Girlfriend got stuck in aiport. I gifted a book to her Kindle. Chivalry in 2015, man.

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Fracas said:
I'm glad you were able to help her out, thanks to Amazon® and the Kindle®!
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You forgot...Power of the cloud™ Also i notice you didnt try and upsell kindle unlimited, Freedom to explore ™ or amazon prime. You need to do better on your customer service chats, Larry.
 
Admit it, OP. You gifted her a book so she can get off the phone and you can go back to playing video games.
 
Skel1ingt0n said:
Kinda crazy. I know it's not some mind-blowing process - but just the concept of what I did would have been completely abstract just ten years ago.

Girlfriend is stuck in the Atlanta airport (hate that place), and I know she's been there many times before - so I can assume her Kindle will automatically connect to the WiFi she's set up in the past. She calls, lets me know her plane got delayed - which stinks cause she's bored. As she's talking to me on the phone, I have my laptop open. I take a look at what series she's been reading, and I 1-click order the next book in the series. 60 seconds later, I tell her I bought her a book and hopefully it gives her something to do. She exclaims "yay!" and we both think of how the whole process is pretty neat.

Anyway... what are other weird ways technology has invaded your life but we don't realize it. Moments you stopped and thought "well, huh."
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It was sexist to assume she couldn't have bought it herself.
 
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PhantomHound said:
You forgot...Power of the cloud™ Also i notice you didnt try and upsell kindle unlimited, Freedom to explore ™ or amazon prime. You need to do better on your customer service chats, Larry.
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PhantomHound, tell me more about this Freedom to Explore! It sounds fantastic!
 
Maybe my definition of chivalry is old-school or different, but I don't think it's chivalry if it's your girlfriend man.
 
Air is great, I really love breathing it, and it's a convenient medium to both move through AND it's pretty damn handy for communication, gotta love that good ole air.
 
Geez, GAF is pissy tonight. Did someone forget to tip you guys on your last shift or something?

Good on you OP. Your SO was in a bind, and you helped out. I for one thank our Lord and Savior, Amazon.com, for making this moment possible.
 
Dat backfire. That sounds pretty awesome, OP! Pretty kind of you.

terrisus said:
Is this like the guy who patted himself on the back for selling the family behind him a PS3? >.>
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That thread also backfired because the guy turned out to have a history of being a douche or something.
 
While I know everyone is going to jerk your chain, I do agree that in 2015 it's crazy that you can send a book to someone in an airport without leaving your computer.

That said, it's not chivalry you ass, send her flowers instead. ;)
 
I like technology too op. Every once in a while I'll realize this new thing I'm taking for granted is basically the sci fi of a few years ago. Like, voice to text is significantly better than it was a few years ago, and now I use that shit all the time. Moving around money digitally is second nature to me now. I don't ever not "know" anything anymore. I just look it up in seconds. Sometimes my phone reminds me of stuff I didn't tell it to remind me about, it just knows.

Shits bonkers. I'm sure when AR headsets hit mainstream markets, they'll be old hat in 5 minutes and I'll forget about how awesome they were to me before they were a thing.
 
How can you hate the Atlanta airport? Yeah it's big but meh. Tons of choices for restauraunts, easy tram access to hotels and the Marta system, etc.

If you can understand the alphabet, you can get to the concourse you need to for the flight.
 
GoldenEye 007 said:
How can you hate the Atlanta airport? Yeah it's big but meh. Tons of choices for restauraunts, easy tram access to hotels and the Marta system, etc.

If you can understand the alphabet, you can get to the concourse you need to for the flight.
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Yeah, I don't understand the hate either.
 
GoldenEye 007 said:
How can you hate the Atlanta airport? Yeah it's big but meh. Tons of choices for restauraunts, easy tram access to hotels and the Marta system, etc.

If you can understand the alphabet, you can get to the concourse you need to for the flight.
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The staff everywhere are amazingly rude. Second only to Newark Liberty, the rudest airport in the world. Makes Paris Charles de Gaulle look like Phloston Paradise.
 
Stinkles said:
The staff everywhere are amazingly rude. Second only to Newark Liberty, the rudest airport in the world. Makes Paris Charles de Gaulle look like Phloston Paradise.
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Eh... I rarely interact with airport staff. Signs do most of the job for me.

Edit: And in Atlanta's case, staff were very helpful when I did have a couple of questions. And they had staff stationed in certain areas like Marta and SkyTrain available for questions.
 
I do this all the time for my girlfriend. Its chivalrous to just randomly send them a song or like a funny ringtone during the day from the itunes store?
 
You could have just talked to her on the phone even longer and there so much shit to do in Airport, I am sure she would have found something to do there.
 
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