Today was a fast moving day. I finished up the paper at 9:45 a.m. and immediately went to Dunn Tire to get my snow tires put on. That wasn’t fast - the wait would be about four hours - but it felt fast, thanks to the nap I took. I went home to do this.

After picking up the car at 3:30 p.m., I went straight to Carousel Mall to buy this laptop. It was a decision made sometime after I woke up from the nap and before leaving Dunn Tire. Again, a fast moving day.

What I really want to write about is the buying experience: it was incredible. As soon as I entered the busy store, I found the nearest genius, Josh Coy, who wasn’t actually coy at all. I planned to just buy the cheapest 13-inch macbook pro and get out of there, but Josh wanted me to make sure I was getting the BEST deal I could. He asked about my life, what I’d use the laptop for - nothing new - but it led to discussion on my college education. Looking back, he really wanted to give me the student discount. I did everything I could to stop him.

“Are you in college?”

“No.”

“Did you just go to college?”

“Graduated in May.”

“Oh! Well, do you still have your college I.D.?”

“Yeah!”

“Then I can definitely give you the student discount.”

“Oh, that’s great! Thanks! Wait. I don’t have it on me.”

“Well, do you still have a school e-mail account.”

“Yeah, but … they closed it when it became too full.”

It suddenly hit me that I only knew my account was closed because I had received the e-mail from Fredonia, LOGGED IN TO IN MY E-MAIL ACCOUNT. So I logged in, and that was more than enough proof for Josh Coy. Josh would have given me the discount no matter what, I’m sure of it. How do I know? Because he said this:

“Can you tell I don’t get paid on commission?”

Like I said, Josh Coy was not coy. His slightly gray hair did, however, remind me of a coy dog (sorry Josh!).