I’m not greedy. Okay, maybe, a little.

I do appreciate that daughter Susy and son-in-law Curt do the lion’s (lioness’s) share of our household’s hard labor, and I know I’ve got Alexa to turn on and off the coffee and lights, change channels on the TV, take messages, reminders, maintain the grocery list, teach me new swear words; and Quicken doing the accounting of my massive Social Security pension, and the bank’s Zelle app instantly paying overdue bills in real time, and Amazon Prime more than willing to free-deliver all the world’s treasures made in China to the front door for at least 1% off, and the well-meaning internet so-called standards which don’t allow me to appear nude on TikTok.

The trouble is, what I really, really need is a really well-motivated armed-and-legged household robot. If I only had one of those! This house would sparkle! I have pristine standards for housekeeping, but they are continually undermined by my habitual exercise of them as a lazy slob.

Every now and then, I have to face the music. This weekend, my niece Chris and nephew-in-law Mark are coming for a visit. Unfortunately, I have good reason to know that they are accustomed to – yes – cleanliness. This is a problem. It means I may have to face scrubbing the microwave and the refrigerator. And, oh yeah, even the bathroom.

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Good household help may be on the way though. Elon Musk expects to have a prototype of his robot available for demonstration by next year. He says the robot is being designed to perform work that is boring, repetitive, or dangerous. Obviously, that must include washing windows, right? I can hardly wait. But, alas, it won’t be in time to bail me out this weekend.

The planned bot will be 5′ 8″ tall and will weigh 125 pounds. It will be able to lift 45 pounds and deadlift 150 pounds. It’s speed will be up to to 5 MPH so it can walk to the corner store to pick up the potato chips and beer.

The description doesn’t include the robot’s gender, but maybe we can choose our pick at the time we “adopt” it. It’s estimated that the robot is probably going to cost at least $10,000, so I may have to save up for a while.

In the meantime, I have discovered a possible hack for some “automated” household help that may assist in my time of need. The three little dogs who live with us – Wrangler, Pokey, and Lattigo, – capably do the work of Roombas, and they don’t even need battery re-charging.

I can count on them to completely remove all crumbs that might inadvertently show up on any floor or furniture in the house. Even dust bunnies are swept up in their faithful fur as they earnestly patrol the terrain searching for all those delectable tidbits.

It got me thinking. They need to have more work to do. Why not? I can spot talent when I see it! Especially after I learned about the work ethic of this gifted doggie!

This story was posted on Loving and Amazing World.

“A dog saw his owner picking up trash and then went and brought him a discarded plastic bottle, earning him a treat. Next thing he knew, his dog was cleaning up the whole neighborhood.”

Who wouldn’t want to hire this dog? Is he available this weekend?