Personifying inanimate objects is usually either a metaphor or signifies something unsettling. This article borders on the latter of those two.<p>Sorry, that was just the way I took it.<p>Between the passive aggressiveness<p>&gt;Sam cuts me off. “Em,” she says, “can you control the volume? You’re very loud.”<p>&gt;“I am?” I ask.<p>&gt;“YES,” the entire bullpen <i>yells</i>.<p>And then the obsessive literalness of the personification of the ipad this was a weird read for me.