Hello Walmart?

Ok, so we live in a small enough town that Walmart is the only
thing open past well... 7pm on a Saturday night. And the nearest
major computer store is about forty-five minutes away. Not to
mention the nearest sushi, nightlife, starbucks, civilization...
Anyway, you get the picture...

We do, however, have a Super WalMart in the vicinity.

Now, by the phrase "Super WalMart," I do not mean to imply in
any way, shape or form that the store in question performs up
to the quality denoted commonly by the usage of the word "Super."
I merely mean to say that it is a WalMart SuperStore. Seller of
food clothing and various sundries.

"WalMart, This is the jewelry department."

"Hi, Can I please have the electronics department."

"Just a moment please."

If you would like to replicate my experience at home, please pick
up a telephone at this time and wait five minutes before reading
further. Then, hang up on yourself.

Then, repeat this exercise in extreme frustration by calling Wal-
Mart and trying the exercise in futility again. Just in case your brain
isn't bleeding yet. To entirely replicate the experience it will help
if you already have a drug resistant migraine of five days duration,
a 17 year old with a broken computer and a project due Monday,
and oh, absolutely no current personal life. I throw that part in just
for flavor. So, let's try it again, shall we?

"Hello, Walmart."

Suspiciously "Is this the jewelry department?"

"No, this is the main desk."

"Oh. Can I please have the electronics department."

"Just a moment."

"Electronics" (A suspiciously un-techy and very hic sounding
girl's voice)

"Oh, hi. Do you have a graphics card for a computer PCI slot?"

"Uhhh... I don't know. Let me ask him." (A shout out to the
mysterious him ensues. Muffled talk is heard. She comes back
on the line.) "Umm... He says he thinks he may have something
like that video thing."

I had numerous other questions. You know, like is it 64 mb, 128,
256? Are they sure its PCI and not agp? But what I heard myself
say was the following:

"That's ok, I think I'll just come down and look."






p.s. It turned out not to be the video card. My son's mother
board is fried. Lovely. At any rate, I got a fairly cheap system
off of tigerdirect.com I'm going to bed!

LOL! I just read what I wrote. Hell, the mother board on his
computer isn't the ONLY one who's FRIED! LOL