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It's a crying shame I have to be at work at 5 am tomorrow. Otherwise I could take my co-workers up on their offer to go out drinking again tonight. And believe me, I need it.
Okay, morons buying furniture, I'm not going to be nice this time:
If I know your item is too big to fit in your trunk, or your back seat, I'm not even going to attempt shoving it in.
You brought your Ford Focus to take home your fully-assembled dresser? That's...special. The worst kind of special.
Oh, you have a truck, you say? Should've brought it the first time. I'm especially not going to go the extra mile for you when you leave your truck at home and your brain in your other pants at home.
Seriously people. For whatever reason people decided to buy furniture today so carryouts were through the roof. I can't be wasting all my time outside keeping other people waiting while you try to convince yourself and me that that 5-piece dining set, in a big, square-ish box, will fit in the trunk of your Buick.
Oh, and that was just the beginning with those people. We managed to cram the dining set into the trunk in such a way as it probably wouldn't come falling out.
About an hour or so later, they returned. The table was cracked. It turns out that with this particular collection of furniture, you can either buy the pre-packaged set (table and four chairs, all requiring assembly), or you can buy just the table and chairs in one of two styles matching the table. So we decided to just grab the table, because why write off the entire set when the table is all they need, and it's the same as the one that comes with the set?
We grabbed a table, brought it up front, and opened the box to inspect it. Cracked. Actually, the corner was starting to come off. When the table is made of particleboard with a veneer attached, that happens very easily.
We shoved that table off to the side, returned to the back, grabbed another table, brought that up, and opened it. Cracked.
Then we were out of tables so we had to open up sets instead. We grabbed a full set, took it up front, opened it for inspection, with me sustaining a cardboard cut in the process. Cracked. Again.
Took another set up front and opened it up. That table was actually good. We ended up having to defect three pieces of furniture just to get the customers a decent table.
And my company likes to tout its furniture as being "furniture store quality." That's a damn lie, and the suits know it.
Okay, morons buying furniture, I'm not going to be nice this time:
If I know your item is too big to fit in your trunk, or your back seat, I'm not even going to attempt shoving it in.
You brought your Ford Focus to take home your fully-assembled dresser? That's...special. The worst kind of special.
Oh, you have a truck, you say? Should've brought it the first time. I'm especially not going to go the extra mile for you when you leave your truck at home and your brain in your other pants at home.
Seriously people. For whatever reason people decided to buy furniture today so carryouts were through the roof. I can't be wasting all my time outside keeping other people waiting while you try to convince yourself and me that that 5-piece dining set, in a big, square-ish box, will fit in the trunk of your Buick.
Oh, and that was just the beginning with those people. We managed to cram the dining set into the trunk in such a way as it probably wouldn't come falling out.
About an hour or so later, they returned. The table was cracked. It turns out that with this particular collection of furniture, you can either buy the pre-packaged set (table and four chairs, all requiring assembly), or you can buy just the table and chairs in one of two styles matching the table. So we decided to just grab the table, because why write off the entire set when the table is all they need, and it's the same as the one that comes with the set?
We grabbed a table, brought it up front, and opened the box to inspect it. Cracked. Actually, the corner was starting to come off. When the table is made of particleboard with a veneer attached, that happens very easily.
We shoved that table off to the side, returned to the back, grabbed another table, brought that up, and opened it. Cracked.
Then we were out of tables so we had to open up sets instead. We grabbed a full set, took it up front, opened it for inspection, with me sustaining a cardboard cut in the process. Cracked. Again.
Took another set up front and opened it up. That table was actually good. We ended up having to defect three pieces of furniture just to get the customers a decent table.
And my company likes to tout its furniture as being "furniture store quality." That's a damn lie, and the suits know it.
). Mother suggested buying some bungee cords and trying to strap the headboard to the car's roof. Arguments commenced anew, voices began raising, kids kept on screaming, and I wondered anew if I would find myself in the middle of an incident of domestic violence.
..lets just say...glad I dont work there)
Seriously, that's why I don't buy my furniture based on price...and check out the floor models before making decisions. Sorry folks, but particle board + contact paper "veneer" does not equal wood, especially the cheap shit on sale at a Wal-Mart. That stuff, really is shit. It's simply not designed to last.
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