Technologically challenged (mind you google and wikipedia , or should i say basically internet(technology again) is my lifeline in such situations ) myself had to buy a mouse for my laptop . And while approximately a hand's length from the shop i actually rehearsed that i want to buy a mouse for my laptop , which with some deletions , sounds a bit hilarious and embarassing , at least to me and so the rehearsing .
i did not do any R of R&D to buy this obviously . So you want to buy a laptop mouse , how difficult can it get . Find out .
So here it goes.............
Me: my line that i rehearsed
The guy : you want the PS2 one
Me : whaaat ................hmm ...... i want ... my line again.......
The guy (only after giving me a big smile ): wait a sec (while taking out the PS2 and the USB types)
Me : relieved to know now ... no ok ... these two types .......now i have generally used the USB ones so now , i thought ok the USB one ...me thinking now...... then ok asking which one is better
The guy : both are equally good ....
another guy now : take the USB one .... you want it for laptop no ?
Me : he seems to know it seems ....
ok ...how much ... ok x ammount , how much is the warranty period or guarranty period ; trying to give
him the look like you can't fool me types ,so what if i didn't know what ps2 means ,do you know who
John Galt is ?....etc etc , (whatever you say , when i want to say guarranty , i think
warranty and viceversa ..... so it actually comes out as waggarrranty (some aunty ). and so i
asked ....,1 year it was .
first guy handed me what i finally bought ... the other guy ... took the money ... made the receipt and
asked my name .... don't even get me started on what happens when i tell people my name
So as soon as i got the much sought after device and my balance , i had to rush out from the store ....
and yes i forgot to take the receipt .
Did not feel like going now .... no points for guessing why .
P.S. : googled and read somewhere ... that somebody was searching for a PS2 mouse , so that the USB ports can be kept free for other usage ..... let me go blank now .. i will be comfortable with this thing , visualising it . (watching the SECRET documentary (based on Rhonda Byrne's book of the same name ) too many times i guess in parts of 30 mins. , i am now on the last 30 mins . )
Now i have tried very hard to be funny here , if i failed then blame DORK , the book by Sidin Vadukut . like i said in one previous post of mine , i get inspired and somehow innocently think and subsequently talk and write or try to write in the same style . Loving it till now , the first 30 or so pages ....
And somehow i have managed to not read the other 3 books (mentioned in some earlier post )f ully . Though i find Malcolm Gladwell pretty cute and like his casual style of writing , after a point in BLINK i just doze offf.... i think too much blinking , it is .
Now one thing i ought to mention (liking how i am using this word ought ), i am in love with WALL-E , if in a movie with robots , your eyes can actually well up ... that was it for me ....
Romance and advanced technology (animation) - two of my favorite things ....
Once upon a time .......not long back though ....this happened
Somebody : it works on 3 g , you know 3g right ?
Me : yeah .... ?????/(gravity ,google , gaming , gas ..... whats 3 ....in my mind)
Later in the day 'me' : google 3 G technology ....
Bah ..... 3rd generation blah blah .... enough ...
I have to buy a mobile now.
7 comments:
"Mouse-story" ... had a smile... then a good laugh !!
Then got confused with Malcolm-Gladwel .. some more books .. movies .. robots ... and lost the mouse in the confusion :)
But definitely enjoyed it !!
Hehehehe... currently I am the one looking like a dork, who is chuckling (erm, is that a word? :S) as I read this entry seated behind my office desk. Never knew a mortal (in IT) had to go through so much struggle to get that little ol pointing device. :D
Although I did have to google search for every name (apart from WALL-e ofcourse). you mentioned in the blog entry, guess I am a general mortal (again, does that even make sense!! :S).
@ arindam : thanks and also for the critique ....
@sunny : google is indeed such a big help .... i wil be lost without it ...
i don't know whether it is about being in IT or not ....
but some people can read maps and some reach the same spot after much effort....and fun too sometimes
A terrific piece of writing..Didnt know u were so good at this Art:)Bravo..
Gr8.....seems like all r in same condition as me Technologically challenged!!!!!!!
hey sudeshna..after ten yrs of knowing u well..i realised today that u write well indeed...keep writing n keep ur posted..its mouse this time..let it be a cat next time!
Very good presentation..lost in the middle with secret documentary and dork..but you managed to keep interest alive..and ended it nicely..well i should say this..u really have got gud potential...
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