Ruslan's Gadget Corner

I went to see the repair centre

I went on Friday, after work, to the repair centre on the other side of the river. They have a big room with six tables, six lamps and six men with soldering irons. The smell of flux, which is the smell I want to wear in my coat for the rest of my life.

The boss is called Rinat, I think, I forgot to ask the last name. He gave me a broken phone with a swollen battery and a dead board and said: "Fix it." I had never done it before in front of a man who knew how. It took 50 minutes. He looked and said: "The solder is ugly. The phone works."

I start in May. Four years of selling covers. I am a little afraid and quite happy.