Just had a customer in a small town ask me to keep the old keypad up next to the new one

I was finishing a panel swap in this older house in Millerton last week. The lady who lived there, maybe in her 70s, saw me packing up the old keypad. She asked if I could just leave it on the wall, not hooked up, right beside the new touchscreen. She said, 'My husband put that one in thirty years ago. I just like seeing it there.' I screwed the old plastic box back on the wall for her. It's funny how a simple piece of tech can mean so much to someone. Anyone else run into a request like that?

3 comments

3 Comments

juliarodriguez19d ago

It's just a keypad on a wall. Why do people get so attached to old plastic boxes? It's not like it's a photo or a piece of jewelry. Doesn't it just collect dust and look messy next to the new one?

shane_clark19d ago

Honestly it's about the memories tied to the old tech for me.

charles64019d ago

My dad's old flip phone still has our fishing trip photos on it.