Technology and the luddite

Mobile phone went dead on me this morning, so I plugged it in (I know that much) as you do, but it wasn't recharging.

Never mind, I thought with a certain amount of private glee, it's old, old fashioned, frumpy, and not cool enough for trendy me. As I sat on the loo a bit later, planning which new super dooper one I'd get instead, damn the cost, it occurred to me I might not have switched it on at the mains... and so it proved.