Here's the story: (by Elle)
So today started out like any other, but I had no idea what i was in for.
my mom wanted me to go to Barnes and Noble bookstore with my 8 year old brother, (we'll call him "Bo" for the sake of the story) and babysit him. So like the angel i am, i said something along the lines of, "am i getting paid?" (she said no...dang)
We get there and i realize there's no internet connection for my computer (yes, this is my idea of baby-sitting) so we decide Borders bookstore is the way to go. But alas, ALSO no internet. So i am FORCED to leave the computer with my mom (because I have no car) as she drives away to into the sunset.
We go inside and i order the biggest sized coffee (from the Seattle's Best Coffee shop they have inside, mmm mm good) to wake me up. I see an elderly gentleman (we'll call him "Smithy" for the sake of the story) setting up musical equipment and I go over and 'talk music' with him for a bit (remember this information, for it appears later in the story) Dum DUM DUMMM!
Little Bo and I sit down in two chairs that face each other with a small table in between us. i am texting on my iphone and decide its time to fill my brain with knowledge. So i head over to the joke books while leaving my purse on the chair next to little Bo and (stupidly) setting my iphone down on the table.
"my stuff will be fine. little Bo is there" i chuckle to myself and am on my way.
i didn't go more than 20 feet away and was probably gone for under 30 seconds. When i return to the chairs, my phone is.....(brace yourself).....GONE! D:
i ask Bo if he saw anyone pass by but APPARENTLY he was too focused on his book to notice. ooo this theif was slick. so i rush over to the manager (we'll call him "Mr. Marbles" for the sake of the story) and asked if he could check the security cameras but, guess what?? that specific spot of the room just HAPPENED to be out of sight of the security cameras. it is knows as "The Blind Spot" what are the odds...
i was so upset!! but there was NOTHING i could do...i was suspicious of everyone! i tried to be all "Detectivey" and see if i could read people's faces.
no luck.
frustrated at myself, little Bo, and Mr. Marbles i went to sit to watch Smithy perform his music.
But i felt like I needed to do something....something....rash. the feeling was bubbling up inside me! I knew what i had to do! could I, Danielle Andrea Puckett, really be considering this???
'twas so.
i went up to Smithy and shyly asked, "Hey Smitharoony, can i play a song?" I saw the doubt in his eyes, BUT he finally said, "Umm....Ok, whats your name again?"
I told him it was Elle and and he introduced me to the 5 elderly women sitting watching him (Lets call them "Tina, "Tammy" "Tish" "Terasa" and "Tyra" for the sake of the story) "Well, Elle has just asked to play a song, and I usually don't take risks, but i have a feeling she'll do good!" haha oh that Smithy....
I timidly explained to the crowd the reason i needed to play was because my iphone has just been stolen and there was nothing i could do and when im frustrated i like to play music. i proceded to play "All It Takes"
After the song everyone cheered (including the workers at coffee shop - go Seattle's Best Coffee!) and Tyra shouted out "You've captured OUR hearts" hahah oh that Tyra.....
I felt immediately better after and so much more bold! which is something i never feel. and to roll with my new found confidence, i wore BELL BOTTOMS instead of skinny jeans out in public later that day for the first time since 8th grade. i know what your probably thinking, "Whoa, easy tiger".
But even after all of this, I still had one regret. (big finish!!!)
I wish I could have seen the look on the robbers face when he realized that the iPhone was, infact, NOT and iPhone at all. It was a SciPhone; a 40$ iPhone IMITATION made in Japan only available on the internet!!!
MUAHAHAH!!!! MY CHEAPNESS PAYS OFF!
the best part is that the only way it will work is if you push the screen instead of just touch it! (that probably will take forever to figure out) AND the only way to charge it is by using a specific charger (which i have) that only fits into the specific outlet of a SciPhone AND is only available with the purchase of a SciPhone AND the only way to listen to music or watch movies is by using the memory card (which i have) AND the headphones that came with it (which i have) are the only headphones that will fit into the oddly shaped headphone jack ANNNNDDDD the only way to work the phone in the first place is by opening the back and turning it on (it has a broken hinge and can only be open with my masterful skills and a guitar pick.) which will ALSO probably take forever to figure out
so JOKES ON YOU MISTA!
it still kinda sucks, but im not as sad as i could be. :P i learned my lesson. when i get a REAL iPhone, i now know i cant let it out of my sight FOR A SECOND.
so, congratulations thief, you have just made one more paranoid, untrusting, going to lock my door and carry pepper spray and take karate classes from now on person.
Moral of the story, "Sometimes being cheap pays off"
thanks for reading this :)
-elle