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Something strange happened to me last week. It was a normal morning before school until my phone suddenly stopped [work|to work|working|worked]. I tried restarting it, plugging it in, but nothing helped. So I had no choice but to call customer service. To my complete surprise, the man told me that my guarantee certificate had expired and nothing could be done. The clock was ticking and I was still cut off from the world. And then I recalled that one of my friends, James, [fixed his phone|got his phone fixed|took his phone fixed| has fixed his phone] in a small Chinese shop not far from the centre. I grabbed my jacket and rushed out.

When I came into the shop,  I saw an Asian man in a loose T-shirt. He [had been eating|ate|has been eating|eated] noodle soup, and its stains were all over his desk. I started to explain what happened with my phone, when the man stopped me, took the phone and disappeared through the back door without saying a word. Ten minutes later he came back and gave me my phone which was working just fine. The man said it was only ten dollars for the service. I was tickled pink! I didn't ask any questions, just paid and hurried back to school. Life [has got|was getting|is getting|get] back to normal.

At school, I told James about my crazy morning. For some time he was silent. He was shocked that I'd been to that Chinese place without talking to him. "It turned out James never bothered to tell me that his phone broke to pieces after he [had been|has gone|has been|was going] to that smelly shop. "Only ten dollars," I thought. That day couldn't be any better.