On 5/1/06, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Since we're all being grammar nazis, the word is "prerogative".
Perogies are little potato thingies that Polish people are made to
eat, which I guess would be the perogative of Polish parents. Poop.
--- In [email protected], "Ellen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> yeah, I know, tell me about it. I think it was a housewarming gift
or
> something. The previous one was inherited from them and had
> definitely seen better days. I certainly didn't ask them to buy
it, I
> just said I needed one because they one I got from them was falling
> apart. (like the answer to "what's new?") I also wanted someone to
go
> with me to look for one because I hadn't bought something that major
> by myself before. There are so many variables. But when they said
> they would buy it for me I figured the least I could do was wait
until
> they visited to get it, rather than buying it on my own and telling
> them how much it cost. They should at least see what they were
paying
> for. I think my mom wanted me to have something decent for a
change,
> or something like that.
>
> For the longest time, they didn't help me at all, when I would have
> probably appreciated it more, like right when I graduated from
> college. I never quite understood their mindset. They were like if
> you are going to take time to figure out what you want to do and
work
> in jobs you could have had in high school (like retail) you are on
> your own, but once you get a career and you get settled if you need
> some help setting up your apt. let us know. Like I had to meet
their
> lifestyle standards if they were going to be supportive. Their
> perogative, I guess.
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Stephanie Smilay"
> <ssmilay@> wrote:
> >
> > On 4/29/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote:
> > > Warning--long story ahead, hope it's worth it--
> > >
> > > Today I had a sofa delivered. I live in a 3rd floor walkup
with a
> > > narrow, winding staircase from the 2nd to the 3rd level. 2 big
> strong
> > > delivery guys came, got it to the 2nd floor landing, and told
me that
> > > my staircase was too narrow and it wasn't going to fit without
> > > damaging the sofa or the wall, so they wouldn't be able to
finish
> > > delivering it. I think they were just covering their butts
because
> > > they didn't want to be liable for the damage. I could either
return
> > > it for no charge and get a different one and pay the
difference with
> > > no additional delivery fee, or they would leave it on the
landing
> if I
> > > agreed to take responsibility for it. I didn't want to return
it and
> > > be left with no sofa and face having to buy another one and be
> > > restricted to one that was smaller, etc., and I had put a lot
of time
> > > and effort into finding this one. So I told them to leave it
and I
> > > would figure something out. I had already been waiting 2 hours
for
> > > them to arrive. They left at 1:00. I turned my apt upside
down so
> > > the sofa would have a clear path, so I didn't want to be in
limbo all
> > > day. Delivery charge was $99, they wouldn't reduce it.
> > >
> > > My boyfriend came over at 4:00. I had already explained the
> situation
> > > to him on the phone. He looked at the sofa and the staircase,
and
> > > measured the sofa and the stairs and determined it would be
possible
> > > to get it up the stairs. Not easy, but possible. So the 2 of
us got
> > > it up the stairs and into my apt in 30 min. Mind you, at least
> one of
> > > the delivery guys said he had 11 years of furniture delivery
> > > experience and said it wasn't going to work. We did no damage
to the
> > > walls and nothing noticeable to the sofa. The sofa scraped the
> wall a
> > > little, but nothing major. The apt on the 2nd floor had someone
> moving
> > > in and someone moving out at the same time, while dealing with
this
> > > sofa on their landing for 3 hours.
> > >
> > > My boyfriend and my parents, who bought the sofa for me, both
said I
> > > should call the furniture company and yell and them and tell
them
> that
> > > a guy and a girl got the sofa in the apt in 30 min, but 2 big
strong
> > > guys who are professional movers couldn't/wouldn't do it. Is
this
> > > situation funny or just incredibly frustrating?
> >
> > Funny. All's well, etc.
> >
> > The salient part of the whole thing is that YOUR PARENTS PAID FOR
THE
> > SOFA! I mean, wow. Can you tell them that my dining room set is
in
> > need of replacing, and I don't expect the delivery to be a
problem?
> >
> >
> > Stephanie
> >
>
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