Laptop
You are now reading the weblog of a laptop owner. A laptop owner who also happens to be insane. You see, I've been shopping and pricing and comparing laptops for about a month now, and I'd narrowed it down to a Dell, Sony or Toshiba that had to be $1,000 or less. But then I was thinking that, with extra things like a case and wireless Internet stuff and maybe more RAM, it would cost more. So I thought I should probably wait.I looked at the "Crazy Day After Thanksgiving Shopping" ads Thursday morning and, lo and behold, there was a Toshiba laptop with my minimum requirements -- for $500. After some pondering and more research, I went to bed early enough to get up at an unholy hour the following morning.
I left my house at 4:50 a.m. and found myself in line outside Best Buy in Stockton at 5:15 a.m. The employees were giving out vouchers for the hot-selling, limited-number-in-stock items and I figured I was doomed, because there were already at least 200 people in line ahead of me. But, shortly before the store opened, an employee came by with the laptop voucher. Mine was number 29; the store had 35 in stock. I was thrilled.
The store opened at 6 a.m., and the madness ensued. How those people managed to maneuver baskets and kids around the store is beyond me: I had enough trouble with just myself. After a short amount of browsing (and picking up some super-cheap DVDs to play in my new laptop), I got in line. Ten or 15 minutes later, I began to wonder if I was in the right line. My intuition was correct; I needed to be in the special, non-moving computer line.
Two hours and 20 minutes later, I was finally holding the box containing my laptop. The waiting really wasn't too bad, because I love watching people. Of course, the annoying woman in front of me got on my nerves, but she said some of the strangest things, making it tolerably amusing. The other people were friendly, and I learned all sorts of things about them (in typical Layla fashion).
Six hours after I left home, I returned, laptop in tow. It then had to sit, unopened, in its box while I went to work.
Posted by Layla at 9:40 PM, November 29, 2003
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