Anthropomorphism

You know you're supposed to ask the computer, via that little symbol with the arrow in the task bar, if it's OK to remove peripherals? Everytime I ask my laptop if it's OK to remove the external hard drive, it says "Drive: Generic Volume cannot be stopped right now. Try again later."

And each time, I unplug it anyway, and have this feeling that I'm showing the computer who's boss. Like it's going to be impressed and realize who's really in control. Or, that I'm not it's bitch, dawg, depending on your generation.