yesterday when i opened it the screen refused to load, and at night when i opened and closed it more times (i know, it's not really a book, i do), the hard disk just started running, the system hung, and it refused to stop running. this morning when i woke up it'd been running the whole night, and it was so hot :( i cradled my feverish book to school and skipped my lecture to bring it to the clinic.
technician pressed and poked and the almighty icon my my new religion OS X refused to appear. i should have guessed the only way to stop it running is to take out the battery, but i didn't, and my carelessness scarred my one and only.
doctor: *flips book over to rest on its topside* me: *stops breathing* doctor: *takes out battery* book: *slides on table* me: *heart stops*
of all the IGNORANT and DASTARDLY things to do!!! he put my whitebook on the table!!!! isn't he the apple doctor? shouldn't he know his charges well? doesn't he know that it's not a powerbook and it catches scratches like a bitch?? even ihave never put it topdown on the table before. ever. when i looked at it afterwards there were those disfiguring micro scratches all over it. my GOD.
he went on to calmly tell me that he wasn't sure what was the cause of the failure, he'd have to send it for a thorough checkup first.
all the while i was holding my breath and imagining we were having a different conversation:
me: did you just slide my whitebook across the table?? doctor: what's wrong? me: are you daft? do you drop a newborn baby on the floor?? have you been dropped before??
it looped several times in my head and played out in different ways, but what actually transpired was:
doctor: it'll take about 3-7 days for it to come back from repair. do you want to send it? me: ...isn't there any like, first aid you can do? temporarily? before the organ transplant? doctor: no. me: then can i add a note for them to BE CAREFUL with my book? i'm anal about it. doctor: no. me: *stares* doctor: i mean, they know to be careful with it.
i was bursting with four letter words, but the only ones that came out were OKAY and FINE.
