SIZE DOES MATTER….TO SOME

I was in the process of updating my living room with things like – an entertainment center, a sofa, and a coffee table, a TV. After obtaining many suggestions about the kind of TV I should procure – it seems more people know about TV’s than sofa’s – I was ready to do some of my own research. To save gas so I would have enough money left to buy the said TV, I went “on-line”.

That was a delightful experience. Please understand that I am not a novice at shopping on line or comparing prices on line. I do it quite often with books, DVDs, sweaters, etc. I have an account with QVC and Costco knows me. I spent hours pouring over the customer reviews and wondering whether they were legit or written by ghostwriters hired by the manufacturers.

I narrowed my search to one model. Because the cable installer was coming out in two days, I ended up going to the store rather than ordering on-line. I found the TV on the shelf. I was happy. A blue shirted salesman politely introduced himself and asked if he could be of any help. The TV I was looking at had a 42 inch screen. I asked him if the same model came in a 37-inch screen. He looked a little disappointed, but excused himself to go check…like he didn’t know! A few minutes later he came back  - probably after chuckling with the guys – and said that it did, but it would only be a 720 instead of a 1080. I put a look of consideration on my face and stared into the store and then looked back at him. He quickly added. You know, “Size does matter.” Without skipping a beat, I looked him in the eye and responded – “I would expect you to say that. You’re a guy.”

I feel I need to add that I’m in my AARP time of life and this man was probably all of 24 – maybe. I could have been his mother and maybe his grandmother. He was caught off guard and didn’t know what to say. I then said, “It’s the quality, not necessarily the size.”

About 30 seconds later, he caught a glimpse of a fellow salesperson and called him over. He introduced me to Jason and made up this excuse that he had to take care of some issues in the back and he left. Now Jason was no more than 19 as green as green can be. I asked him about the difference between the two TV’s and he said it’s all in what you need. I liked his answer. I bought the BIG TV.

PS: Parts of this story may have been slightly E-N-H-A-N-C-E-N-C-E-D!!!