IR Blog Post 2

Connection: In the story Bill goes to the barbershop to get a haircut and this is what was said. "So what would you like me to do with this?" "Just a simple tidy-up," I say looking up at him. "See any styles up there you like?" says the barber.
This part of the story I thought I had a close connection to because just like Bill everytime I go to the barbershop for a haircut it suddenly becomes the hardest thing in the world to do. It seems like barbershop people only know how to do the styles they have pictures of and anything outside of it is too advanced. Also like Bill when I ask for a certain style it breaks down into how about this way or what about this way, and what I thought was only going to be a few minutes now turns into a 20 minute fiasco.


Another connection to the story can be found when Bill tries to set up his computer and has trouble finding things. He calls the helpline and finds out they really are no help at all. "Sir, can you tell me the serial number?" ask the man on the helpline. "Where would I find that?" I respond. "It's on the bottom of the CPU functional dysequilibrium unit." After an akward silence the man ask "Is your model the Z-40LX Mulitmedia HPii or the ZX46/2Y Chromium B-BOP?"

I had something very similar to this happen to me one day. My parents had gone away for the weekend and we had gotten a new computer. Me thinking I was the smartest guy tried to set it up but quickly found out I was no brainiac. When I tried pluging in something it wouldn't work and since my parents were away the only thing I could do was try to call the helpline number that came with the computer. When I called I thought things were going to be easy they would tell me what to do and then I would be on my way, boy was I wrong. The guy on the other line asked me a bunch of questions using terms I never even knew existed, telling me plug the hydruxulator into the hoplator, which can be found next to the titainium carborator. For almost an hour I had the guy try to explain what he said over and over again until I eventually realized nothing was being gained from this and just hung up. I decided that from then on I would never call one of those helplines ever again.