More Conversations!
(I like dialogue. Maybe I'll become a screen writer. Wouldn't THAT be awesome?!)
At the Computer Fixing Store.
Me: Hey. [plunks computer case down computer and sliding laptop out] I broke this. [peering at name tag] Brett.
Brett: [with obvious distaste] What is that? [picks up edge with two fingers]
Me: It used to be a laptop.
Brett: Why is there duck tape on it?
Me: [observing laptop in its two separate pieces] It's not Duck Tape. It's Zebra Tape. Besides, it didn't exactly work. Also, it won't hold a charge, so if you move the power cord the computer shuts off.
Brett: ....
Me: Can you fix it?
Brett: Why?
Me: [wrinkling nose] Because I want you to.
Brett: Why?
Me: [scowling] Because.
Brett: You know... [tapping computer] IF we could fix... this. It would probably cost more than buying a new one. How old is this thing?
Me: A lady never reveals her age.
Brett: You gave it a gender?
Me: [blink] Well, YEAH.
Brett: I see. [slides computer back to me] I really don't think so.
Me: [staring] You won't even look at it?
Brett: [shakes head]
Me: BRETT. COME ON.
Brett: [folds arms]
Me: [totally not throwing a dirty look his way and stomping out of the store]
What? It's still usable.
(I like dialogue. Maybe I'll become a screen writer. Wouldn't THAT be awesome?!)
At the Computer Fixing Store.
Me: Hey. [plunks computer case down computer and sliding laptop out] I broke this. [peering at name tag] Brett.
Brett: [with obvious distaste] What is that? [picks up edge with two fingers]
Me: It used to be a laptop.
Brett: Why is there duck tape on it?
Me: [observing laptop in its two separate pieces] It's not Duck Tape. It's Zebra Tape. Besides, it didn't exactly work. Also, it won't hold a charge, so if you move the power cord the computer shuts off.
Brett: ....
Me: Can you fix it?
Brett: Why?
Me: [wrinkling nose] Because I want you to.
Brett: Why?
Me: [scowling] Because.
Brett: You know... [tapping computer] IF we could fix... this. It would probably cost more than buying a new one. How old is this thing?
Me: A lady never reveals her age.
Brett: You gave it a gender?
Me: [blink] Well, YEAH.
Brett: I see. [slides computer back to me] I really don't think so.
Me: [staring] You won't even look at it?
Brett: [shakes head]
Me: BRETT. COME ON.
Brett: [folds arms]
Me: [totally not throwing a dirty look his way and stomping out of the store]
What? It's still usable.
Whatever. THIS is what it looked like before, remember?
I would totally post a link to that blog post but I seem to have lost it.
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