Miranda’s concentration was broken by the distinct whistle. She paused the script and ran to the window.
A man was peering at a tiny screen on his wrist.
“Hi!”
He looked up. “Miranda?”
“Yeah, that’s me!”
He tapped the square. “Package by Ele-Vator.”
“Thanks! Palm Pay okay?”
He nodded. “Try. They got range issues today.”
“No worries,” Miranda smiled. “Lemme pop out.”
She slipped a leg out to straddle the sill. “How’s that?” She lifted her hand.
The man raised his.
A small buzz in her palm.
He checked his screen. “Perfect. Done. Ele-Vating package now. Have a good one!”
For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Photo prompt: Alicia Jamtaas
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh, right. The Door Dash Dude. 🙂
I’m sitting here having a good chuckle and wondering why I enjoyed this story so much. I did! Did she tip him?
Excellent, Na’ama. 🙂
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I do wonder how one tips! Perhaps it comes with a ‘built in’ (sorry, had to) “Auto-Tipper App” 😉
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Auto tipping. Good idea. 🙂
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For the service personnel, for sure! 🙂
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A completely plausible future tech, complete with glitches and workarounds
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Right??? I’m thinking, some people ALREADY have payment chips in the back of their hands!
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The future is always closer than we think! By the way, I’d copyright “Ele-Vator” and “Palm Pay” right away!!
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it’s hard to keep up with new technology. there’s always something new. 🙂
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So true!!! And I’m not one of the first to adopt any of the new things … I watch and wait … 😉
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That seems completely plausible. I have to wonder though how a palm implant would work in a practical application. They’d have to be durable. Fall and catch yourself. Broken implant. Catch a ball. Broken implant. High-five. Broken implant. Technical concerns aside, good story. I can see it unfolding in the picture.
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Yeah, I hope it won’t necessarily be a PALM implant! They already have them in the BACK of the hand, which is a much harder place to hit (unless you are, say, a boxing fighter…).
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Yeah, it’s going to have to be a butt implant for boxers.
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Well … it would definitely make the pay-dance interesting!
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Shake a tailfeather.
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LOL
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Hard to keep up with technology today.
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So true! And I think before too long it’ll be literally in the palm of our hand …
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Very futuristic story 👍🏼
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Thanks! Though perhaps not very far in the future at all!
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You’re welcome! Sounds very intrusive tech
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Doesn’t it???? There are ALREADY some people who had a payment chip inserted under the skin of the back of their hand! Nuts!! (or ‘trailblazing’…?)
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Oh I never heard of this before 😳
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Apparently even in palms!
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Awe inspiring 🧐
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and ouch inspiring, too, in my view … 😉
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🤣🥹
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🙂
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😻
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Amazon has started delivering with drones, so we are halfway there! You need to patent this, you could make a fortune!
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Hmm … (pondering my possibly-soon-to-be billionaire status …) 😉
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I don’t think we are too far away from this – good take 🙂
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Thanks! Yeah, I think we’re pretty much almost there … given that some people already have a payment chip implanted in the back of their hand!
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Coming to an on-line retailer near you next week. Nothing would surprise me.
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Right?????
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A perfect explanation/deconstruction of the prompt 🙂
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Thank you, Iain! So glad you enjoyed! It was fun!
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Technology gone mad, but a great take on the picture. Which I enjoyed reading
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Thanks, Michael! I’m glad you enjoyed it! (and, I think I’ll feel more comfortable paying with cards or money, and not my body parts …) 😉
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Efficient. What will they think up next? Drones to deliver? Oh wait, they’ve done that already.
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LOL! Yep, who knows. As long as they don’t make us “blink twice to pay” and we end up bankrupt because of a bit of dust in the eye … 😉
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Oh. The errors. And women blink more than men… 😀
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LOL yep. And that’s even BEFORE mascara … (which I don’t wear but …)
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Oh clever! We could be heading this way. Love that there are still connectivity issues no matter the technology!
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LOL, right??? I figured, no matter what we end up doing, there are going to be glitches … 🙂
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A glimpse into the future? I can’t even figure out how Venmo works. Well done.
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Well, it is actually already a reality for some! Though it is not yet ‘mainstream’ (check the comments with Sadje to see a link for a youtube video – one of many – about this!). I’m not sure how I feel about it, though …
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Yikes! I’m still old-world. I write checks or pay in cash.
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I hear ya, from one dinosaur to another … 😀
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Na’ama Y’karah,
A person’s gotta do what a person’s gotta do to get a signal. Light hearted fun in the modern world. Nicely done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Right? Also, we do see, here in NYC, peeps with arms and legs out of windows and perched over and on fire-escapes (which to some, serve as impromptu ‘balconies’ in the absence of a actual ones …).
So, this wasn’t THAT much of a stretch (pun and all) … 😉
Thanks!!
Na’ama
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🤣🤣🤣
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