One day in April of freshman year I took my iPod out of the front pocket of my backpack like usual, but to my dismay that little black piece was not on the left headphone (yes I do still remember and I am sure that it was the left). I remember immediately telling Billy because he was one of the first people around me that morning, I vented my problem to him. I was angry for the whole day, and didn't want to listen to my iPod for about 3 days, which is a long time for me with no music. Every time I looked at my Ipod all I could think of was that I lost that little black piece.
After loosing the first one wearing only one random piece of black foam was pointless. I soon gave up on the foam all together. Then I happily enjoyed my iPod for 8 more months. Over that time the place where the metal plug meets the wire gradually wore out. Then one day in late January (after the 1 year warranty was expired) the wire became loose enough that the left headphone did not work, which was more annoying to me than both breaking. I spent about an hour trying to fix them. This only resulted in the right headphone breaking and more rage from me.
I suffered for one week, and then I found another pair of headphones in my house, which had a retractable wire. This was great for storing them, the only problem was the wire would sometimes retract while I was listening to music, causing the headphones to be ripped from my ears, which I find extremely unpleasant, and the other end would sometimes retract and hit me in the face. These headphones suffered from the same fate as the previous ones, but they lasted a much shorter amount of time. This was because I hated these headphones and did not treat them with care. After that pair broke I found a pair of really old headphones (the big ones that go over the top of your head). These were very old and weak, since I was used to the newer, more durable headphones I eventually broke this pair after two weeks of carelessness.
After that there were zero pairs of headphones left to use, and I was forced to buy new ones. I bought the new Apple iPod headphones at the end of February for $30. I did not bother putting the foam pieces on these, as I knew that they would only irritate me if i lost them. I was perfectly satisfied with this pair until about September. In September the silver part of the right headphone that goes in the ear would pop out of the white plastic part every time I took it out of my ear. Even though I could pop it back in, this was an extremely annoying sensation. The exposed wire would even give my fingers mild static shocks. I got very sick of this, so I super-glued the piece back in place. I was happy with my repair job until it started happening with the left side. I never got around to gluing it, and eventually the wire wore out, and only the left side stopped working. This happened about a week ago, and I remember complaining about my situation to Macda and Dora who were online at the time.
After that I started to use my cellphone headphones which I got in September. I did not like these headphones because the wire leding to the left ear is much shorter then the one leading to the right for some reason unknown to me, and consequently the left one always falls out of my ear, which I hate. These headphones are noise canceling, which means they have a small rubber piece, similar to a suction cup that holds them in your ear. Today I lost that small rubber piece to, of course, the left side.
I went through 5 pairs of headphones in a little over two and a half years. Ever since the first pair broke it got me irritated, and as a result of my temper, I wasn't concerned when the other pairs broke. When I got new ones I took them for granted and let them slowly break because of my carelessness. I complain about this minor situation to many people and make it sound like a big deal. Its amazing that I let such small problem aggravate me so much, but it does and it always will.
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