Helpless

My husband and I just purchased a new computer at Micro Center. In the interest of saving money however, we decided it would be fine to keep our old monitor. We got the computer home and eagerly began setting it up. But when we went to plug the monitor cable into the computer, we discovered that it wasn't a match. Our monitor cable was VGA. The plug in the computer was DVI. So we needed to get an adapter.

We went to Best Buy (not wanted to look stupid going back to Micro Center), and the clueless, teenage employee vaguely poked around the aisle with the adapters, suggesting lots of different types of extension cords....thanks for the "help." But I found VGA to DVI adapter and after another moron working the cash register froze our order and we were forced to wait 10 minutes for a manager override, we went home to finish our computer setup.

But the adapter didn't fit. Apparently there are multiple types of DVI plugs. So we looked online to see how late Micro Center was open on Sundays. Not late enough. Thinking of places that sell electronics and are open later on a Sunday, I looked at Target's website. They had adapters on their site, but with the pictures only showing either a side view or a one-end view, I wasn't certain that they would really have what we needed. But I went to check it out.

They had multiple aisles all spread out through the electronics department with some adapters that were really close to what we needed, but not exact. With so many near-matches and so many aisles to search through, I figured I just must be missing it. But I searched each aisle 4 times and was still coming up empty handed. It was time to play the helpless female and ask for assistance.

The employee was a teenage boy with very nervous energy who was quite possibly drunk and/or high and/or nervous around females. Here's how our conversation went:

Me: Hi. I'm looking for a VGA to DVI adapter.

Kid: Sorry. We don't sell those........but wait!!

He patted down his pockets

Kid (upset nervous excitement): Oh no! Wrong pants! The right pants are at home! And those pants have the adapter you need in one of the pockets! But I guess it won't do you any good that I'm wearing these pants, huh?

Me: ......no, I guess not.........

Kid: I'm so sorry. I'll wear my other pants next time.

Me: ............................okay.....................................thanks.................


Questions:

1. So the adapter in his "right" pants must have been his personal property, right? Since they don't sell them at the store it's not like he accidentally took one home after work one night. So it must have been his.
2. Why would anyone randomly carry and adapter in their pants?
3. If he had been wearing the "right" pants, would he have given me his adapter?

So I went home empty handed, and over the next few days also tried to find it at:

• Radio Shack, Chicago
• Micro Center (yes this list continues, as the place who sold us the computer couldn't provide us with the correct adapter. our computer salesman did, however, give us a DVI cord that supposedly should have come with our computer purchase but he "forgot" to give it to us the other night. awesome)
• Radio Shack, LaGrange
• Radio Shack, Westmont
• Office Depot
• Fry's (they had it!)

I got home and flipped the monitor upside down to plug in the adapter.....and right next to the VGA plug was a DVI plug. The cable that our salesman gave us on our 2nd visit fit right in...no adapter needed...and our new computer is awesome.

Quality is quality is quality is quality is quality is quality is......