A Trip to the Apple Store

A few days ago my charger on my laptop decided to randomly quit working. While I am a fan of Apple laptops, I am much less of their fickle, expensive chargers. I spent awhile freaking out and trying to text all my tech people back home who basically told me that I had to go get a new one. My Dad was kind enough to call Apple and get it all set up so that they would call me from the UK. The British guy on the phone was very nice and helpful and sent me the address to the nearest Apple retailer that supposedly could help me with my charger.

I proceeded to walk to the store, about 15 minutes away and in what I later found out was the ‘bad’ neighborhood of Florence. They proceeded to tell me that they needed “One Week” because it had to be sent to the lab, then apple, than back to the lab and the store. I usually pride myself on how I am gracious and polite to everyone even in stressful situations but standing at the counter staring at the charger I needed behind the lady telling me I had to wait a week sorely tested my patience. Having HW due, midterm exams coming up, and a paper due I realized just how much I rely on my laptop. I finally ended up leaving the store frustrated and told that I would have to travel to a true Apple Store an hour away by bus if I wanted to get it sooner.

Confession, I’ve never really rode on a public bus before without someone else, let alone know how to buy a ticket, find the stops and what bus I was actually supposed to get on. My roommates had decided to come with me, as they wanted to shop at the mall.  After some frustration and a little bit of speed walking we ended up on the right bus and eventually at the mall. It’s called Gigli and is described as an American style mall with Italian shops.

Beautiful view and weather for the trip there!

The Apple store and the Geniuses were very helpful (and thankfully spoke English) so I soon had switched out the useless charger and had a working one!

 We then proceeded to wander the mall for a while. I enjoyed the experience but the roommates were a little disappointed with the store selection.

For lunch we stopped at the food court and had McDonalds. My large fries, sundae and sprite were yummy and started my craving for food I can only get back home (like pretzels).