Drum Roll Please......

[Dave1982]

Yesterday a woman came in to buy a cheap-ass desk and managed to annoy just about everyone: me, Harry, Focker, and the cashier.

Focker helped her initially and while he is normally unflappable, he ended up dumping her onto Harry because she was pissing him off.

Harry brought the desk up to the front whereupon we learned she needed to come back because it wouldn't fit in her car.

The cashier who rang her out was getting very flustered because the woman had a thick accent and a hard-to-spell name, and of course hadn't brought her Rewards card with her so we had to look it up. In no time at all the woman was shouting and getting angry because she had to be asked a couple time to re-spell her name.

And finally, she annoyed me by opening her SUV so I could load the desk in.....only for me to find a FULL DRUM SET in there. Bass drum, snare drums, stool, cymbals, everything, and NONE of it in the protective cases. And she wanted the desk squeezed in around all that fragile stuff.

SC: I forgot this was in here?

You forgot? Did it not occur to you to CHECK??????

SC: My son left this here.

Well, your son is gonna be mad if this desk smashes anything. I loaded it but only after making it abundantly clear that were NOT responsible for any damage to the drums.

SC: I KNOW!!!!!

Egads what a stupid bitch......

[Wenchie]

*is just waiting for the woman to come back claiming that you ruined the drums and never warned her*

[AtDIelement]

My brain just blue screened.

She didn't hear the drums in the back at all while driving and think, "Oh, I guess I should take those out."

Ugh.

[Midnight]

How do you miss a set of drums in your SUV, especially when you know when you're going to need that space to more than likely haul whatever you're buying home?

[Sapphire Silk]

Hmmph. It unpleasantly reminds me of a CW's daughter, whom I recently helped move back into CW's home (I have a truck). She was pregnant at the time (she just had the baby), and CWD (Co Worker's Daughter) was getting beaten around by the father of the baby (FOB).

She has this big cheap ass desk in her apartment. She insists on taking it with her, even though it is not in great shape, and she's going to be basically going from one room apartment to well, one room. I suggest she leave it behind. Oh no, can't do that. (I should also mention she was dressed up rather than dressed to help move).

So, CW and I leave to take a load of stuff back to the house. CW and hubby have a Pod in the yard that is about half filled with CWD's stuff from a previous apartment. In there is a small computer desk, in good condition, and small enough to fit in the room. I call CWD and suggest she use that desk. Oh no, can't do that. She's still paying off on the larger desk and doesn't want to give it up.

A month later it is still sitting under the carport at CW's house. It won't fit through the front door, down the hall, or in the room.

[XCashier]

How do you miss a set of drums in your SUV, especially when you know when you're going to need that space to more than likely haul whatever you're buying home?

No kidding. Taking up most of the back of the SUV, cymbals crashing every time you hit a bump...and she's trying to cram a desk in there, to boot. Guaranteed, it's going to fall over, smash the drum kit, and she's going to try to sue the store. Dave, I hope you had witnesses, or at least told your manager about the drum kit, because you know disaster is just a beat away.

[Mondestrucken]

What kind of a driver doesn't notice the drum set in the back?

The oblivious kind!

Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week!

[AtDIelement]

You guys aren't missing a beat.

[dalesys]

This thread is just a snare for the tone-deaf.

[ZedOmega]

I think if the drum kit did get damaged, we could consider that woman's idiocy...

...cymbal-lic.

*ducks* Don't kill me.

[dalesys]

The best thing about a smashed drum set....



It can't be beaten.

[Mondestrucken]

And her favorite song to sing while driving?

The Beat Goes On.

[NateTheChops]

Sounds like you might be snared into liability if you don't take precussions.

[Frantic Freddie]

Trust me,drums are NOT fragile,after all,they're built to be hit on.I've had many a little kid bang on my sets & the parent be scared the kid's gonna break something & I've explained there's no way on Earth that a kid can generate enough force to do the slightest damage.

[XCashier]

Trust me,drums are NOT fragile,after all,they're built to be hit on.I've had many a little kid bang on my sets & the parent be scared the kid's gonna break something & I've explained there's no way on Earth that a kid can generate enough force to do the slightest damage.

A kid, no. A desk falling on top of the drum kit, however, would break it.