Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Going Native, Part 5...


 One thing that I appreciate about India is their strong repair culture. You walk down the street and almost every other store is a repair store of some kind. In the US, when our electronics break it is usually more cost effective just to get a new one, but not here. They repair everything.

My sunglasses broke a few days ago, so in that spirit I bought some superglue from the corner store and repaired them myself!  They looked great… Until D dropped them the next day and they broke again. Fortunately I still had some superglue left, so here’s a picture of repair number 2:

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  1. SarahBalJune 24, 2010 at 2:09 PM

    I'm inspired. We need to bring back the repair ethic to this God-forsaken country. As you may have seen from my FB post, my 5 week old iPhone ended up with a busted screen, and the people at the Apple Store were seriously suggesting I just get a replacement phone rather than fix the screen. What the f*%& is wrong with them?!

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