The Obamas aren't pleased with the White House's spotty Wi-Fi

Life in the White House is not perfect.
(Image credit: Screenshot/CBS-News)

All that stood between Barack and Michelle Obama and their Super Bowl party Sunday was an interview with CBS' Gayle King. The presidential couple is clearly living it up in the White House, but they did have one complaint to share about their humble abode: spotty Wi-Fi.

"The whole tech thing, we've been trying to get that straight for the next group of folks, because it is an old building," President Obama said. "So there are a lot of dead spots where Wi-Fi doesn't work."

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Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.