Electronics Overload
Kathy went out on Black Friday.
Didn’t go well.
She was trying to get some crazy deal on an I-phone and because of some garbage with Verizon.
So, because she can hardly move yet, I was hooked in.
I headed into Wal-Mart, which I don’t do more than once a year, and headed straight to the electronics department.
Laptops are only $300???
50-inch televisions are $299?
There are all kinds of cases for I-phones?
Big headphones?
I headed for the back counter and it seemed like 70 people were just standing around.
“Is there a line here?” I asked.
A guy in a ‘Make America Great’ hat said:
“It’s a mess.”
So, I edged by him and walked up to a guy behind the counter.
“My wife was in here last night and tried, unsuccessfully, to buy an I-phone.”
I handed him the slip of paper and he said:
“Oh, I have that right here.”
Couple of clicks later and he asked:
“Are you the account holder?”
“No.”
“You’ll have to be in the account to get the phone.”
He pulled up the account and I noticed that it was just Kathy and the boys on the list. (I have my own account through work).
“I’m Jacob,” I said.
He smiled.
“You have your I.D.?”
“It’s in the car.”
He smiled again.
“You aren’t really Jacob, are you?”
“You’re going to make my wife have to come in here?”
It took a full half hour to get things completed.
I looked at a curved 60” television with a perfect picture...
...$500 bucks.
Crazy world.
People all lined up.
Paying $49 a month for the next ten years to buy a phone.
“Want to look around a little?” Kathy asked.
“What do you think?”
We were home within the hour.
Didn’t go well.
She was trying to get some crazy deal on an I-phone and because of some garbage with Verizon.
So, because she can hardly move yet, I was hooked in.
I headed into Wal-Mart, which I don’t do more than once a year, and headed straight to the electronics department.
Laptops are only $300???
50-inch televisions are $299?
There are all kinds of cases for I-phones?
Big headphones?
I headed for the back counter and it seemed like 70 people were just standing around.
“Is there a line here?” I asked.
A guy in a ‘Make America Great’ hat said:
“It’s a mess.”
So, I edged by him and walked up to a guy behind the counter.
“My wife was in here last night and tried, unsuccessfully, to buy an I-phone.”
I handed him the slip of paper and he said:
“Oh, I have that right here.”
Couple of clicks later and he asked:
“Are you the account holder?”
“No.”
“You’ll have to be in the account to get the phone.”
He pulled up the account and I noticed that it was just Kathy and the boys on the list. (I have my own account through work).
“I’m Jacob,” I said.
He smiled.
“You have your I.D.?”
“It’s in the car.”
He smiled again.
“You aren’t really Jacob, are you?”
“You’re going to make my wife have to come in here?”
It took a full half hour to get things completed.
I looked at a curved 60” television with a perfect picture...
...$500 bucks.
Crazy world.
People all lined up.
Paying $49 a month for the next ten years to buy a phone.
“Want to look around a little?” Kathy asked.
“What do you think?”
We were home within the hour.
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