Lawn Mowers, Credit Cards and Crotchety Old Men

So Aaron needed a lawn mower, so we made a trip to the Sears Appliance store near our house. My hero of the day showed himself in a light beam of grumpiness, and this is how it went down:

Young Kid: “So, this lady bought a refrigerator and had it delivered. When it was delivered she discovered it was too big for the space. We found another refrigerator that will fit, she wants to know if she will have to pay another delivery fee if she buys it.�?
Crotchety Old Man: “Is she having it delivered?�?
Young Kid: “yeah�?
Crotchety Old Man: “Then she’ll have to pay the delivery fee, are we taking the old one back?�?
Young Kid: “yeah�?
Crotchety Old Man: “She’ll also have to pay a restocking fee�?
Stupid Old Lady: “You mean I have to pay you to deliver it and take the other one back?�?
Crotchety Old Man: “yes, you will be charged a restocking fee if we take it back�?
Stupid Old Lady: “I already paid $60 to have the first one delivered, now you’re telling me I have to pay ANOTHER $60 to have this one delivered and a restocking fee?�?
(here’s where it gets AWESOME!)
Crotchety Old Man: “Well Ma’am, we didn’t make the refrigerator too big�?
Stupid Old Lady: (in a nasty tone) “Well I know that�?

Dear Old Lady, You could’ve saved over $120 if you had just bought a tape measurer to begin with, but you didn’t. Moral of the story: Being stupid is expensive. Don’t be stupid and you won’t have to pay money. Be lucky they are charging a stupid fee as well.

Aaron and I loved this, and he can thank ME for making him go to Linen’s N Things and Meijer first, otherwise we would’ve missed all the grumpy fun.

I love old, grumpy men.

Then yesterday at Dillards there was more grumpiness. An old man was attempting to use his Dillards credit card. However, he had cut the card up and sent it back to the credit card company because they failed to put all of his last name on the card and he wanted a card with his real name on it (imagine that). So, a call to the credit center was needed. I wasn’t actually helping this man, I was folding pants nearby. So anyways, this guy ends up on the phone YELLING “Look! I sent the card back and I wanted my name changed. I don’t see why this is so difficult for you to understand. You’ve made me angry now and I have a hearing problem, I don’t appreciate all that conversation in the background. I didn’t know I had to talk to India!�? Now, that might not be verbatim, but it’s pretty close. I had a hard time hearing, since I ended up sitting on the floor laughing like a hyena.

Stay Tuned for “Why I Moved: Pt. 2 – Shootout on 75″