In the words of my dearly beloved iPod… “it’s been a rough journey. i once was lost, but now i’m found!”
Last fall, I was running on the treadmill at the gym, enjoying some music on my ipod. Because I didn’t have a fancy arm band for my ipod, I had it nestled in the handy ledge on the treadmill. After many, many long miles I had run with my ipod like this, it had never caused me any trouble…until this day. My hand caught my earphone cord, and my ipod flew through the air. I quickly paused the treadmill and went to the floor to pick it up. I didn’t see it right away, so I got on the ground to look under the treadmill…not there either. Hmm. Where could my little ipod have gone? There was an older gentleman on a machine behind me, and he proceeded to get on the ground with me to help in the search. He saw it fly to the ground as well, but to our dismay, it was no where in sight! I left a note for the gym staff, explaining my predicament, and finished my workout. I heard from them a couple days later, and they had someone come to the gym to take apart the treadmill in search of my ipod. No luck. I was insistent that it was in there…and they probably thought I was crazy! After a few excruciating days spent without my beloved music, I decided to take the plunge and upgrade to an ipod touch. I mean, I had a perfectly legitimate reason to spend extra cash, right? Music is a huge part of my life, and to go without it…well…let’s not even imagine a life like that!
I got my touch and I absolutely LOVE it. And then what happened, you may ask? You got it! A couple days ago, a whole SEVEN months after my treadmill-ate-my-ipod incident, a woman at the gym called because they found my ipod! Not only mine, but there were 2 others that had gotten trapped in the same place! Crazy! This treadmill has a serious appetite for ipods! So, now I am left with the best of both worlds: my little classic one to run with and my touch for everything else. I will forever be more careful on a treadmill. I might even venture to simply watch the tv’s rather than dare to subject my lil’ ipod to such pain again. =)
And the card with the quote about design: i agree!
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