It's quite a well known fact I'm not a very patient individual. I absolutely hate waiting. Traffic? Hate it. With a vengeance - sitting there, wasting time, for no apparent reason (other than the fact there are too many cars on the road). Buses? Hate 'em. You wait, and wait, and wait - and then when one finally comes, it's too full, so they don't stop to let passengers on. Restaurants? Love going, hate waiting. Especially when they're not that busy, or the waitress / waiter is too lazy to come and take your order, or too busy talking to their friends to actually provide a service (include check out chicks in that one too). And at some restaurants, despite keeping you waiting forever for your food, they still have the hide to expect a tip (like, why would I tip if I've been kept waiting?). New series of Prison Perv? Love the show, hate waiting for it. And once the new season starts, there's then the waiting game for each week's episode...
So if I can at all avoid it, I won't be kept waiting. If there's something that I want to buy, and I can buy it now and take it home (rather than order it online and wait for ages) - unless the price is hugely different, I'll probably go that option.
Which is why it's a little out of character when you hear the story of my mac. I've wanted one for a while, but when it comes to spending big money, I try to do the right thing and do my research properly before I buy - so I've been looking into macs for a couple of months now (well since July anyway). A couple of weeks back, I found myself in the mac store in Regent Street - with a very good deal on a macbook pro - and I bought it. But when I got it home I realised that I really wanted the one with more memory - and the only place to buy it was online. Aaagghh! So I take that one back and order the one I really want - only to be told that despite the fact online it estimates delivery in 7-10 days (give me strength), no, its going to be THREE WEEKS!!!! THREE WHOLE WEEKS?!! How can I wait that long?
But its the one I really want, plus you get a free nano with it. 4GB video model. Ok, well I guess I waited 3 months, 3 more weeks isn't going to kill me.
Except it is! The waiting is unbearable!
So I went online to check on the 'status of my order' yesterday - only to find it should have been shipped 3 days ago! I phoned them up - because also I wanted to see if I could change from a 4GB to an 8GB nano - and they said that I can't change my order because IT'S ON THE VAN! But still I haven't received the 'shipping despatch' email they promised to send when it's on it's way - which means it's sitting in the back of some van in Hong Kong or something - when it should be here already!
I don't think I can take it anymore... Hurry up, Apple!
4 comments:
Hey Kyles, I have a really burning question...
Um, I was wondering if,
oh, hang on a sec...
meanwhile, whats prison perv? Is it Prison Break? I hate waiting when a TV series finishes till the next year when it screens in the UK. I WANT THE SHOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS NOW!!!!!
Ok Beck, there's a few things you can do to relieve the waiting game. The first is, email me and I'll tell you how you can watch the shows which are currently showing in the US - so if the new series of Brothers and Sisters is on there, I can show you how to get it. How else do you think me and Nic are watching the new series Prison Perv (yes, that's Prison Break to the uninitiated) when it's only on Sky? Hehehe... and if you email me, I'll know you read this comment... hehehe
Ok Beck, there's a few things you can do to relieve the waiting game. The first is, email me and I'll tell you how you can watch the shows which are currently showing in the US - so if the new series of Brothers and Sisters is on there, I can show you how to get it. How else do you think me and Nic are watching the new series Prison Perv (yes, that's Prison Break to the uninitiated) when it's only on Sky? Hehehe... and if you email me, I'll know you read this comment... hehehe
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