Imprinting: Science Fiction

[penthius]

Robots thrive on routine, or so they say, and so will you when you have a new rob in the house. Especially in the first week, they have a very strict schedule of when you should do what, exactly, and how you should key your repeats. They recommend taking time off your work or any social commitments. Kind of like when you have a baby, except for only one week instead of six. After the Selt model went unhinged and started killing anybody nearby wearing yellow, because of an unfortunate incident with a deliveryman wearing yellow that the owner didn't even know had happened, the Yellow Law was passed to mandate unpaid time off with adoption of a new rob. Something about the first week of imprinting is key, and it can't happen at the factory, because it needs the owner (you) to be there with it. All the learning robs are like that. Everybody will tell you that the static robos are safer and more reliable--but they also fail on so many levels. A good rob can save your life in more ways than you might think. Every week in the news there's another story about--

Inspiration: Some email about kids needing routine, plus "Mahna, mahna" by Cake.
Story Potential: Medium.
Notes: Good character, though.