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UPDATED: Thursday, May 20, 2004 04:57
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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:44 AM

KNIBBLET


It's a long story, but I swear at the end there's a Firefly payoff....

I had to go to a client's house today to fix a window. It took 45 minutes, quarter of a tank of gas and my very last ounce of patience to find this teensy house in the 'burbs. Have I mentioned that I hate the 'burbs?

Anyway, I look at the window and realize I'm not going to be able to fix it -- on top of it NOT BEING ONE OF OURS!!!!

I told him, "I can't fix it." He said, "Why not?".

I kept in all the comments I had about dumbass 'burbs and people who can't figure out that a 40 year old window with 3" of paint layers on it isn't a window we put in last month and said...

"Sometimes a thing's broke ... can't be fixed."



"Just keep walkin, preacher man."

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:48 AM

LISSA


oh knibblet, you make me smile!

~lissa, spwhore

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:50 AM

WERZBOWSKI


Good on you Knibblet.

"Wherever you go, there you are."
- Dr. B. Banzai

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 9:58 AM

MALICIOUS


Quote:

Originally posted by Knibblet:
Anyway, I look at the window and realize I'm not going to be able to fix it -- on top of it NOT BEING ONE OF OURS!!!!

I told him, "I can't fix it." He said, "Why not?".

I kept in all the comments I had about dumbass 'burbs and people who can't figure out that a 40 year old window with 3" of paint layers on it isn't a window we put in last month and said...

"Sometimes a thing's broke ... can't be fixed."




It's people like that who try to return (this is gross) used toilet seats to Macy's. No lie. And we TOOK IT BACK AND GAVE HER HER MONEY BACK. Thereby perpetuating the stupidity.


Mal-licious

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 10:24 AM

GUNHAND


Quote:

Originally posted by Malicious:
Quote:

Originally posted by Knibblet:
Anyway, I look at the window and realize I'm not going to be able to fix it -- on top of it NOT BEING ONE OF OURS!!!!

I told him, "I can't fix it." He said, "Why not?".

I kept in all the comments I had about dumbass 'burbs and people who can't figure out that a 40 year old window with 3" of paint layers on it isn't a window we put in last month and said...

"Sometimes a thing's broke ... can't be fixed."




It's people like that who try to return (this is gross) used toilet seats to Macy's. No lie. And we TOOK IT BACK AND GAVE HER HER MONEY BACK. Thereby perpetuating the stupidity.


Mal-licious



Now that's just plain gross. For a while my mom sold jewlery part time at a store, and every May they'd have this huge upsurge in sales because of Proms. Of course the first day after the prom everyone would try to bring it all back and get their money back. This was disconcerting since everyone worked on commission. But the stupid store still took the stuff back.

It was a department store so they also sold, you guessed it, lingere and underwear and what have you. And yes...sick little monkeys that high schoolers are they'd return all that too. They used to joke they should discount all the returned undergarments and put them in a bin marked "Slightly ed With". But they weren't allowed to.

Twisted world it is.

~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:31 AM

HOWDYROCKERBABY1


Quote:

Originally posted by Knibblet:
It's a long story, but I swear at the end there's a Firefly payoff....

I had to go to a client's house today to fix a window. It took 45 minutes, quarter of a tank of gas and my very last ounce of patience to find this teensy house in the 'burbs. Have I mentioned that I hate the 'burbs?

Anyway, I look at the window and realize I'm not going to be able to fix it -- on top of it NOT BEING ONE OF OURS!!!!

I told him, "I can't fix it." He said, "Why not?".

I kept in all the comments I had about dumbass 'burbs and people who can't figure out that a 40 year old window with 3" of paint layers on it isn't a window we put in last month and said...

"Sometimes a thing's broke ... can't be fixed."



"Just keep walkin, preacher man."



The BURBS=HELL...just ask Spike

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
MAL: This is my scrap of nowhere. You go on and find your own.
SAFFRON: You can't just leave me here, on this
lifeless piece of crap moon...
MAL: Sure I can.
SAFFRON: I'll die.
MAL: Well, as a courtesy, you might start
getting busy on that, cause all this chatter ain't doin' me any kindness.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:48 AM

ZOID



Gunhand wrote:
Quote:

They used to joke they should discount all the returned undergarments and put them in a bin marked "Slightly F***ed With". But they weren't allowed to.


Now that is the funniest sh*t I've heard I've heard all week. But I can definitely see why they wouldn't allow that. It's a sick world...


Respectfully,

zoid

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004 11:58 AM

GUNHAND


Seriously sick. I mean I'd never in my life return underwear. Especially ones I'd just bought to go to a place where I know they were gonna get...abused. Such a thought wouldn't even enter into my mind. But some people think nothing of it.

My mom then went to work in appliances, know what people used to do? It'd get hot, really hot, so they'd all be in clamoring for air conditioners. They sold them a ton of them, they'd sell out and have to order more and people would whine about the delay at getting theirs. Then come September, you know it, they'd bring them back and want their money back.

Now this is a department store, not Rentway. I just can't get over some of the stupid stories I've heard, or actually had the misfortune to see happen when it comes to that.

Never saw a toilet seat returned but I did see someone bring back a refrigerator they'd bought because...They had company coming for the week and thought they could use two!

So they bring it back literally reeking with all sorts of God-knows-what chunks of food sticking here there and everywhere. I guess they decided to mess up the 'rental' and just kept the beer in their actual fridge.

I often wondered why not more of their customers got kicked upside the brain pan. I mean my mom has a temper...



~-~-~-~-~-~-~-
"Oh hey, I got an idea. Instead of us hanging
around playing art critic till I get pinched by
the Man, how's about we move away from this
eerie-ass piece of work and get on with our
increasingly eerie-ass day, how's that?"

My eerie-ass website:
http://gunhandsfirefly.homestead.com/Index.html

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Thursday, May 20, 2004 4:57 AM

MUROOLOK


Not many days go by at my workplace without "I'll be in my bunk" being said.

Its Spring here in England; 'nuff said?

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