My Dream Invention
My Dream Invention
If I were able to invent
anything I wanted, I would make a machine to find lost belongings because I
frequently lose my possessions. If everything I have lost were gathered in one
place, it would probably fill up a large table!
I love to watch movies. After finishing my big load of homework, I
like to sit back and relax on my big comfy chair in my room and watch a movie.
One day last summer, I went to the Stop and Shop supermarket with my mom
and asked her to rent a DVD from the Redbox machine. I also wanted to pick up a
few snacks and a cake to eat while watching the movie.
For the cake, I searched for the perfect
chocolate cake — the one with two or three soft chocolate layers stuck together
with creamy chocolate cream, covered with rich chocolate frosting glazed with
chocolate syrup, and sprinkled with chocolate pieces. I was dazed by the
various choices of chocolate cakes available. To compare the different cakes, I
had to use both of my hands so I put the DVD on the cake shelf. I finally found
the cake with the most chocolate. I thought, “This chocolate cake will be so
delicious. I want to devour it!!!”
Afterwards, I looked for
the DVD on the shelf, but it was not there! I was surprised, and worse, the
thought of my mom being furious made my body stiffen like a concrete
statue. That same summer, I lost my bag at Kent Prep, the summer program I was
attending, and my mom got very mad at me. At the time, I felt like a zebra
being chased by a lion. Right there and then, it was as if I became a zebra
again. Therefore, I pretended that I did not lose the DVD and tried my best to
find it. I went back to the Redbox machine, as well as all the aisles that I
passed through, and looked in the shopping cart. I could not believe that it
was nowhere to be found. I convinced myself that I left it on the cake shelf.
Desperate, I asked for help from a customer service representative. However, he
was not notified about it and thus could not help much.
It was time to reveal the truth to my mom the lion. When I told her
that I lost the DVD, she looked like she just met her worst enemy and shouted,
“You lost something AGAIN?!!!” She was furious but hurried to ask the customers
near the bakery department. No luck. We spent an additional 30 minutes looking
for the DVD before we finally gave up. We asked the customer service
representative to give us a call if the DVD was found.
We returned home and my
mom called Redbox to find out the policy for lost DVDs. I had saved $90 in
my wallet and I was hoping that the penalty was not too high for me to take
care it. Unfortunately, we were informed that the Redbox will continue to
charge us for 28 days! I was so shocked because if the DVD was not found, I had
to pay $33.60, which was more than a third of my savings. Fortunately, I did
not have to pay but my parents did. I was hoping that an honest person would
return it but my wish did not come true. Needless to say, I had to suffer for
28 days from my mom. For 28 days, I was a zebra in the middle of a large
pride’s hunting field, forced to constantly look for a shelter to hide.
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