A week or so ago I had some trouble with the computer, so I marched out to get a full version of XP. On my way I impulse purchased 4 sharpys... they really looked neat and small, and fit on a key chain, I had to have them. So, I get my WinXP and the 4 pens that cost a buck each and head home.
When I get to the house, I am ready to go. I pull the things out of the bag, and I notice a pen is missing. Next, I notice a hole about the size of 'a big fat thumb' is in the bag, it was a tear defect... not a puncture wound like I had been beating on the bag. I was given a bum bag! I begin to look around for the pen. I'm all over the office, all up and down the stairs, in the garage, back, search them all again.
I'm in the car, on the seat, on the floor, under the seat... floor of the garge again, through the house, etc. So, I'm pretty upset they gave me a bumb bag, and decide to give them a call. I told them they gave me a bag with a hole in it, and now I don't have one of 4 pens I purchased. They 'say' they looked around, came back and said they don't see it on the floor, or in the parking lot. I asked them where I parked, and there was silence. I said, 'look, I parked over near the exit. Walk out the door and take a right, I was backed up to curb. They go looking around again, and say they can't find it.
I said, 'look, I just spent a couple hundred dollars, and got a bad bag. Now I don't have a pen I purchased because there was a hole in the bag. He said, 'did you look around in your car, or whereever you might have brought the bag'?
'I'm not the kind of person to make a call like this, I've just spent the last 45 minutes looking for the pen. It must have fallen out and someone picked it up, it was a rather cool little pen'.
He said, 'well, if it doesn't turn up, let us know next time you come to the store.'
Gah! So, I go to install WinXP and it fails. I figure I need a new hardrive, and I end up back at Staples. I thought about the pen, but wasn't in the mood to beg for a one dollar pen again, after having spent all that time on the phone already, and having my computer not take the new version of XP. Well, to make a long story short I did finally get my computer up, and restored the old data off the hardrive. I had to activate the hardrive from the bios, stupid computer.
Anyway, almost 2 weeks later I am still working on the computer organizing the way I like it and getting things re-installed. Today, I was reaching into my car from the passenger's door to get my keys... and there was the damn pen right there an the floor near the door and seat.
This would have been a much better story if I had actually went and got a pen from them, wouldn't it? Should I need to return the extra pen having found the original?
ES
Originally posted by jimslyp69I would not have returned the extra pen, since the reason it was missing was a big fat thumb sized hole in the bag. I spend a lot of time looking for the pen, and time is money. I actually figure they owe me about 45 dollars considering how much I did look, and how well I looked. (I was really looking hard).
We could always discuss the hypothesis of the moral implications that could ensue from such a situation.
So, the moral implications are now on Staples to pay me back for the time I spent looking for the pen. What if they do, what if they don't?
I think next time I go in I will tell them I want 45 one dollar pens for the time I spent looking for that red one I lost... and found.
ES
Edit! I would only ask for 44 pens, having found the red one.
Originally posted by jimslyp69I'm looking for pens all day at work. I have a lot of paper work that moves around quite a bit through the day. I work on a computer, so I hardly ever need a pen.
Are you fully certificated in pen searching though. How can you justify such extotionate rates when you do not have so much as a basic qualification in this broad field.
Next thing you know, the phone rings and I need to take an order. Now is crunch time!
'Hold on just a second, sir. I need to find a pen so I can take your order'.
"That's fine, take your time".
'Ah, I found one! What did you need'?
"Wow, you sure found that pen fast! Do you specialize in finding pens fast"?
'Actually, I have many duties here in the office, and I do them all just as well'.
"Need a job kid, I could use a person who can find a pen so fast here at my firm".
'Sorry sir, I enjoy this job too much'.
"I'll start you at 44 dollars an hour, and give a pen as a signing bonus. You sign the papers, and you keep the pen".
Anyway, stuff like that happens all the time, so yes... I am very qualified.
ES
Originally posted by PhlabibitIf you ask me, it's all just a karmic warning against buying software made by the devil.
Sorry, seems I spelled it wrong. Sharpie. This is my black Sharpie-mini. I am holding it by the 'keychain' cap.
http://www.rhp15.com/pictures/Sharpie.jpg
Sweeeeet.
ES