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In my earliest days in the workforce, I worked for the Mart that Mr. Kresge built. I started, as most do, as a lowly stock boy - and for those not aware, that means my job description was essentially 'Witless Minion, Wrangler of Carts, Unloader of Trucks, Creator of End Cap Displays, Mover of Heavy Objects, Wielder of the Sacred Plunger, Underling to All Others, Operator of the Blinking Blue Light of Doom, and (take a deep breath) Executive Secretary-Intern for the Assistant Deputy Chief Advisor to the Third Chairman of the Retail District Subdivision of the Committee for Profitable Semi-Aesthetic Public Spectacle.
Just as a note, I think that last one was kind of a bogus job title. It sure FELT like I was the guy that had to set up sale paraphernalia.
It was in my capacity as Mover of Heavy Objects from which today's tale of suck hails. The customer purchased a Quasar console television. Those are extinct now, and in fact this particular unit was quite possibly the last of its kind. If you're not familiar with a console television, the last examples looked something like this:
http://atomictoasters.com/wp-content...CONSOLE_TV.jpg
HEAVY, though not as bad as their vacuum-tube ancestors. Still heavy enough to need two grown men to move this beastie. And obviously bulky as well, as it was by definition FURNITURE. And because of the very large, made-of-glass cathode-ray tube (the part you look at), extremely fragile.
Now, common sense would dictate that if you're going to buy a bulky, heavy, fragile, and expensive piece of furniture/electronics, you should probably come prepared with a vehicle capable of sufficient size and capacity to get it home.
I'm sure you already see where this story is going. Yup, the individual in question had a little clown-car economy sedan. Not even a hatchback - a f*cking 4-door SEDAN with a trunk just big enough for a loaf of bread, provided you didn't buy the jumbo size.. The television was almost as big as the damned car.
And naturally, he was pissed at US because we couldn't find a way to get that teevee into his car. He got seriously nasty about it, too. Like it was OUR fault he bought the tiniest car he could find.
My half-joking suggestion was to tie it to his roof - which would have been a sight indeed, but fortunately, he realized what that much weight would do to his precious little econobox. Finally, I offered another suggestion. For a fee, I'd deliver it to him after work. I had one of those little Ford Couriers, which was an ideal vehicle for stuff like this. I made it clear that he'd have to help me get it out of the truck and into the house, but yes, for $20 I'd bring right to his house.
He grumbled that I should deliver it for free - until I pointed out that K-mart didn't technically deliver items, and I'd be doing this off the clock, with my own vehicle, on my own time, using my own gas. And frankly $20 was a bargain, considering that the store would close within an hour and he'd never get home to borrow someone else's vehicle and back to the store in time.
He ultimately accepted my offer and paid me my $20, buy he kept grumbling how I was 'blackmailing' him. Whatever, dude. And no, delivery doesn't include hooking it up.
Just as a note, I think that last one was kind of a bogus job title. It sure FELT like I was the guy that had to set up sale paraphernalia.
It was in my capacity as Mover of Heavy Objects from which today's tale of suck hails. The customer purchased a Quasar console television. Those are extinct now, and in fact this particular unit was quite possibly the last of its kind. If you're not familiar with a console television, the last examples looked something like this:
http://atomictoasters.com/wp-content...CONSOLE_TV.jpg
HEAVY, though not as bad as their vacuum-tube ancestors. Still heavy enough to need two grown men to move this beastie. And obviously bulky as well, as it was by definition FURNITURE. And because of the very large, made-of-glass cathode-ray tube (the part you look at), extremely fragile.
Now, common sense would dictate that if you're going to buy a bulky, heavy, fragile, and expensive piece of furniture/electronics, you should probably come prepared with a vehicle capable of sufficient size and capacity to get it home.
I'm sure you already see where this story is going. Yup, the individual in question had a little clown-car economy sedan. Not even a hatchback - a f*cking 4-door SEDAN with a trunk just big enough for a loaf of bread, provided you didn't buy the jumbo size.. The television was almost as big as the damned car.
And naturally, he was pissed at US because we couldn't find a way to get that teevee into his car. He got seriously nasty about it, too. Like it was OUR fault he bought the tiniest car he could find.
My half-joking suggestion was to tie it to his roof - which would have been a sight indeed, but fortunately, he realized what that much weight would do to his precious little econobox. Finally, I offered another suggestion. For a fee, I'd deliver it to him after work. I had one of those little Ford Couriers, which was an ideal vehicle for stuff like this. I made it clear that he'd have to help me get it out of the truck and into the house, but yes, for $20 I'd bring right to his house.
He grumbled that I should deliver it for free - until I pointed out that K-mart didn't technically deliver items, and I'd be doing this off the clock, with my own vehicle, on my own time, using my own gas. And frankly $20 was a bargain, considering that the store would close within an hour and he'd never get home to borrow someone else's vehicle and back to the store in time.
He ultimately accepted my offer and paid me my $20, buy he kept grumbling how I was 'blackmailing' him. Whatever, dude. And no, delivery doesn't include hooking it up.
Is it really that horrifically difficult to understand the laws of physics?! How the hell do these morons even survive if they're that stupid? (I suppose because it's illegal to kill them.)
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