2.24.09

I had to stop  at the bank and winded up parking in front of this very tiny internet cafe/computer store. It was a place I never noticed before, and behind the counter was a small Asian mad who looked sad as could be. Its a pretty safe assumption that this store is not doing good business, and I actually felt bad for this guy. I've been needing a Mac compatible USB storage device, so I figured why not give this guy business. One thing I've noticed about myself in my older age, is that I'm much more supportive of smaller businesses. I try to avoid big companies and go with cheaper and newer establishments or products. I feel that a lot of times a company like Sony has nothing to prove, where as a smaller newer company values you as a customer much more greatly.

So this place looked like the king of knock-off goods with about 6 computers by some brand I have NEVER heard of in my life. I've been lucky enough to own my own computer, and not have to visit a public internet cafe.... I never saw the appeal, I think it would be a little uncomfortable surfing through porn with a room full of people. This guy actually had a mac compatible USB which shocked the shit out of me... I figured I would just leave with a bootleg "Dark Knight" DVD. It came out to $19.00 bucks and I told him I would take it, he then started to punch in a ton of numbers into a calculator.  I don't know how he was figuring out the tax but it seemed like he was putting in the Quadratic Formula. "This much" he said and he showed me the calculator screen which read: 25.46790283940293   Huh? How the fuck am I suppose to pay that crazy number? I looked at it and said "What?" to which he replied, "What?" We then stared at each other in confusion for about 5 seconds. The point of the story is... wait, what the fuck is the point?