Minor irritants in life
Jun. 10th, 2008 03:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamflowerRant:
Y'all may remember me getting my tail-light damaged at the Post Office a month or so ago. It wasn't enough for an insurance claim, and the damage was simple enough that the DH thought he could fix it himself.
Soo...Saturday morning, he went to the auto parts store and ordered the part, because they did not have it in stock. They also said "please call on Monday to make sure we ordered it." (Now that's a little odd--why should the customer have to make sure they did their job?)
Soo...yesterday, I duly called. I explained who I was, and about the part my husband had ordered. The person on the phone said "Oh, sure. It will probably be here on the late truck. You can pick it up tomorrow."
Well, that's great, thanks!
You guessed it. I get there--no part. "He was supposed to call us yesterday, and he didn't."
"I know. *I* called. I was told it was coming."
"Oh, well, they didn't give me the message. It will be in tomorrow."
All of this as though it's business as usual. And of course I know why they didn't bother to pass on the message. I'm just the little wifey. *HUSBAND* should have called was the sub-text.
Grrr...
I was finally getting some writing done when I pulled myself away to run that useless little errand!
Y'all may remember me getting my tail-light damaged at the Post Office a month or so ago. It wasn't enough for an insurance claim, and the damage was simple enough that the DH thought he could fix it himself.
Soo...Saturday morning, he went to the auto parts store and ordered the part, because they did not have it in stock. They also said "please call on Monday to make sure we ordered it." (Now that's a little odd--why should the customer have to make sure they did their job?)
Soo...yesterday, I duly called. I explained who I was, and about the part my husband had ordered. The person on the phone said "Oh, sure. It will probably be here on the late truck. You can pick it up tomorrow."
Well, that's great, thanks!
You guessed it. I get there--no part. "He was supposed to call us yesterday, and he didn't."
"I know. *I* called. I was told it was coming."
"Oh, well, they didn't give me the message. It will be in tomorrow."
All of this as though it's business as usual. And of course I know why they didn't bother to pass on the message. I'm just the little wifey. *HUSBAND* should have called was the sub-text.
Grrr...
I was finally getting some writing done when I pulled myself away to run that useless little errand!