SeeingEyeBlog

I went to the Apple Store today to replace a faulty laptop battery, which of course was in a shopping mall. I was acosted by a strikingly beautiful woman who wanted to ask me a question. How could I say no… I stopped and entertained the offer because she caught my eye, and I wanted to follow my new life rule. Her question was whether I had heard of the Dead Sea before, and of course I have. It’s in Israel and is the deepest body of water anywhere. The mineral content is such that you can’t stay submerged and tend to float. The slit from the sea makes a great skin exfoliant, and apparently this is what she was trying to sell me.

Like all my other Jewish friends, she was genuine and charismatic. She gave me a free sample, and my calloused hands became soft as her voice. She could probably sell ice to an eskimo, because I ended up buying two vials of salt for $39 each. When you buy two, you get a different product for free. I chose the facial wash for free. This was about the time when she started touching my neck and telling me that shaving was messing up my skin, and I needed a bla bla bla….I would have bought anything at this point, because she had me under some kind of spell. So I ended up with another product, aftershave or something. She gave me a discount on that, it was only $29. I’m such a pushover. I really hope I don’t have a daughter later in life, because I can’t say no to spending money on women.

I spent enough money to warrant some personal talk, so I asked her about herself. Her name is Adi, and is from Haifa, Israel. She came out here to promote the product, and will be going back to Israel in the next few weeks. I asked her if the recent Lebanese attacks into Haifa affected her family, and she thanked me for asking and said they were all safe. I think I got some points on that one because she looked at me like she didn’t expect me to be following the news from Israel (and I do only tangentially, but I still know how close Haifa is to Lebanon). Anyway, it looks like I have my work cut out for me if I want to get dinner with her. I know the dinner won’t amount to much, but I do plan on visiting Israel sometime in the next couple years, so it would be cool to have someone there to show me around. Plus, I have to abide by the new rule for life.