You guys are too much! Here I am laughing my a$$ off, while I'm getting screwed out of 853 dollars.....

note: I've got a call in to the district manager now.... waiting for his return call.

 

Monkey Wards is still checking into my end tables. I've tried to call the store manager but I cant get through. The one number is always busy and the other number is some Chinese Carryout place. I know its him and he's faking the accent....he just wont fess up.

 

That reminds me of my old tuxedo rental job. A customer would call complaining that he received the color/size shoes.
I would say, "One moment sir and I'll conect you with the shoe department.".
Then I'd cover the receiver and hand the phone to the clerk who was standing next to me. We worked in a store that was little bigger than a phone booth.
He would say, "Shoe department.", if it was his turn.

On my turns, I used a middle eastern accent. " Choose. You must have Choose, ok for me?"

p.s.
As a matter of fact, I saw that kids picture in the business section of the newspaper not long ago. He became president of a bank.
I wonder if he would give me a loan?

If I called him he'd probably connect me with the shoe dept.
That's what I get for teaching that kid everything I know.

p.p.s
Another thing, even though he was 19 he wanted to be called 'James', not Jim or Jimmy or Jimbob. That should have told he right there he was going to be a bank president.

p.p.p.s.
We were usually bored and had to entertain ourselves. I would put on a size 54 jacket with sleeves that hung down to my knees and hold a couple of mannequin hands. I would stand in the storefront with a 90 inch wingspan and wave at traffic.

Or put on a shirt with a huge neck and acquire an extra manneguin head.
That was always good for a car wreck.

 

For those of you who have followed this saga for humor or fact, the results are in:

The manager called me late this afternoon. He said he could meet all but the tax portion of the online store from Las Vegas. Which means I will be paying about 600 dollars more for the furniture, but getting it from a local store. The real boss around here said that was fine, and we are ordering it locally.

Thanks for the comments and humor.

John

 

You got ripped off.

 

There is far more truth and less humor in your statement than you actually know. We have a perfectly good bedroom set that has served us well for three decades. Not a scratch on it. Everything in working order. She just wants a new one, so the old one gets put in the upstairs guest room, and the stuff in there gets to visit a college friend of ours or the Salvation Army.
The only bonus is that guests now have a king instead of a double to sleep in when they visit. Oh crap that means the inlaws might stay longer.