| Re: MONDAY MORNING 28 NOV |
Subject: Re: MONDAY MORNING 28 NOV by TommyT-Bone on 2016/11/28 16:09:00 The $5.00 office desk story. (condensed version) Yesterday I got a call from Sue from the place where the auction was held the day before. She had met with a guy that bought a lot and she wanted to buy a couple of pieces from that lot. He ended up just giving them to her and waving her off refusing to take any money. She also found a couple of unsold lot items that she bought for either $5 or for free. One lady had bought an office desk, a really nice one. Big, heavy, well made. There was only one minor problem. The desk was too big to fit out the door. Sue offered the purchaser the $5 she paid for it and hence, the reason I got a phone call. Honey, can you come up to the house you were at yesterday and bring a drill, extension cord and screw tip? Upon hearing this inquiry my immediate response was a combination of  and  I had been setting up the stereo equipment I had bought the day before and was wiring up the speakers. Knowing this was going to be an issue because I heard the movers saying the night before it couldn't be moved without disassembly. Rigginfiggin sassafrasson shidilabop! I arrived, steamed, of course, from having MY plans interrupted. Looked at the desk and made several comments that were of little help. Let the fun begin. Took about an hour to get all the pieces apart. Good thing though I guess as this desk weighed at least a couple of hundred pounds. Disassembled , loaded we headed to the nursery. Sue had a couple of hours of office organizing and needed to take out the old desk before we you bring in the new to her desk. This gave me time to go home and finish what I started. Later in the day I returned. Turns out Sue ended up working on sales and made a few even though the nursery was technically closed. Still, the office needed more work. I had to go to HD so I told her I would be back in an hour or so. Later I returned and started the assembly process. Sue had moved most of the stuff into the back of the box truck. Computer, monitors and a host of other goodies. Piece by piece it was put together and the desk was complete again. Next, put the electronics back in. Sue just disconnected everything and I was looking at just a nest of wiring. nothing marked. I decided to just put each item back to function one at a time. Got everything up and running. All that was left was to put all the office records and supplies back in order. (It's a small office space. It all had to come out) That's what she is working on today as well as regular customer business. Anyway, got home around 09:00 PM. Really, there is nothing too astonishing about this story. It's stuff that happens to me ALL the time. So why did I write about it? Because a $5.00 desk cost me 6 hours of time and her probably about 12 hours. Did I have time for it? No! Do I have time for most of the stuff Sue throws at me? No! Does any of this make a difference? HELL,NO!  It's just another day. Meanwhile as I was writing this ......... Ring ............. Ring ....... Adios amigos. |
