the Settlement takes place in the middle of the morning. We are two men measuring each other with their gaze. He already know I will lose. The only question is how much. I have prepared myself as much as I can, but I’m amateur. He is professionals. His armament: the experience of the thousands of duels. My armament is two wrinkled sheets of paper in my back pocket.
two days earlier, when it gushed out water on the bathroom floor. Maybe there are people who find the joys of life in to buying something as necessary and practical as a washing machine. I am not one of them. The professional smile the salesman knew he had the upper hand in the same instant that I uttered the words:
– Our washing machine has broken down.
” I have a favorite here, he said, and led me to an established costly brand.
“Oh,” I said, and heard how weak I sounded.
– It is reduced by two thousand, ” he said enthusiastically.
how much the cost, it could just as easily been turned up with the double.
” But is it really so good? I said.
Soon I had been told that this machine was not only good. It was god’s gift to us mortals who dirties our clothes. It was not only power efficient, the stroking shirts also (don’t ask me how).
my only weapon. Two torn out pages – of Advice, and the us dollar thorough tests of washing machines.
” It has not been so good score, I say.
I see that the smile solidifies. He has underestimated his opponent. It will be a tight battle.
Augustin Erba is the editor of DN Saturday, and wish that it will be as usual with självtvättande clothing with self-driven cars. Also read his chronicles if olycksaligt shattering sound and panikkänslan that occurs when the police blocked off your children’s school .
