the past saturday morning, i was looking for a place to do colour printing for mfest tshirt design...i had a meeting with a tshirt supplier about 1030am...there are 3 cyber cafe's in the lil town of randwick...so, yea, sureeeeeeeeely colour printing is not a prob.
the first CC i went into, looks nice inside and out. all the promo about printing, faxing, scanning, email.... [[pause]]
- "is it even worth mentioning that you can use EMAIL in an 'INTERNET cafe'?INTERNETTT..i mean, what shit internet cafe would not allow email?....sheeshhhh"
[[continue]]..well, i asked the lady that looked after the CC if they had colour printing, and to my dissapointment, she said no. "so much for the fancy promo". but, i would still need to do black and white printing...so, i wanted to hand her my thumb drive to open d file and print, and she asked me to use one the comps there...
but, i just want to print. she said, 'yea, juz use one of the com'...well, im worried coz they would charge for comp usage...but i guessed maybe its ok since i will be opening a file and printing straight away, wont even take 60 seconds. and it took less than that, i disconnected from d server...and went to d counter to pick up my printed documents...
2 pages...AUD1.50..."erm, ok, lemme see...what?!a dollar 50?"
lady: yea, 1 dollar for computer usage, 25 cents for each page printed....
me: WTF? (not actually said)...gave a big sigh, and paid...and off i go...
- first, i just wanted to open my bloody file to print, and i was forced to use the comp and be charged according to the block????
- 25 cents each page??i tot uni was rip off...sorry uni...i misjudged u...u r still a rip off, but other people are worst...
- sigh...why weren't there anyone with printer WITH ink around at that time (i looked around the night before for printer actually)
argh...bengong......................................
but my task is not yet completed, i still need to do colour printing of mfest tshirt design...so, i went to the 2nd internet cafe. the outside was full of those promo stuff...discount la, printing la, ni la, tu la, EMAIL la (again?)...yea yea...go fool the kids, mofo...
i went in, and this time its a guy, about juz abit older than me...and what i freaking hated was that he is so damn "kerek"... arrogant (yea dude, u run a CC, tell that to bill gates)..
i asked if they had colour printer, in all kerekness, he said 'yes'...and he asked me to use a one of the computers....
me: which one?
him: anyone
me: yes, i cant see any USB ports. so which one CAN i connect my thumbdrive to?
he reluctantly stands up and went searching one by one, and pointed to a comp with a USB outlet...
me: thank you.
well, i had no choice but to use the comp, even tho i know i am gonna b charged for comp usage just to open a file to print...
first thing i noticed about the comp...WINDOWS 98????and...GREEN coloured SCREEN??? so much for the fancy marketing...then..i noticed that it took forever to read my usb drive...and, here's the most frustrating shit...i opened my design file...the comp terus hang! argh...bodoh nye!!!!!!!!!!!!! so i called the guy, and he came, and he reconnected my usb....and hehehe...the same thing happened...
me: are there anymore computers with usb?
he looked around, and searched high and low for those hiding USB extension socket...and found one other comp, the 2nd of only 2 comps that had USB connectability in the whole CC!! sigh...i switched to that comp, hoping for better outcome...and was offered some hope when i saw that the screen is not green in colour... (altho the system is still kuno)
BUT....again, it failed to open my simple file...i tried using all sorta programs, non can open it, they all cause the whole comp to hang...and i disconnected and reconnectd my usb drive, trying with all the softwares... (normally, a simple windows fax and picture viewer would do the trick)
i give up...this place sucks, and i am gonna be late for my meeting...i went to the counter and said i couldnt do anything at all...he said: "sorry man.erm, that would be 2 dollars" WHAT??!!!i had no mood to argue...i spent most of my time getting the comp to work, and i still pay all that??i just wanted to go quickly coz i hated every second being in that lousy, sleezy, internet cafe...so i paid and left...vowing to write about this cc in my blog...
i called that person i was supposed to meet and said that i have some problems finding a printer, and would like to postpone. since i gave kinda ample notice, i managed to get the meeting postponed, and since d 3rd cc didnt have colour printer, i decided to check out the city to print the document...off i went...
all the way on d bus i was so bloody angry with that 2nd internet cafe...wishing i'd took the pic of it so i could post it up on my blog...and then i got off the bus, and walked towards my destination....it was quite after sumtime when i realized, ADOIIII...i got off the bus at the wrong stop....arghhhhhhh....but its ok, since i pretty much know where i was, and where i want to go to, i continued walking...
it wasnt as short a walk as i tot...i was beginning to perspire (tak guna punye sydney 'winter')..and it added to my uneasy feeling...and then i looked at my phone time...OMG!! im gonna be late!!! and still, i havent printed out that colour document!!
so i walked faster, perspired more and more, and looking around me to see if there are any shops where i can print colour...i was on foveaux st, near central, when i saw this place that prints posters, banners, bla bla bla...those meant for big companies...and its opened!
i told the guy inside that it was an emergency, and asked him whether he could help me print. now, this guy was very friendly and helpful, he helped print the file, and we chatted a bit about the malaysian festival (whom the tshirt design is for)...and when its all done, i ran to the meeting place, and was just on time to meet up with the tshirt supplier...
phew.....
