Smart Mouthery

Sometimes people say things it wouldn't occur to me to say. Like yesterday, I was in the Apple Store near me, getting a new operating system for my five-year-old laptop. I guess this resembles the way certain people will observe their 60th birthday by finally buying that Harley they always wanted. At any rate, it's crowded, even in the middle of a weekday, and this young woman was rushing past some people and dropped her cell phone bang on the floor. Two pieces of the outer part—a protective case, I assume—went skittering off in different directions. I just stood there goggling in horror, since I personally can't afford the time or money involved in breaking electronic stuff. But this Apple Store dude just stood there, taking it all in. "That's OK," he said. "It's just a Blackberry." The young woman picked up her cell phone and left. Not laughing, either, I might add.