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December 01, 2004
A Brief Interruption in Blog Silence
Ever since Thanksgiving I've been exhausted. Both families in our house for the holiday. Sarah and I actually collapsed in the middle of the living room floor once the last relative walked out the front door last Thursday evening. Then a visit to friends in Omaha on Friday and the usual madness involved surrounding the Omahans. I have two bumps on the top of my head I can't really explain. Friends from Chicago staying over on Saturday and then back to the grind on Sunday. I don't think I read an assignment for the last week of classes and now classes are done.
Between this coming Monday and the following Saturday, I have four exams. Blog posts for the next week and a half will mostly involve me bitching about studying or about me trying not to drink too much, if there are any blog posts at all.
I still don't have my laptop. Some asshole from the Best Buy service center called last week to tell me I spilled something on it so it wouldn't be covered by the warranty. Fixing it would cost, $1100, he said. $1100 is the full replacement cost. I asked him what was actually wrong with it. He told me the motherboard needed replaced. Why not just replace that then, rather than the whole unit? Policy. I told the fucker to send it back and I'd replace the motherboard myself since I can order one for $160.
The upshot of the missing laptop is that I have to bluebook my exams. Luckily, I've been taking so many notes by hand over the last month or so that my hand no longer cramps up after five minutes of writing. I just have to make sure to write reasonably legibly, a tall order, in order for professors to read my exams.
Posted by Half-Cocked at December 1, 2004 10:35 PM
Comments
I have a similar story with Best Buy. I bought my first computer from them. I knew which one I wanted because I researched, walked in and asked for it, and then they bombarded me with offers and deals saying that my life wouldn't be complete without them. When I said no, three other sales people joined in on breaking down my defenses so that I would accept the offers/deals. The only thing I gave in to was the warranty. And then when my computer broke down about a year later, they were no help at all. Something about one thing or another not being covered in the warranty. I will never go to them again.
Posted by: Ex at December 2, 2004 02:38 PM
Why don't you just use the lab computers for the exams?
Posted by: Justin at December 2, 2004 07:49 PM
I don't like the computer labs. I'd rather write than sit in the lab.
Posted by: Steve at December 2, 2004 08:46 PM