6'5" man with 100lb AC coming through. That means MOVE.

[thedrunkenmonkey]

This is a short one.

I'm unloading an AC unit for the GF today out of the van. I got a few of these a couple of years back from a friend who switched from window units to central air, and I figured I'd take one out of storage for the GF so her cat didn't cough up a lung from heat exhaustion. I don't even know if the AC unit's going to work in her place - the windows aren't the right kind for it.

Oh, and the van? Doesn't have AC. And on one side, the window doesn't roll down. Yeah.

Since GF lives on the top floor of a building, I have to haul this thing manually up to the top floor.

The exact opposite condo from her place on the other side of the building is for rent, and though I haven't seen anyone interested, I have seen people walking by checking out the sign on the corner.

So I'm huffing and puffing (did I mention this is Seattle and it's at a record 101 degrees today?) with a hundred pound AC unit in my arms trying to keep it from slipping as I go over to the gate, and Arrogant Asshat steps in front of me.

AA: Do you know which place is for rent?
Me: No, please move, this is heavy.
AA: You can take me up and show me, right?
Me: No. I don't live here. I'm dropping this off.
AA: Come on.
Me: Please move. I need to get to the gate.
AA: I'll move when you let me in to see the place.

At this point, I'm pissed off. I am not in a good mood.

Me: I AM NOT THE FUCKING MANAGER OF THIS BUILDING. I AM DROPPING OFF AN AC. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY OR I'M DROPPING THIS THING ON YOU NOW. NOW FUCKING MOVE OR I WILL -MAKE- YOU MOVE.

AA: How dare you talk to me like that? I'll have you know I am a customer and I am ready to...
Me: (moves to shove AC unit at AA and drop it)
AA: That's assault!
Me: (not having dropped the AC, now gently setting it down) No. That's not assault. That is "get out of my way, I have a heavy object and you are in danger of it being dropped on you".
AA leaves muttering veiled threats.

I went back out to lock up the van and I saw AA getting thrown out of the liquor store down the street by an irate store owner.

Today's lesson, kids: Very Large People who are in Seattle who are not directly in front of box fans are not the people you want to piss off.

[radiocerk]

Ugh, weather

I'm sorry, I keep hearing about the temps on the other side of the state, and it reminds me not to complain about the weather. Look on the bright side, before we know it it'll be snowing on me, and you'll just have rain and gloom.

[Mordecai]

101 degrees? That's nothing! Try 115-118 degrees.

Back on-topic, too bad you didn't drop it on his foot(unintentionally, of course). If he got pissed at you, you could have always responded with "well, I told you to move..."

[Midnight_Angel]

Well, this might have damaged the AC, so I wouldn't recommend dropping it on any asshat.

What might work in these cases is to simply waltz through the idjit. According to the laws of inertia, greater mass stands a decent chance of winning.

[SorryIsGoodEnough]

In Bellevue on the 520, my car told me it was 111 degrees.

You're lucky you have a couple of those units. I hear places are selling out because ya'll aren't used to this kind of heat here.

*crosses her fingers for the end of the heat wave*

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

No! No! Don't drop the AC on the sucky person! What did the AC ever do to deserve it?

[elsporko]

If it makes you feel better the weather around here has been incredibly cold this summer wich only helped the late hatching of mosquitos. No beach parties for me.

[jjllbb]

This person MUST be crazy. Even i'm angry about it now!

[Primer]

In Bellevue on the 520, my car told me it was 111 degrees.

You're lucky you have a couple of those units. I hear places are selling out because ya'll aren't used to this kind of heat here.

*crosses her fingers for the end of the heat wave*

I was born in Seattle and lived in Bellevue for my younger childhood, and I don't remember ever even breaking a sweat. (But I do remember snow in Waco, TX, and teaching the neighborhood kids how to build a snowman!)

I can't imagine going without AC in my old(er) age now!

A few weeks ago, our AC decided to take a day off. I woke up at 4 a.m. to it trying to cycle on, and making horrible whistling noises (the freon leaking out). We called the AC company at 8 a.m when they opened, and the only reason they didn't laugh at us for asking for a repair was that we had just bought a completely new system, inside and out, from them 2 years ago. They had a 2 week back log of service calls. They managed to get us in late that afternoon, by which time it was cooler outside, than in and we have had over a month straight of above 100F days!

[gremcint]

What an idiot. I have a phrase for situations like these when people refuse to get out of my way for no reason: "One way or another I'm getting through, you get to choose how."

[Anakah]

tehe. it gets to like 120 and above out here I'd love like 90 degree weather and even a hundred. It gets hot and then humid. Totally blows at times.

[Dreamstalker]

I love it how the asshat assumed that anyone carrying any appliances had something to do with owning the building. I suspect he tried to demand the store owner show him an apartment because "you're just a few blocks away".

For the final push moving back into my mom's, I didn't have a car (she's out of town until later today). So I had to make 2-3 trips on foot to my place and back with an LCD TV and boxes...not too bad considering my building was only 2-3 blocks away, but the last 2 boxes, while small, were a bit heavy (computer parts).

Waiting to cross the street: I swear oncoming drivers would intentionally slow down (just...PASS MY POSITION so I can cross you idiots!).

People wandered/dawdled in front of me, completely oblivious to the fact that someone with a box weighing half as much as she did was moving quickly toward them. I think I might have actually run into someone, I'm not sure (it's 90 degrees and you can see what I'm hauling, MOVEYERASS!).

[LewisLegion]

You have to remember, it's not so much the temperature...it's the fact that we're not set up for those temperatures. Very few places around here have AC and as soon as that kind of heat hits, those places selling fans and AC are out of stock in minutes.

So it's not that its hot its that you have no way to escape the heat. My apt was always about five to ten degrees hotter than outside because I'm on the third floor. I've lived in WA my whole life and I can count the amount of summers I've had here where I've actually felt uncomfortably hot on one hand...leaving out my pinky and my thumb. It's not usual for us and we are SO not used to it

Even my coworkers who came from So Cal and Texas were finally complaining about the heat at its worst point because there just was NO escape.

[XCashier]

Even my coworkers who came from So Cal and Texas were finally complaining about the heat at its worst point because there just was NO escape.

I'm originally from Phoenix AZ and I was nearly fried in this recent heat wave! Maybe I've been spoiled by the mostly nice weather we've had here, but 106 F and humid is no fun.

[AccountingDrone]

I have health issues, among other things I can't adjust my internal temperature easily, so if I get overheated I get heatstroke or I go stand in an ice cold shower until I get my core temperature back to something normal. I have an AC in the bedroom window, and I keep my room at 70 24/7. I have a spare AC unit that we bought on sale just in case this one goes toes up. I have a spare because a couple years ago mine died and I ended up going to a motel until mrDrone could get a replacement. I hate having shitty health, but I am stuck with it.

So ... next time you are whining because a SC "waited until there was a heatwave to get an AC unit", maybe they are replacing one for health reasons.