This text contains a series of anecdotes about people struggling with technology. In the first story, a young boy is scolded by his mother for touching his aunt's snapdragons. In the second story, a guest speaker at a university is criticized for his lies. In the third story, a child is warned by his father not to hold a lighted firecracker in his hand. In the fourth story, city officials are inspecting a swimming pool and comment on the sun shades. In the fifth story, a woman praises her friend for originating a program. In the sixth story, a man is struggling with his typewriter ribbon.