A quick browse for guitar strings somehow becomes considerably more expensive
A Simple Errand That Grew Considerably
A Fifth Former’s exeat trip to a local music shop, originally intended purely to replace a broken guitar string, ended instead with an entirely unplanned purchase of a second, considerably more expensive instrument he had “absolutely no intention of buying” when he first walked through the door, a decision his housemates greeted with a mixture of amusement and mild disbelief once he returned to school considerably lighter in the wallet than anyone had expected. “I genuinely just went in for strings,” he admitted, “and then I saw this instrument sitting there, and somehow forty minutes later I owned it.”
A Salesperson Who Knew Exactly What He Was Doing
The boy credits, or perhaps blames, an enthusiastic shop assistant who reportedly offered him the chance to try the instrument “just for fun,” a demonstration that proved considerably more persuasive than either party had anticipated. “He was very good at his job,” the boy admitted ruefully, “I walked in as a customer for guitar strings and walked out having made what my parents are going to consider a genuinely significant financial decision without consulting them first.”
A Purchase He Insists Was Worth It
Despite the unplanned expense, the boy has expressed no real regret, describing the new instrument as “honestly one of the better impulse decisions I’ve made, even if it wasn’t remotely planned.” His housemates have already requested an impromptu demonstration, a performance he has agreed to once he has “had slightly more than a few days to actually practice properly.”
A Story Already Circulating Widely
Eton College Insight understands the boy’s parents have taken the surprise purchase in reasonably good humour, once informed, with his mother reportedly joking that “at least it wasn’t something considerably less useful,” a small mercy the boy has gratefully accepted.
A Lesson in the Dangers of Browsing
Whatever the eventual verdict on his musical progress, the boy says he intends to be considerably more disciplined about future shop visits, joking that “next time I need guitar strings, I’m sending someone else in on my behalf, purely for my own financial protection.” The shop assistant responsible, informed secondhand of the boy’s resolution, reportedly laughed and said he “looked forward to the challenge” regardless of who Eton sent through the door next. The boy’s father, informed of the whole saga, admitted he found the story “genuinely more entertaining than annoying,” a reaction the boy says he was relieved, if slightly surprised, to receive. He has since promised to demonstrate the new instrument at the house talent show, a commitment he made somewhat impulsively and now admits he “will actually have to follow through on.”
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