A couple of weeks ago I was having a nice relaxing lunch with a couple of old buddies. There was this massively cool restaurant downtown, and we decided to go there. They have a wide variety of music that they play while you eat and enjoy the delicious food. And they way you order your food is pretty cool. You can either go old school, and order straight from the menu, or you can have the chef cook up whatever he thinks is best for you.
Then they announced that they were going to give away several prizes. As it happened, this particular day was the restaurant's ten year anniversary. The gift giving was to thank all the customers for being loyal, and allowing the restaurant to stay profitable in these tough economic times. They had some strange method of choosing the winners, which was based on this big tank of fish they had in the corner. I was very excited.
With a huge cheer, they unveiled the prizes. Right on top of the heap was this shiny portable DVD player. In recent times, these technological marvels have become exceedingly popular, and for some very good reasons. One of the most popular uses is to use them on long car trips. They kids can watch their DVDs in the back, completely oblivious to mom and dad in the front seat arguing over how they should invest for their retirement or something.
And not only families can benefit from these fantastic things. They are for anybody who wants to pass the time while in an otherwise boring situation. My friend told me about his story. At his college, you could rent many educational DVDs for a very small fee from the campus library. Whenever he found himself in a very boring lecture, he would pop in a more interesting and educational DVD to help him learn the material.
Another example would be jury duty. While most people bring a book or a newspaper, you could be watching your favorite movies of all time while sitting there in the jury duty room waiting to see if your name was going to be called. You can probably imagine how helpful this could be if you've ever been called to jury duty.
Naturally I hoped that I would win the portable DVD player, since I didn't have one, and both my friends did. And much to my surprise, I did win it, and went home a very happy man. I will be a loyal customer of that restaurant now for the rest of my life.
Then they announced that they were going to give away several prizes. As it happened, this particular day was the restaurant's ten year anniversary. The gift giving was to thank all the customers for being loyal, and allowing the restaurant to stay profitable in these tough economic times. They had some strange method of choosing the winners, which was based on this big tank of fish they had in the corner. I was very excited.
With a huge cheer, they unveiled the prizes. Right on top of the heap was this shiny portable DVD player. In recent times, these technological marvels have become exceedingly popular, and for some very good reasons. One of the most popular uses is to use them on long car trips. They kids can watch their DVDs in the back, completely oblivious to mom and dad in the front seat arguing over how they should invest for their retirement or something.
And not only families can benefit from these fantastic things. They are for anybody who wants to pass the time while in an otherwise boring situation. My friend told me about his story. At his college, you could rent many educational DVDs for a very small fee from the campus library. Whenever he found himself in a very boring lecture, he would pop in a more interesting and educational DVD to help him learn the material.
Another example would be jury duty. While most people bring a book or a newspaper, you could be watching your favorite movies of all time while sitting there in the jury duty room waiting to see if your name was going to be called. You can probably imagine how helpful this could be if you've ever been called to jury duty.
Naturally I hoped that I would win the portable DVD player, since I didn't have one, and both my friends did. And much to my surprise, I did win it, and went home a very happy man. I will be a loyal customer of that restaurant now for the rest of my life.
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