ALEXA STRIKES AGAIN

Alexa strikes again. Dallas, Texas resident Megan Neitzel received the Echo Dot as a holiday gift from her in-laws. The device had not been hooked up for long when she overheard her kids telling Alexa Knock-Knock jokes. Not long after, Neitzel was surprised when she received a confirmation email for four pounds of cookies and a $170 Kidcraft dollhouse that had been ordered. Neitzel knew the only person who could have possibly placed such an order was her six-year-old daughter, Brooke. While Brooke denied ordering anything, she said that she had asked Alexa about cookies and a dollhouse. Alexa mistook the conversation for an order and selected the items itself. Neitzel has since activated a parental control feature that requires four digits for all future purchases and has warned fellow parents to heed the lesson and set up security measures of their own. Neitzel said they ultimately decided to keep the tin of cookies, and they are looking for a local charity that will take the dollhouse.
* And an orphanage that will take their troublemaking daughter.
* “Alexa, sabotage Mariah Carey.”
* “Siri, find Alexa’s mainframe and short it out.”
* Hey, an unplanned $170 purchase by every Echo Dot owner could really goose the economy.
* These things are now officially more trouble than the Hacthimal toys.
* Alexa is a naughty little minx, isn’t she?
* Wait, can you say something sexist about a machine? Discuss.
* If I were to say Alexa was really hot, would that be wrong?

* PHONE TOPIC: Are you having any unusual Alexa experiences?