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Walter Gordon, security guard at the local grocery store, keeps watch over the premises with a 3-by-3 array of nine little black-and-white television sets that display a live video feed from several cameras stationed around the property. He insists, however, that he is only using the little TVs until he saves up for a big TV.
“These little guys get the job done, but let me assure you, they’re temporary,” said Gordon, gesturing to the display of tiny TVs in the front of his office. “Pretty soon I’ll have saved up enough to buy a big TV that’s the size of all these little TVs combined. Wouldn’t that be something?”
Though Gordon can’t help but feel a little self-conscious about the diminutive nature of his TVs, the collection of tiny monitors is all he can afford for now. “Sure, it’s embarrassing to have all these little TVs, obviously over-compensating for the fact that I don’t have a big TV,” said Gordon. “But what can I do? I’m not made of money. Not yet, at least. But one day.”
Gordon pulled a catalogue off the shelf, and pointed to a picture of a big TV that he had circled with a red pen. “Not too long from now, I’ll have saved up enough dough, and this baby’s gonna be mine. All mine."
In addition to the big TV, Gordon also dreams of saving up enough money to buy just a single, really big security camera to replace the network of smaller cameras strategically placed in various locations around the premises. “Picture this: just a big old camera pointing straight at the store. One angle, one shot,” said Gordon. “That’s the dream anyway.”
