Living a life of high tech sometimes leads to dumb moral choices

I have to share this.

So a friend of mine, who was an architect and is very techy, went out of town for a few weeks. He wanted me to dog sit on weekends.

Great. I go in once in the morning to let her out in the yard and once at night to let her in the house.

She also has a shock collar, because there are a lot of barking dogs in the neighborhood, and he doesn't want her to contribute while he's gone.

So, on Saturday, I had some friends over at his place for a BBQ. He knew, it was cool. But we were trying to pan fry burgers and couldn't get the stove vent on. Why isn't the microwave and ventilation system working?! We couldn't figure it out. He has an inductive electronic system. Everything involves a swipe. But we just couldn't get the vent on. We opened every window so the FD wouldn't show up.

Then a friend found a remote tucked away in the kitchen. "What is this for?" Couldn't figure it out. Every system in the house was accounted for.

So we convinced ourselves, the remote was obviously for the shock collar, and let's none of us touch it lest we kill the dog.

We cooked, opened all the windows, etc. Then my friend texts. I'm like "What is this remote?" He says, for the microwave and stove.

So me and friends cooked under heavy smoke and terror, because we assumed whatever button we pressed would electrocute the dog.