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August 25, 2013
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| In this society, people depended on robots in various ways. He entered a shop where the sign said 'Barbershop'. A female clerk said, "May I help you? Please proceed to seat No6 and wait for a moment." He went to the sofa signed No6 and sat down. In the shop, there were five women cutting men's hair. They were all young and perfectly pretty and their cutting skills were very professional for their ages, so the customers easily noticed that they were all robots. Actually their scissors' movements were very fast and nobody could see the cutting. His turn soon came and a short-cut, cute girl robot asked him, "What hair style would you like, sir?" He responded, "I like the one I had cut here last time." She accessed the customers' data through LAN, and downloaded his data and said, "Certainly." She started cutting. He first visited this place about a year ago. At that time, he was amazed by the barbers' beauty, high
After a couple of minutes, an artificial voice woke him up. "It's done, sir." He opened his eyes and looked at himself in the mirror. And ... "What's this?" he screamed. In the mirror, he had very short hair, almost bald. "Is something wrong?" she asked in a calm face. He was angry, "Is something wrong? Everything is wrong! Why didn't you cut my hair as I requested. This is far from my last hair style." The woman said, still calmly, "I surely cut your hair as I was requested." Then she turned on the monitor on the wall. Soon a man appeared on the monitor; he had short hair but it was not him." The man shouted, pointing to the picture, "You see? This is not me! It's your fault!" She said coldly, "We robots never make mistakes. Maybe your data was re-written by somebody through the Internet. We have insurance covering that kind of problem, so you will be compensated." The man got more angry, "Why is your attitude like this? You should apologize to me first." She shook her head, "I've never apologized because I've never made a mistake. Maybe your hair style was so unique that the programmer couldn't cover it." He was speechless. He was going to hit her with the broom near his seat. But she was too fast. She caught the broom and took it from him with her strong power. He cried, "I'll sue you!" The robot laughed, "Nobody can charge robots." He continued to curse her. But the other customers knew that the man had no chance to defeat a robot. |
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*compensate :to replace or balance something good that has been lost or is lacking, by providing or doing something equally good (L)
*sue :to take legal action against someone and try to get money from them because they have harmed you (C)
charge :to acuse sb officially of doing sth which is against the law (O)
*curse :to use rude language to express your anger (O)