Frosty Tigers! They said that it was 10 degrees C. Well, here in deepest Knightsbridge at the ungodly hour that we awoke yesterday morning, it wasn't.
But things had to be obtained so she washed, dressed, pulled out a long shearling coat, grabbed a woolen hat and left the house. I was pretty glad that we had had a hot breakfast and that I could perch up somewhere and cogitate my bald navel whilst she had to battle with the outside elements.
She was heading for PC World, the crew at her eye hospital, Moorfields, and her optician are not happy with her just using the iPad and a mobile and told her that the strain of looking at print on such a small screen is causing huge problems with people's eyesight, including hers.
Upon arriving at the branch on Wandsworth Bridge Road, she perused the laptops and wasn't very impressed with their so-called Black Friday deals.
Everything she wanted, 15.6" screen, Intel 5 or 7, dvd, and a 3 year guarantee was way over 500 pounds.. gulp.
Then she remembered her Lebanese friend told her that he had found his laptop at the winter sales in January at Peter Jones.
She caught a bus back up the Kings' Road and went into the store and up to the 4th floor. Where a helpful man asked her what she was looking for and he asked her to wait until an assistant was free to help her.
She said to the assistant "I know nothing about the technical side of these things but this is what I want it for and I have to have the minimum of a 15" screen and a dvd'".
He showed her several models but they were much too expensive and so she said "I'm retired and I cannot afford that sort of price", he looked at her, smiled and said "come with me" and he led her to the back of the computer and television section, where there was a laptop and several other items.
He said "I have just the thing for you, it has no box but it's an Lenovo, it has a 15.6" screen with a dvd and it comes with a 3 year guarantee, the price is 299 pounds, it was 429 pounds, would this be ok?"
She smiled at him and said "thank you, it is just what I wanted", he unbolted it from the display
stand and off they went to the till.
Where she handed over a credit card and smiled to herself as she entered the pin.. her frugality over the past few months had certainly paid off!
He disappeared and came back with it and its' charger carefully wrapped up in bubble wrap.
She thanked him for his kindness and help and they parted, she went back to the desk and told the two men who were now standing there how helpful he had been and they smiled at her.
"Thank you madam, how kind of you to tell us, yes, he is good and on a day like today when we are really busy, it is nice to know that customers are happy with the level of service that they have received".
And off down the escalators she went.. to take it to show to her Lebanese friend and to thank him for suggesting that she look in Peter Jones's computer department for a reasonably priced laptop.
And what a joy it is to use! Except she cannot find the pound sign..
GeeGee Parrot.
November 26th, 2017.
But things had to be obtained so she washed, dressed, pulled out a long shearling coat, grabbed a woolen hat and left the house. I was pretty glad that we had had a hot breakfast and that I could perch up somewhere and cogitate my bald navel whilst she had to battle with the outside elements.
She was heading for PC World, the crew at her eye hospital, Moorfields, and her optician are not happy with her just using the iPad and a mobile and told her that the strain of looking at print on such a small screen is causing huge problems with people's eyesight, including hers.
Upon arriving at the branch on Wandsworth Bridge Road, she perused the laptops and wasn't very impressed with their so-called Black Friday deals.
Everything she wanted, 15.6" screen, Intel 5 or 7, dvd, and a 3 year guarantee was way over 500 pounds.. gulp.
Then she remembered her Lebanese friend told her that he had found his laptop at the winter sales in January at Peter Jones.
She caught a bus back up the Kings' Road and went into the store and up to the 4th floor. Where a helpful man asked her what she was looking for and he asked her to wait until an assistant was free to help her.
She said to the assistant "I know nothing about the technical side of these things but this is what I want it for and I have to have the minimum of a 15" screen and a dvd'".
He showed her several models but they were much too expensive and so she said "I'm retired and I cannot afford that sort of price", he looked at her, smiled and said "come with me" and he led her to the back of the computer and television section, where there was a laptop and several other items.
He said "I have just the thing for you, it has no box but it's an Lenovo, it has a 15.6" screen with a dvd and it comes with a 3 year guarantee, the price is 299 pounds, it was 429 pounds, would this be ok?"
She smiled at him and said "thank you, it is just what I wanted", he unbolted it from the display
stand and off they went to the till.
Where she handed over a credit card and smiled to herself as she entered the pin.. her frugality over the past few months had certainly paid off!
He disappeared and came back with it and its' charger carefully wrapped up in bubble wrap.
She thanked him for his kindness and help and they parted, she went back to the desk and told the two men who were now standing there how helpful he had been and they smiled at her.
"Thank you madam, how kind of you to tell us, yes, he is good and on a day like today when we are really busy, it is nice to know that customers are happy with the level of service that they have received".
And off down the escalators she went.. to take it to show to her Lebanese friend and to thank him for suggesting that she look in Peter Jones's computer department for a reasonably priced laptop.
And what a joy it is to use! Except she cannot find the pound sign..
GeeGee Parrot.
November 26th, 2017.
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