I was going to get Paul a Wii for our wedding anniversary, which was November 30th. Yay for one year of marriage!
Anyways.
Two weeks before our anniversary he announced at breakfast (apropos of nothing, mind you) that he had no interest in a Wii. I clarified, in a panic, because he had been talking about getting one a few times that month. If I didn’t get him a Wii I’d have to get him the things I had planned on getting him for Christmas…and you have no idea how difficult it is to shop for Paul. This is the first year ever that I knew exactly what I was getting him well in advance.
Nope, he did not want a Wii. Damnit.
The week before our anniversary he went to a symposium on contact centres and technology and came home with a door prize. “Look what I won!” he exclaimed as he bounded in the front door: a goddamn Wii!
And to top it off, he suspects that it was rigged!
He was at a lecture/talk/presentation by a vendor, and Paul raised some concerns about the way a large installation had been handled where he works. To be honest the whole things did go to hell in a handbasket, and if the vendor wants to work with other companies like Paul’s they need to know. I think Paul was pretty blunt though.
So after Paul’s feedback, they go right to draw for the door prize. “…and the winner is Paul, from Suckess Corp! Yaaaay!”
Hmm.
“But I thought you said you didn’t want a Wii,” I protested, as he danced around the room clutching it. Ah, but this was a Wii that he won, nay: earned. And now that he had it, it became the greatest thing ever.
So that’s how we ended up we ended up with a Wii. Which was free.
