Random Talk

[Uncle]

Went to a restaurant with a ticket machine. Owner walks to me as I’m deciding. He points to one button and says it’s the best option. It’s the most expensive item. He stands there looking at me. I put in the money and press it. He’s like, “right choice!” Was it very good? Yes. But deeply emasculating. I felt Canadian in that moment.

I went to a wal-mart in the phone section, a somewhat redneck-looking electronics lady came up to me and said "can I help you" and I said "yeah I'm looking for a cheap phone, I don't even need it to make calls or anything, just something that can receive texts to use for two factor authentication and stuff, because my main phone is my work phone and I'd like to decouple that a bit and just have something else that's 'mine,' so what can you tell me about these shitty flip phones"

she said "they're all crap, you don't want them, if you let me hook you up we'll get something that works better, if you pay for bottom of the barrel you'll get bottom of the barrel"

I thought about it for a minute more and I looked her in the eye as I bought one of those super shitty phones

I'm sure she would've gotten some kind of commission for upselling or something

I have had zero problems and it does what I need it to