Today we got a call to carry out an adjustable sofa for a customer. It comes unassembled in a box, and it is about the biggest piece of furniture we have that comes in one box.
At first, the cashier called because the customer wanted to know how big the box was, and if it would fit in her car. I told her it most certainly would not fit in a car (it's 4 feet wide and taller than I am, and I'm 6'1").
Well, the customer decided to try and take it anyhow, so we lugged it up to the front while the customer pulled up in her ratty old Ford Taurus.
We manager to get about one foot of the box in the trunk, leaving the other 5+ feet hanging out and dropping her car's rear end considerably. The little bit we got in the trunk was wedged in pretty good, so the chances of it falling out of the trunk were slim to none.
Customer spent some time pissing and moaning--"I really gotta try and get this home now, I wish I knew somebody with a truck, how am I going to get this up the stairs?"--and then hauled out a black rubber bungee strap to try and tie down her trunk.
Now these straps are not the most elastic things in the world, so she really had to pull on it to get it near her bumper. All off a sudden I heard FWOING--POW--OWWW! DAMMIT!
The lady lost her grip on the strap as she was stretching it and it popped up and hit her right in the face! She did a little creative cursing and then told us she'd figure it out and get the sofa home. I imagine she spent quite a bit of time stratching the strap down to her bumper and then having it pop back again and hit repeatedly: FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW!
At first, the cashier called because the customer wanted to know how big the box was, and if it would fit in her car. I told her it most certainly would not fit in a car (it's 4 feet wide and taller than I am, and I'm 6'1").
Well, the customer decided to try and take it anyhow, so we lugged it up to the front while the customer pulled up in her ratty old Ford Taurus.
We manager to get about one foot of the box in the trunk, leaving the other 5+ feet hanging out and dropping her car's rear end considerably. The little bit we got in the trunk was wedged in pretty good, so the chances of it falling out of the trunk were slim to none.
Customer spent some time pissing and moaning--"I really gotta try and get this home now, I wish I knew somebody with a truck, how am I going to get this up the stairs?"--and then hauled out a black rubber bungee strap to try and tie down her trunk.
Now these straps are not the most elastic things in the world, so she really had to pull on it to get it near her bumper. All off a sudden I heard FWOING--POW--OWWW! DAMMIT!
The lady lost her grip on the strap as she was stretching it and it popped up and hit her right in the face! She did a little creative cursing and then told us she'd figure it out and get the sofa home. I imagine she spent quite a bit of time stratching the strap down to her bumper and then having it pop back again and hit repeatedly: FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW! FWOING OWWW!
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