Friday, 18 March 2016

Do you have any of these suitable for an idiot?

I asked the sales assistant, pointing around me in the electronics department of John Lewis. What in particular are you looking for,he replied, without batting an eye lid. I explained I just had my very first broadband installed and was in the market for my very first PC,or a notebook. Is there anything on display you like in particular.? Like I did,everything. What was there not to like? What is a chromebook,was my next question. It is google dependent. Well, all I do is google, am writing a blog, want to be able to insert some photos, once I have learnt how, I would like to use twitter and facebook, once someone teachers me how. Chromebook can do all that, the sales assistant said. I walked around,looking, touching, admiring. My goodness, I can have for the very first time in my life one of these wonderful magic boxes. Perfection.Then my eye caught the sight of Lenovo Yoga 700.I was in love.£549.95. The assistant could see I was smitten. He looked worried.What is she thinking, I could read his mind.She knows obviously nothing about notebooks and buying something so expensive...crazy. But I am a savvy shopper. Always have been,always will be. It does not,of course,mean I have not made mistakes in my life.I have and am bound to make many more, but that is life,there is no other way. But I have two canny questions I always ask an assistant when buying a fridge,a washing machine, a TV set,anything major,really,and it is this - what do you yourself have at home. They never expect this and not having time to think up a lie, the answer is always genuine. What would you buy if you were me and had to buy something now,is my second question. I do not recall one instance, when I felt I was being lied to. This is what I have at home, replied the very nice young man,pointing to a large PC on one stand and to the Toshiba chromebook I had admired so much,on another. But the PC is hardly ever used,most of the time I use the chromebook. And I think it would be the best buy for you,too.You can use it at home and also take it with you on your travels to write your blog. And that is how I became a proud owner of this lovely little miracle. What people can do these days is mind blowing, There is a school few minutes walk from my home, where they teach the use of the internet,but it is full time only, am going to pop round to see if a student would be willing to teach me how to become more confident.

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