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Ho ho ow. I had to take a trip to a far off land today, one that I would really have preferred to skip. That land was the Burlington Mall, and that destination was the Holy Grail of hipsters everywhere, the Apple store. I needed a genius. Mostly because I am an idiot. There was a tile floor, and there was my lovely iPad, and gravity, and some height, and...there was cracking and little glass shards and oh, it wasn't pretty. And I was sad.
So that happened yesterday, and today was the first genius appointment I could get. I suppose I could have waited til tomorrow to avoid a MALL on a WEEKEND during CHRISTMAS, but I sorta wanted to get the whole thing resolved as quickly as possible. And even though I work next door to a different mall, and go into it almost daily, I just didn't quite grok how busy THIS mall would be. I don't get over to Burlington much any more, and the few times in the past few years that I've been in the mall weren't at Christmas. I forgot that they stuff it to the gills with carts. And there's Santa. And there are all the PEOPLE. Dear god, such a lot of people! Shuffling around in a consumer-haze. Like a scene from Dawn of the Dead.
But really, a lot of people in a mall at Christmas? Not really a surprise. The lesson for today, friends, is to always get the AppleCare Plus plan if you get an expensive thing like an iPad. Thankfully I had already followed my own advice when I got the 'Pad for my birthday, so all I had to do was fork over $49, see the genius, and 10 minutes later I had a brand new shiny iPad with my data all downloading merrily. Whew. The only minor inconvenience was that I needed to put all my passwords into all my apps again. I can totally live with that, and I'm glad it works that way. Yay, Cloud! The apps took a long while to download (I have a LOT of them), but that's ok, too.
You apparently get two drops per Plus plan, so I only have one left now. I am going to get it a new case, one made perhaps of titanium or steel or something hard like that. And I am not going to take it into rooms with tile floors. And I am definitely not going to drop it. (Yeah, right. I drop my phone probably three times per week. I've dropped the iPad several times, but usually when it's in its case and usually on my carpeted bedroom floor. WHY do I have to be such a klutz? If only resolving to not drop it made it so.)
The Genius told me he uses the Dodocase, which I was reading about last night after the mishap, but I think I want a case that folds into a better stand. Not sure yet; damned cases are freaking expensive. Maybe I need one that bounces? Entirely rubber.
Wandering around the mall was kind of fun, though. And everything is so shiny and sparkly you do really feel the pull to BUY BUY BUY, so I guess it's successful. I managed to escape with most of my wallet, but it was close. I was about to say next time I'll just go to the Apple store near work, but THERE WON'T BE A NEXT TIME, I SWEAR!
So that happened yesterday, and today was the first genius appointment I could get. I suppose I could have waited til tomorrow to avoid a MALL on a WEEKEND during CHRISTMAS, but I sorta wanted to get the whole thing resolved as quickly as possible. And even though I work next door to a different mall, and go into it almost daily, I just didn't quite grok how busy THIS mall would be. I don't get over to Burlington much any more, and the few times in the past few years that I've been in the mall weren't at Christmas. I forgot that they stuff it to the gills with carts. And there's Santa. And there are all the PEOPLE. Dear god, such a lot of people! Shuffling around in a consumer-haze. Like a scene from Dawn of the Dead.
But really, a lot of people in a mall at Christmas? Not really a surprise. The lesson for today, friends, is to always get the AppleCare Plus plan if you get an expensive thing like an iPad. Thankfully I had already followed my own advice when I got the 'Pad for my birthday, so all I had to do was fork over $49, see the genius, and 10 minutes later I had a brand new shiny iPad with my data all downloading merrily. Whew. The only minor inconvenience was that I needed to put all my passwords into all my apps again. I can totally live with that, and I'm glad it works that way. Yay, Cloud! The apps took a long while to download (I have a LOT of them), but that's ok, too.
You apparently get two drops per Plus plan, so I only have one left now. I am going to get it a new case, one made perhaps of titanium or steel or something hard like that. And I am not going to take it into rooms with tile floors. And I am definitely not going to drop it. (Yeah, right. I drop my phone probably three times per week. I've dropped the iPad several times, but usually when it's in its case and usually on my carpeted bedroom floor. WHY do I have to be such a klutz? If only resolving to not drop it made it so.)
The Genius told me he uses the Dodocase, which I was reading about last night after the mishap, but I think I want a case that folds into a better stand. Not sure yet; damned cases are freaking expensive. Maybe I need one that bounces? Entirely rubber.
Wandering around the mall was kind of fun, though. And everything is so shiny and sparkly you do really feel the pull to BUY BUY BUY, so I guess it's successful. I managed to escape with most of my wallet, but it was close. I was about to say next time I'll just go to the Apple store near work, but THERE WON'T BE A NEXT TIME, I SWEAR!
