A woman the same age as I, bee-lines to me while on my shift at the Apple store.<\/p>\n

“I want to ask you a question!” She says urgently.<\/p>\n

“Sure!”<\/p>\n

“Gwen Stephani did a song… well lots of people did this song… But I want to know who did it originally. The song It’s My Life<\/em>…?”<\/p>\n

I was expecting a tech question. This made me smile. Without missing a beat I said “The original band was Talk Talk.”<\/p>\n

“THANK YOU!!” She focuses her attention to her iPhone iTunes app.<\/p>\n

About 20 minutes later she returns: “Me again. The song Send Me an Angel<\/em>”<\/p>\n

“That was the one hit wonders Real Life.”<\/p>\n

“Thanks. You seem old enough to remember these songs.”<\/p>\n

Ha! …I think.<\/p>\n

Later, two men are standing by the iPads. One lazily waves me over. <\/p>\n

“Hiiiiii.” He draws it out like a song. “What. Okay… In the last year.” Pause. He’s having difficulty forming the question. Or getting the sing song quality right. “In the last year, what was your favorite video?”<\/p>\n

“I… Look, I’m 45 years old. I don’t watch videos.” <\/p>\n

“Really? 45?”<\/p>\n

“Oh no wait, I’d have to say that OK GO video where they’re in the park<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“Hmreallytheirnameis OK Go?”<\/p>\n

“Yep.”<\/p>\n

Never a dull moment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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