INSPECTOR CLOUSEAU (THE SCHOOL)
As the story might get a little complicated to follow
here and there, I’ll be providing visual clues.
Namely, the school will be represented by Peter
Sellers’ own Inspector Clouseau from the original Pink
Panther movies.
AIRLINE
FLIGHT NUMBER
THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE
Now, finding real information about language schools
online is nigh to impossible. No forum discussions, no
Tripadvisor reviews, nothing. Just their websites. I’m
pretty sure they pay good money to get anything they
do not like off the Web. Or plain kill people.
Anyway, we made up our mind, went for a school in
Paris, and started filling in their enrollment form.
Midway, probably after giving them information about
what her grandparents thought about the Winter War and
the Finnish Interim Peace, this screen popped up.
(legally speaking, *no*
binding value whatsoever)
It goes without saying that, legally speaking, they
could say whatever they wanted and plead
misunderstanding any time.
THE AIRLINE’S WEBSITE
PERSON PICKING UP THE MINOR
PASSPORT NO.
Only we have a very unsurprising request from them.
After all, we are talking about sending a 15yearold
somewhere on a plane, right?
EDDIE KESSLER (THE AIRLINE)
(A note: the airline will be represented by Eddie
Kessler from Boardwalk Empire. No particular reason, I
just like the idea. It’s my presentation after all.)
“Sir, just write your name for the destination as
well, then call us as soon as you have the correct
name and we’ll do the necessary changes”
THE AIRLINE’S WEBSITE
(TOTALLY FAKE NAME HERE)
(NOW ENTER THE REAL ONE)
This would be too easy, right? It would probably rob
you of all of your selfesteem. I mean, if you don’t
sweat it, it’s not worth it, right? Anyway, I
temporarily entrusted my daughter to the care of
Pennywise the clown and we secured a seat on the right
flight to Paris. Armed with date, time and flight code
I went back to the school ...
THE SCHOOL’S WEBSITE
PROPOSAL COMPLETED
YOUR TOTAL IS
AN INSANE AMOUNT OF MONEY
WILL MAIL TO CONFIRM ENROLLMENT
WILL MAIL FOR PAYMENT
... where I found out that the reward for completing
the form was more waiting, as they had to confirm
enrollment and send me further instructions for
payment. Using a carrier pigeon, if I had to guess.
Status: flight booked and paid, but we still have no
100% guarantee we’re on.
“is digital destined for
banality? certainly”
– N. NEGROPONTE, BEYOND DIGITAL (1998)
“it will become
tomorrow’s commercial
and cultural compost for
new ideas”
– N. NEGROPONTE, BEYOND DIGITAL (1998)
At a certain point, digital will be so intertwined
with the fabric of daytoday reality that we will
only notice when it’s not there. Just like here,
when the conference wifi goes down and you can here
the “awwww” from miles away.
At that point, it will simply be a catalyst for
creating something new.