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 | Posted by The Editor on Tuesday 1 January 2008, 11:08 am Categories: GrodsNews, Technology Tags: iPod, McBec |
Back in the middle of 2007 McBec decided that she wanted an iPod to jog with so we went down to Myer where McBec strode purposefully to the counter and ordered “one iPod Nano please. Black.” After signing the credit card docket McBec received a shiny iPod box from the shop assistant which she promptly passed to me. “Make this work,” she said. “I don’t know what to do with it.”
Over the next two days I charged the iPod and started ripping all of McBec’s CDs onto my hard drive in preparation for transfer onto her Nano. On the third day McBec called me from work and said, “I don’t want the iPod any more. Put it back in the box; I’m going to return it.” But it was already out of the box and charged, I argued. It was three days old, I argued. There’s no way Myer is going to refund a clearly-used iPod, I argued. “Don’t care,” declared McBec. “I’m taking it back.”
For the next two weeks the crudely re-boxed iPod sat on the kitchen table. “When are you taking that thing back?” I asked each day. “Soon,” McBec would reply.
Eventually McBec got around to dropping into Myer with the slightly-used iPod. She approached the pimply shop assistant. “I’d like to return this iPod,” she said.
“What’s wrong with it?” inquired pimple boy.
“Nothing.”
“So why are you returning it?”
“Don’t want it any more.”
“The box has been opened.”
“I know.”
“When did you buy it?”
“About a fortnight ago.”
Pimple man was stumped. “I’ll have to talk to my manager.”
“You do that,” said McBec, asserting her consumer rights.
Long story short, McBec got her refund after the manager simply gave in to get her out of the store.
Fast forward to mid-December and McBec is perusing a weekend newspaper magazine insert. “Oooh! Those new iPod Nanos are sexy. Especially the green ones.” I put my head in my hands and groaned. One week ago McBec gave me money and instructions to buy her a green Nano during my trip to the city. After purchasing the iPod I safely stored the receipt and decided to give her a 24 hour cooling-off period before opening the box. But this time it looks like McBec is for real and I have just started loading 7GB of music onto her second ever iPod.
GrodsThink Ep.31 (16/9/08)
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 12:13 pm #John Surname
You should have realised arguing against McBec is a futile exercise as she’s smarter than you.
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 1:46 pm #krypto
so you can still have the last laugh, just download seven gig of Foster and Allen’s “Maggie”, the novelty’ll wear off quick smart then.
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 1:56 pm #The Editor
I was thinking about the whole series of Lachlan Connor, Independent along with the theme music on repeat. She’d loooove that.
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 1:07 pm #Invig
I think you should film McBec WATCHING Lachlan Conner, Independent.
Funny AND educational (or whatever LCI was)
lol
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 1:55 pm #krypto
or what about that shit old disco tune “popcorn” but played on a synthesizer to simulate farting sounds?, six or seven hours of that looped together would pretty much produce a similar effect to David Hicks’ ordeal I reckon.
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 4:25 pm #John Surname
“Privatise….privatise…privatise the eye-bee-cee…”
Everybody!
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 4:37 pm #The Editor
Never fear, John. Prodos’ greatest MIDI hits were the first songs I loaded onto it. I can just see McBec listening to shuffle mode on the train on the way to work when Under Sharia Law rudely assaults her senses.
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 5:19 pm #John Surname
If that’s the case, I’ll recommend you to a good divorce lawyer.
Wednesday 2 January 2008, 7:48 pm #Invig
Yey for intra-relationship sabotage!
Of course, it may backfire and McBec will (finally) recognise the genius of Prodos.
Won’t be so funny then will it?! ;)