A PDF appeared. She sighed. “A manual? For a scale? It’s just a flat thing you stand on.”

Emma’s scale was sitting on a bath mat. She moved it onto the cold, hard tile.

She stepped on. appeared. The scale beeped softly. It worked.

She stepped on. Nothing. She tapped the surface. Nothing. She changed the batteries. Still nothing.

Emma and the Silent Scale

Frustrated, Emma went online. She typed: “Villeroy & Boch Waage DH 252g Bedienungsanleitung” .

But she opened it.