I had to go through some rigamarole with my building's concierge about a little package of cell-phone screen protectors that I had bought via Coupang. I told the concierge that Coupang was claiming to have delivered the package on September 9, a few days ago. I had received other Coupang packages just fine; this one was the only anomaly. The concierge did everything but the most obvious thing. Instead of going over to the shelves where the smaller packages are kept behind the counter, he asked me the name of the delivery service. I looked it up on my phone and showed the information to the concierge. He went over to a log book/ledger and looked up the entries for September 9 and 10. "If the package had been delivered on the 9th, we should have recorded it on the 9th or the 10th," the concierge said. He showed me the ledger: no such entries. "Are you sure there's no package for me?" I asked, willing him to go over and check the shelves. He finally wandered over to the shelves and looked around. In a voice of surprise, he said, "Aha! It's here, and it looks to have come in just yesterday." I'm pretty sure that that last part was just some face-saving bullshit: I think the package had arrived on the 9th, but because it was so small, the various guards on their different shifts didn't notice it when they were handing me my other Coupang packages.
With my screen protectors finally in hand, I went to the office, got to my desk, and began the arduous task of applying the little, flexible plastic cover to my cell phone's screen. I keep a box of disposable plastic kitchen gloves at my desk (sometimes useful for food service); I put some gloves on to keep from getting fingerprints on my phone as I worked. When I first got my Samsung Galaxy 21 a couple years ago, the Samsung office placed a complimentary screen on my phone, and they did it flawlessly. As I soon found out this afternoon, doing it on your own is a lot harder, and the YouTube videos about how to put on a screen cover all rather misleadingly imply that placing the cover on your phone's screen is as easy as 1-2-3. It's not. You get bubbles under the cover, and even if you use a credit card to try to chase the bubbles out from under the cover, they still remain. Visually, the presence of bubbles is only bothersome when the phone's screen is totally black, but I still find their existence infuriating. Needless to say, I didn't succeed at placing the cover onto my screen in a bubble-free way. I also somehow managed to pinch part of the cover, leaving an indelible wrinkle in its surface. In frustration, I've taken the cover back off and thrown it away; I have two spare covers to work with, so I'll try again later this evening when I'm in a better mood.
I'll give you an "A" for effort, but damn, can't you just have them do it at the phone store? I've had several installed over the years, and watching the installation done properly is almost like seeing an artist at work. Cheap, too, at least here in the PI.
ReplyDeleteOf course, I also have the same reaction when I see the effort you put into your cooking projects. I'm an open-the-box-and-pour-it-in kind of guy; you create the ingredients. Good luck with the next attempt at installation. You'll be an expert soon!