Extra Stuff! :S (Blog 176)

A while ago on Amazon, I bought a detachable CD drive for my ageing Mac computer, as the original player stopped working. By mistake, I must have clicked that I wanted two, but I ended up only receiving one. (If you’re confused by that, so am I!) When I came to order something else a few days ago, I found that I purchased both what I wanted and another CD drive that got left in my wish list or whatever all that time ago. (Again, make of that what you will - it’s a mere theory. A scarier though less likely one is some hacker is screwing with me with a chilling level of stealth). Consequently, I wasted £20 and now have a completely unnecessary item. So what do I do with it? Give it away as a present? On a completely ordinary day, where no one is celebrating for any reason? Doesn’t that sound a little random?

Picture the scene (you can see where this is going, can't you?): ‘What have you been up to, lately?’ ‘Just work, really…’ ‘Wow. To celebrate all that business, I got you a gift!’ ‘Really? What is it?’ ‘A backup CD drive for your computer!’ Even if I waited till someone’s birthday to give my CD thingy away, the vast majority of people wouldn’t really have any use for it. In comparison, what would you say to someone who offered you a free washing machine that is exactly the same as the one you already own? However, it would be a good practical joke buying someone an identical washer every few weeks or so. Having thought about it, I hope to do so, one day. Maybe I could fake amnesia, but deep down I would be laughing inside.

I could always send my item back, but it was my fault for being careless. Who am I to waste people’s time? (Ok, ok, I couldn’t be bothered to get the stamp and packaging, etc.) It’s not like the time I decided to buy a Nirvana T-shirt that had ‘Flower sniffin, kitty pettin, baby kissin corporate rock whores’ written on the back because only the front of the clothes were pictured on the online shop. Sure I’m not 100% sure what that slogan means, but it’s clearly offensive. So I took THAT back. Wearing such clothing would certainly make me feel self-conscious. The only people who can get away with wearing clothes with swear words on them are people with Tourette’s.

I could give my device away to a charity shop, but who donates completely new items to such places? It would just be out of place. It would be the most pristine thing on sale and should really be displayed in some special glass container that spins around slowly for added effect. As far as I know, charity shops don’t have such containers. So I guess I’m going to keep my CD player for myself, even though I have no use for it. You never know, it may become collectable. I actually have a CD that is selling on Amazon for over £700. Well I guess the difference is that people like listening to music and don’t appreciate mere tools so much. To be fair though, it does look pretty good. It has a very attractive black colour and symmetrical, thin oblong shape. Sound good? Want it for £700? Maybe not. Damn. Ok then, bye!!!!!