{"id":704,"date":"2009-03-29T20:02:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T02:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bbryson.com\/bill\/?p=704"},"modified":"2009-03-29T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T02:02:30","slug":"a-moment-of-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bbryson.com\/bill\/2009\/03\/29\/a-moment-of-weakness\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment of weakness"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the intense pressure building up on Erin’s shoulders over the purchase of a Dell Mini 9 she encountered a brief moment of weakness one evening sitting next to me on the couch.\u00a0 I was in the middle of doing my nightly task of going through the steps of building an order for a Dell Mini 9 when Erin sat down next to me and saw what I was doing.\u00a0 You see she had witnessed this event on many occasions.\u00a0 She broke down and said just buy it.\u00a0 Now if any of you are in a similar situation here are the following steps you must take to ensure the purchase of the item.<\/p>\n

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  1. Say nothing (ie. don’t ask “Are you sure?”)<\/li>\n
  2. Cautiously move to retrieve your credit card.\n
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    1. Better yet have it memorized<\/li>\n
    2. Don’t do this in a hasty manner, act calm and collected.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. Complete the purchase as quickly as possible.<\/li>\n
    4. Don’t even talk about the purchase for at least a day or two unless they bring it up.\n
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      1. If they do bring it up, be very careful to read the situation and respond accordingly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        The coolest thing though was before I hit the submit button Erin said “Now hold on… Do you plan on buying a new Macbook Pro in the next year?”<\/p>\n

        Totally awesome that buying a new real laptop was even something to consider.<\/p>\n

        So I do now have a Dell Mini 9 sort of on the way.\u00a0 Unlike purchasing a computer from Apple where you receive the machine the next week, Dell likes to have you wait about a month before they ship it to you.\u00a0 So hopefully I’ll get mine around the 23rd of April.<\/p>\n

        Thanks Josh for the support for being there for me through this “tough time”\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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