John has been using the same old smart phone for years. His wife kept telling him to get a new one but the answer was the same every time.
“I can’t. I have been using my phone like forever and I know exactly how to operate it. If I buy a new one it will never be the same. You know how much I hate change”, was more or less the answer.
One day while John was working on his computer at work, he realized that he wouldn’t make it for dinner at home that day and thought it would be a good idea to let his wife know. He also wanted to check on her because she didn’t feel well that morning. But when he grabbed his phone it was dead. He pressed the power button but it wouldn’t start. How come? It was fully charged in the morning. He panicked. Everything out of the daily routine panicked him. He had [[to fix this]]...
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(enchant:?passage,(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:10)+(b4r-colour:blue))He immediately headed to the nearest service. There, the assistant told him that it was no big deal and that he shouldn’t worry. The memory was just overloaded with unused files that had to be deleted in order for his device to function properly again. “Plus, storage capacity will be increased for new files to be saved”, the assistant went on.
But the only files he had ever stored in his phone were photos. No matter if they hadn’t been used for some time, they had been taken over the years and they were very important to him. No, he couldn’t delete any of these moments with his wife, his family, his friends, all these holidays, Christmases, birthdays. Of course at times he thought of deleting some but he could never decide which. Of course he could store them on a hard disk or a pc but he kind of liked to think that he carried them [[24/7 on him]]...
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(enchant:?passage,(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:10)+(b4r-colour:blue))The assistant saw his hesitation and told him that he could go the following day if he couldn’t decide right away but he needed his phone to be fixed there and then. So he closed his eyes and he clicked blindfolded on a few spots on his screen. It was sort of making his own decision this way. Or wasn’t it? When he opened his eyes, the assistant was looking at him straight in the eye raising his eyebrows with a subtle smile.
“Are you ready, sir? Shall I click the delete button or will you?”
[[To Click]] or [[Not To Click]]
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(enchant:?passage,(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:10)+(b4r-colour:blue))- Are you ready, sir? Shall I click the button or will you?
- Just a moment, please.
- Of course.
John had a quick blast of optimism and a moment later he answered.
- Alright, click it.
That was it. At that moment John felt relieved. It was like a pain had left him. It was like a dozen of heavy books were burdening his back and now they were gone.
- Is everything o.k.? Are you o.k.?
- Yes, I’ ve never [[been better]]...
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(enchant:?passage,(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:10)+(b4r-colour:blue))- Are you ready, sir? Shall I click the button or will you?
- No, stop.
- And what are you thinking of doing?
- You were right.
- About what?
- I’ll buy a new smart phone and I’ll transfer all my photo files to another storing device, I don’t know, maybe a tablet, a memory stick, whatever can do the job and I’ll have my photos with me all the time, everywhere.
- Excellent decision, sir. This plan meets all your needs and will definitely work.
- [[Thank you]]...
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(enchant:?passage,(b4r:"dotted")+(b4r-size:10)+(b4r-colour:blue))John went back home that evening and continued his day like any other day. He had dinner with his wife and kids and everything went back to normal.
When he went to bed he told his wife that he had to delete some photos from his smart phone to make space in the memory in order for the gadget to be back to use. His wife was more than happy about his decision and she reassured him that it will all be fine. She said that they would make more memories; they would take [[new photos|the end]].
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<audio src="https://static.wixstatic.com/mp3/d3bd21_f7922fd5184c43cea1452dad8c007832.mp3" autoplay>John went home and shared his thoughts with his wife and she agreed with his plan to transfer the photos. The next day he bought a new smart phone, transferred his photos in it and his life went back to normal. In the office when he got bored or stuck he would turn on his new phone, have a look at his photos and [[smile|the end]].
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Είμαι ο
(text-colour:blue)[''//Μάριος-Ανδρέας Γκάτσος//'']
και σας καλώ σε ένα διαδραστικό λογοτεχνικό παιχνίδι.
Διαβάστε την ιστορία μου και διαλέξτε εσείς το τέλος της:
Πατήστε “To click” ή “Not to click” και διαβάστε τη συνέχεια της ιστορίας
Ας ξεκινήσουμε -> [[//Smart Device...//|Gatsos-story]]]
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