Apple Care: Totally worth it and other stories

Last night, save a total of $5 in tolls, crazy unnecessary traffic, and a GPS that told me my destination was the intersection near Tyson's Corner, was a moderate success. I was there about a half hour early, because Google Maps and my GPS had a miscommunication and I didn't turn on avoid toll roads on my way down. I stopped at the Starbucks and quickly made it to the Apple Store. That mall gives me headaches and makes me feel really claustrophobic and nervous. 

The Apple Store was a balmy 2,000 degrees inside. I was glad I didn't bring my coat. I headed over to the Genius Bar, happy because it seemed like an adorable nerdy boy was going to be my genius. As I made mental notes on how to seduce As I waited in line, people crowded around where I was to talk to the Genius Bar attendant, I guess, who was walking around with a MacBook Air with all of the day's registrations. 

Meanwhile, a lady with a MacBook Pro and all sorts of issues, was monopolizing my future husband genius. A few iPod problem people were called up to the bar before me, and a different genius called me because MacBook Pro lady decided to ask more questions after her session with my genius was over, including asking why her lap top got so hot when she was using it. 

My genius told him it was because lap top doesn't entirely mean it goes on your lap. 

In my head, I told him I would be his lap top. (I love my boyfriend, I love my boyfriend, I love my boyfriend. I hope said genius didn't stumble his way over here...) 

So, as MacBook Pro lady is now making a purchase at the Genius Bar (curse Apple Stores and their crazy wandering cash registers) and I sat down with my new Genius. He asked if I caused any of the problems with the plastic casing. I told him no. He asked how it happened. 

"I don't know," I said, "I was just hanging out and it started happening." 

No one there thought I was funny at all. It was really unfortunate. However, since I was coming from so far away, they fixed my computer in an hour, for free, and completely replaced the keyboard and even the touch pad. It looks just as good as new and the clickety clack of blogging sounds even more glorious than it did before! 

So, the moral of this story is: Apple users...AppleCare is worth it, and maybe you'll have better luck with a super-cute genius than I did. 

Happy Saturday.