You know you're a hopeless geek when:

1. You can't concentrate on anything while waiting for the gadget delivery person.
2. You get your box cutter out first thing on delivery day just so it's ready when the gadget arrives.
3. You stop in your tracks every few minutes every time you hear a truck drive down the street.
4. You feel your heart drop every single time a FedEx truck drives past without stopping.
5. You plug in all the peripherals for the new gadget before it even arrives.
6. You go over everything you need to build your new system multiple times while waiting for it.
7. You make a list for everything you need to install on the new system and the order you need to do so.
8. You rearrange every plug in the power strip just to make sure there is room for one more.
9. You greet the UPS man brusquely because he's not the FedEx guy.
10. You keep checking the delivery status online every 15 minutes just to make sure it hasn't changed.

Comments

[Al]

We know exactly. Hold on. EGBOK (Everything Gonna Be OK).

[Jake]

You may be a hopeless geek but, judging by the symptoms, it sounds more like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

[Alslayer]

It is like you know me.

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[Philip Ferris]

Hang in there, won't be long now.

[Susan aka gasusan2005]

you mean EVERYONE does NOT do that?
lol
PS Don't forget whatever accessories you are going to need too!

[Spads]

I don't see where is the problem...
LOL !!!

[Rich]

You know you're a geek when you answer the door before the fedex guy even had a chance to knock.

[JoelWalker]

You know you're a geek when you wonder whether you should call FedX to see if there's been a fire or something, cause they should have been here by now.

[Gatewood]

Sadly, I know all the delivery guys back their first names.

[Gatewood]

That didn't make sense, now did it? I meant I know them BY their first names. I'm waiting, too, but for a Scribbler 4000. I'm a nervous wreck.

[GoodThings2Life]

Not sure how this behavior is hopeless...

[KK Cheung]

Shit.... thats me...
I am trying to stop this by buying the gadgets right from a store in town ==.=="

HATE waiting for the delivery guy~!!

[Kerberos]

I'd just add "work from home on delivery day" to that list... ;)

[Mike Cane]

Jaysus. Did you guys go through this with your wife's pregnancy?!

The last geek package I expected was a LifeDrive off ebay. Something I'd wanted for the longest time. I wasn't in when it arrived, so had to wait til the next day. I did not lose any sleep.

I can see I'm no Geek First Class.

[gary]

Sadly, the whole rush in gadget buying is the hunting down, ordering, waiting, checking. Once the gadget arrives, the excitement level falls and it's time to start hunting the next one :(

[Jose R. Ortiz]

I only work from home twice a week so for the other three days that I'm at the office I would have to add:

11. You call home every ten minutes to make sure someone is there to sign for the package.

[James A. Morman]

You know how some smokers don't want to figure out how much money they have spent? I DO NOT want to know how much I have spent on Next Day Shipping in my life because I didn't want to wait.

[Kevin Hughes]

Definately a hopeless geek / gadget addict!

I'm sitting at work right now waiting for my iPhone to arrive.... last time I had a gadget delivered I ambushed the postman in the lift (elevator) and had it signed over before the doors opened!