Friday, July 25, 2008
dell laptops
The perks of working in the technology department are huge when you are at a university as big as this. My new job at the computer store has been more beneficial than I ever would have thought. Of course I have to deal with the daily barrage of horrid questions that just leave me spellbound at the sheer lack of any common sense in those who try to use technology, but I can go past all of that. I think that I have probably used my employee discount more than any other person in the store right now. Now granted that isn't saying much since everyone in there are undergraduate students with no money and very little motivation to work outside of this store. I on the other hand have three jobs right now on top of my class load. You could say that I have a full plate or that I just really enjoy always having something to do and somewhere to be.
Anyway so this summer in particular I have been working so hard that I feel that I should be rewarding myself by spending all of the money that I've saved. I know it sounds a little crazy but I have only been spending my money on those things that will actually just help me to capitalize on my educational opportunities at the moment and long in to the future. Our computer store has a ton of really cheap notebooks and I have had my eye on the dell laptops for some time now. I have three or four that I really want to get and I am just waiting until I have enough saved up for me to feel truly comfortable spending a good portion of my savings on something like this. A laptop is of course a big investment that if taken care of could last me for a very long time and help me long in to my career after school so I don't want to buy something too cheap for obvious reasons. I just also don't want to forget that I am still the same as every other undergraduate out here; cheap and broke.
Mike @ 10:55 AM