Getting down to it

I don't like technology. It infuriates me. I can hear you saying " so what's with the blog then? Isn't that conforming to the world of web and the technology that spawned it?" So here is what I mean. Technology isn't bad in and of itself, it's what happens to people who get a hold of it that I can't stand.

I'm at the local auto parts store looking for a specific item so I ask the man behind the counter with the mistaken impression that he might be able to help.
"Well" he says " I'll just look that up on the computer". He gets the part number and brings me to the item.
"This" I say "is nothing like what I need."
"But that's what the computer says you need." That little phrase is enough to make my blood boil. Essentially what this goub is saying is,"My computer tells me what to think".
"Well" I say "your computer is wrong! This part is the part I need." I show Mr. Too Old For Any Use my broken part "and what you've shown me looks nothing like that."
"Sorry, the computer....."

Now it's not technologies fault this guy wouldn't a starter from a starfish. But the people who implement these computerized stock/parts tracking systems think that the system is so good that any moron can do it, instead of thinking we could make a competent person even more efficient. And what happens to people when they get menial jobs, doing menial things, for menial pay? I'm sure you can guess.