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Simon went to buy a laptop from a big shop. He has sent in this shocking report from the front-line. It probably serves me right. Recently, my brother had a pressing need for a brand new laptop, which for reasons I won’t bore you with, I pretty much ended up having to get there and then. Thus, I was out of options: I had to go to a large store that I don’t like, and try to buy a unit in the quickest possible time. My mission was to avoid eye contact with the sales assistant until the last possible minute, and to give monosyllabic answers to any questions I didn’t like the sound of.

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