Double Drabble: Future Imperfect

[badly_knitted]

 


Title: Future Imperfect
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ianto, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 704: Switch at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Jack and Ianto visit the future. Ianto isn’t impressed.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.
 


 
If anyone had asked him, back on earth, before he became involved with Torchwood, what he thought the technology of the future would be like, Ianto would have said it would most likely be simplified to the point where any idiot could use it. Maybe it would even be controlled by thought. After all, that seemed to be the direction things were headed, with touchscreens, and voice interfaces.

 
Staring at the banks of control panels in front of him, he realised he would have been completely wrong. If anything, technology had gone in the opposite direction, becoming as complicated as possible.
 

“What’s all this for?” He gestured at the rows of dials, lights, gauges, buttons, levers, and more switches than he’d ever seen in one place before. “Seems like overkill to me.”
 

Jack gestured to a panel helpfully labelled INSTRUCTIONS in big, bold letters. Well, not the English word. The writing was in Galactic Standard.
 

Sighing, Ianto followed the detailed instructions to the letter, pushing buttons, flipping switches, and finally pulling a lever.

 
Lights flashed, something whirred, clicked, buzzed, gurgled… A paper cup dropped down and Ianto shook his head.

 
“All this technology and they still can’t make decent coffee.”
 

 
The End
 



 
 

Comments

[mxcatmoon]

Reminds me of how computers were supposed to do away with paper, and now we've got more paper than ever! But no decent coffee? Unacceptable.

[badly_knitted]

In the future, drinks machines can produce any drink you select, but they're still not very good.

Thank you!