Category: A Series of Errors
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A Series of Errors Part 6
Error BaBS-Y stopped moving, hands hovering over the trash receptacle. This was the fourth time it had worked on this client and was in the process of examining a different swatch of hair than the one the trash receptacle was currently wearing. Unidentified Error … Restarting process BaBS-Y returned the swatch to the counter and…
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A Series of Errors Part 4
(Photo by Eugenia Remark) There were no protocols prohibiting BaBS-Y from taking trash receptacles from the other establishments surrounding the Frank Nelis Salon and so that was precisely what BaBS-Y set out to do. There were no people in the establishments, BaBS-Y having already collected them, but the trash receptacles were still the property of…
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A Series of Errors Part 3
BaBS-Y stood in the salon, surrounded by the last few clients it had been able to gather. Their hair, like the dozens before them, was thinning and falling out. Really, there wasn’t much that BaBS-Y could do with them but the protocols to keep the salon open and functioning were still winning out over the…
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A Series of Errors Part 2
Activating Emergency Protocols Days had passed and BaBS-Y still received no response to its requests. In the absence of human authorities, a BaBS-Y unit may act independently to preserve the welfare and status of the salon and its clients BaBS-Y stepped out of the salon and returned a moment later carrying one of the potential…
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A Series of Errors Part 1
Welcome to the Frank Nelis Salon, the banner above the entryway proclaimed. Full length digital displays flanked the door, touting the superiority of the Beautician and Barber Series Y, BaBS-Y, model that the salon employed. Images of the sleek robot along with messages written in looping script took turns appearing on the displays. Programmed with…
Bridge of Broken Glass 