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daThe weekend theme feels like "almost, but not quite." I'd like to see the positives, but right now, the negatives are bugging me.
Saturday I walked Rover uptown to run errands. We discovered the uptown Home Hardware likes dogs. They really like dogs. Treat jar and all that. And I got more coffee at 10,000 Villages, but I bought ground instead of bean. So I have to go back.
Sunday afternoon I went to Canadian Tire to replace the windshield-wiper I just bought a month ago (doesn't wipe the middle of the driver's side). Which was at least successful, but I wish it had worked the first time.
Then to Staples to replace my (creaky, small) filing-cabinet with a sturdier one. This took two trips: I got the first one home, muscled it into the house, unwrapped it, and found it looked like had been dropped from a fairly significant height. It slanted about 10 degrees. So I took most of the cardboard, muscled it back into the car, drove back, and got a replacement. The guy who helped seemed a bit nonplussed that I wanted to open the second one in the store. And my inspection wasn't thorough enough, because I got that one home, took off the rest of the cardboard, and a top corner is crushed. Unlike the last one, it's cosmetic not structural (though wow does that corner look ugly). I think two hours is enough of my time spent driving back and forth to staples, but I will call the store and give them the benefit of my displeasure.
Saturday I walked Rover uptown to run errands. We discovered the uptown Home Hardware likes dogs. They really like dogs. Treat jar and all that. And I got more coffee at 10,000 Villages, but I bought ground instead of bean. So I have to go back.
Sunday afternoon I went to Canadian Tire to replace the windshield-wiper I just bought a month ago (doesn't wipe the middle of the driver's side). Which was at least successful, but I wish it had worked the first time.
Then to Staples to replace my (creaky, small) filing-cabinet with a sturdier one. This took two trips: I got the first one home, muscled it into the house, unwrapped it, and found it looked like had been dropped from a fairly significant height. It slanted about 10 degrees. So I took most of the cardboard, muscled it back into the car, drove back, and got a replacement. The guy who helped seemed a bit nonplussed that I wanted to open the second one in the store. And my inspection wasn't thorough enough, because I got that one home, took off the rest of the cardboard, and a top corner is crushed. Unlike the last one, it's cosmetic not structural (though wow does that corner look ugly). I think two hours is enough of my time spent driving back and forth to staples, but I will call the store and give them the benefit of my displeasure.
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Date: Monday, 26 January 2009 03:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 26 January 2009 03:45 pm (UTC)And hey, I realize that dan's going to want to go home early tonight. /and/ the sun sets half an hour later than the beginning of the month, so I might be able to get uptown and back before dark.
(no, I'm really not so good at being grumpy for long.)
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Date: Monday, 26 January 2009 04:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Monday, 26 January 2009 04:38 pm (UTC)Which is fortunately seldom.
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Date: Monday, 26 January 2009 05:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:36 am (UTC)Filing cabinets should be steel monsters. You might need to go to a decent office furniture store.
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Date: Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:56 am (UTC)I think you thought I kept the severely-structurally-unsound one. I brought that one back.