Last week I bought an e-reader. I am a gadget freak anyway and this was just a natural addition to my vast array of gadgets. After doing my research and talking to friends I decided to buy the Barnes and Noble “Nook.” So far it has been a good choice, but I have also spent over six hours learning all the machinations of what touch-screen to touch and what button to push and where to go for what. I am still learning. I am told that I can get my email on it, but so far I have only figured out how to get Google “Search.” I have also downloaded free e-books, bought two e-books, and transferred a PDF file from my laptop to my nook. A friend downloaded our lectionary readings, the prayer book, and the book of occasional services for me. Not bad for six hours, I figure.
At any rate, my “Nook” comes with a plug-in-the-wall adaptor so I can connect it to my USB cable and charge the gadget. A nice little piece of crafted hardware but mine didn’t work. So, rather than read the instruction booklet I called the nice lady who sold it to me and asked her what to do. Here is what I heard:
“Just call 1-800-The Nook, and tell them your problem and they’ll take care of it.” How simple, I thought. Well, I dialed 1-800-The Nook and was I surprised. This sexy woman’s voice began telling me which buttons to push to hear whatever type of kinky sex talk I wanted to indulge in at the moment! I couldn’t believe that this would be Barnes and Noble. I was so shocked I even put it on speaker phone and said to R, “Listen to this!” He did. I think he liked it. I hung up!
Rather than call my nice Barnes and Noble lady back and ask what was going on and/or humiliate and embarrass myself, I decided it was time to delve into the instructions (not my forte). Sure enough, right there under the heading “Technical Support” was the instruction to call 1-800 The BOOK! I did, I got my replacement adaptor thingy sent to me and hung up. I am now off to get a hearing test!
In an email you said to me, my blog I do not tackle heavy subjects. Hah.
My favorite view of this was on The Daily Show with John Stewart and his clip of Charleston Heston. “Chuck” was agreeing with me, much to my chagrin. View it at Comedy Central.
Well, every once in a while I am moved to tackle something heavier than normal.