You just never know

I had a repair person over today to look at something in the house. He talked about the problem and ways to avoid it in the future. He was on hold for 15 minutes with the main company. I innocently shared that I had been on hold for 50 minutes before I even talked to a person. As the repair person was leaving he asked again about my experience with Microsoft. I shared it dismissively. I then spent the next 20 minutes as he told me how he had ramped up his computer to be able to game. Things like NASCAR and the like. He went into great detain about the money he had spent and all the new features that he installed.

The simple fact is that I didn't care. I don't understand spending $1800 so you can play a video game. We all have our own priorites. What struck me is that the man used something that I shared to launch into his passion. I realized that we are looking for anything to allow us to share our passion with others. Even if it is a trap.