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"My store is close to a halfway house, and some people come through looking to
get new phones activated and other necessities when they get to the house.
There was one really nice guy who had been locked up for about twenty years and
was trying to make his way back into society and figure out all the technology
that he had missed.
He was a really chill and nice guy, so after I sold and activated the phone for
him, I showed him how to use it fully — how to turn it on and off, call, text,
etc... He would come back specifically for me and ask a number of very basic
questions about his phone (and his eventual smartphone), smart TVs, and
anything else he’d buy as he got used to life on the outside.
One day, he came in to buy a laptop and a headset. When I asked what it was
for, he told me he was moving in with his sister and her kid down in LA. They
were teaching him how to play
World Of Warcraft, and he wanted to have his
own computer and join them on Discord to play. He had come to me for help with
it.
I made sure he had it set up, the game installed, and Discord joined. I even
gave him advice about character creation and helped him through the
introductory parts of the game during my lunch break. Every piece of advice
came with a “Wow, that’s amazing!” or “I wish I’d had this when I was a kid;
things might have been different!”
That was the last time I saw him, and I think back occasionally, hoping he is
living his best life out there."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
