperative to go through a mental checklist. Cell phone - check, Blackberry - check, recharger – check, the baby - check.

If you get to where you’re going and don’t have the baby…bummer. But at least you have your recharger…you can always call the baby.

We need to find that geek…untie him and set him free…so he can set us free from recharger dependence.