I visited an old friend's home office a few days ago to ask for some help on making a documentation. He welcomed me and greeted each other like we used to. Its nice to see his house again after three years. But for some reason he doesn't want me to go inside his house. On one point he would prevent me from entering the house, but because I am such a bully and jokingly said he doesn't want me in because there's a girl inside his house, he finally let me.
I was laughing when he told me the real reason why he doesn't want me in. It is because he is ashamed that I will see and tease him about his old typewriter. His old typewriter, dating back since we were high schools for like 7 or 8 years ago. He used to be the best typist in our typing class because he owned a typewriter and we don't. But after a few good years, he still wasn't able to replace it with a more high tech one, like a computer.
He said he can't get over with his typewriter. He has this 'emotional attachment' to his typewriter that the thought of replacing it is not in his vocabulary. The interesting part is, his typewriter is still operational.
I have nothing against using old typewriters, its just that its not practical anymore to use it and very not convenient. Unlike in computers where you can type your ideas and just change it if there are errors, in typewriters you have to perfect the draft before typing it. And getting one wrong letter means you have to start typing over again and another bond paper will go to the trash can.
I told him theres nothing to be ashamed of. He can keep his typewriter but I advised him to get himself a computer. Who knows, his typewriter will cost a lot in the future as a collectors item haha.
