What batteries?

Simone stared at the television, thoroughly exasperated.

"What do you mean, I need the remote to start the update?" She asked. She didn't really expect an answer from either the television or the game console but it might have been nice to get a hint or two. Nothing was forthcoming.

Simone, thoroughly used to the motion sensors, had not used the remote in an age. She hunted high and low for it, finally locating it, tucked in a drawer. She pushed the buttons. Nothing. No little light no nothing.

"I guess I need to recharge this thing," she muttered to nobody in particular. But no matter how long and hard she looked, she could not find the cord to plug in the remote and recharge it. Nothing fit! So Simone turned off the television and game console, very upset that today, her exercise session would not take place due to insurmountable technical difficulties.

Hubby could not provide a solution nor did he know where the cord might have migrated to.

In the end, Simone took the remote with her and went to a gaming store. She found the matching unit and searched in vain for a package selling a cord. Just as she considered asking someone for help, at the risk of looking idiotic, Simone spotted the very same remote packaged up. Perhaps if she just looked at the package she would see what kind of cord she needed.

The full force of her idiocy then hit Simone. The remote needed batteries. REAL batteries. The kind you buy in a package and insert into the opening in the remote.

Sigh...