ANOTHER OF MY SHOPPING TRIPS AND WHAT A SHOPPING TRIP TOO.
WHEN MOTHERHEN WENT FOR KITCHEN UNITS DOUBLE ONES I NEEDED TWO.
I GOT UP ON SATURDAY MORNING AND SET OFF THERE FOR NINE.
THE DOORS THEY WERE JUST OPENING SO I WAS RIGHT ON TIME.
ROUND THE DIY STORE I WALKED UP AND DOWN THE ISLES.
MY TROLLEY IT WAS EMPTY I COULD SEE NOTHING THERE MY STYLE.
THEN I SPOTTED THE WALL UNITS I WAS SEEKING FOR THE KITCHEN TO PUT IN PLACE.
TO MATCH THE BASE ONES IN MY HOME SO A SMILE CAME TO MY FACE.
I HAD LOOKED AROUND FOUR WEEKS NOW TO SEE IF I COULD FIND.
THE SAME ONES AS THE BASE I HAVE OR NEAR ENOUGH THAT KIND.
THE BASE UNITS THEY WERE NEW YOU SEE BUT TWO WALL ONES WERN'T TOO GOOD.
SO I RIPPED THEM OUT VERY QUICKLY KNOWING THAT I WOULD.
REPLACE THEM WITH BRAND NEW ONES I KNEW THAT I COULD GET.
FROM SOMEWHERE BUT FORGOT WHERE I'D SEEN THEM LOOKING ROUND AS YET.
THEN I SPOTTED THEM SO I CALLED THE GUY AND ASKED IF HE WOULD CHECK.
IF THEY HAD SOME OF THE WALL UNITS AS THERE WERE ONLY BASE ON THE DECK.
HE LOOKED ON THERE COMPUTER AND SAID YES WE HAVE A FEW.
BUT THEY NEED TO BE CHECKED OFF THIS MORNING AS THE DELIVERY IS ONLY NEW.
SO I ASKED WHEN COULD I BUY SOME HE SAID IN AN HOUR OR TWO.
I REPLIED I'LL CALL BACK AT T/TIME THEN BUT FIRST I WILL PAY YOU.
HE SAID WHEN YOU RETURN THEY'LL BE ON A TROLLEY JUST OVER THIS WAY.
SO I PAID FOR THE UNITS AND OFF I WENT TO SPEND THE REST OF THE DAY .
MARKING OUT WHERE THEY WOULD GO WHEN THEY WERE FITTED UP.
SORTING THIS AND THAT OUT AND WASHING ALL OF MY CUPS .
AND OTHER THINGS I HAD UNPACKED TO PLACE INSIDE THEM TOO.
KNOWING WHEN FITTED ON THE WALL A LITTLE MORE SPACE. WHOO-HOO!!
AROUND FLEW THE HANDS ON THE KITCHEN CLOCK AND THE TIME IT SEEMED TO FLY.
IT'S AMAZING WHEN YOUR BUSY HOW QUICKLY IT PASSES YOU BY.
SO OFF I SET EXCITED AND ARRIVED AT THE STORE ONCE MORE.
THE LADY WHO DID THE INVOICE SAW ME COMING THROUGH THE DOOR.
HER FACE TO ME A VERY STEARN LOOK I THOUGHT STRAIGHT AWAY SOMETHINGS WRONG.
WELL TELL ME ABOUT IT I GAVE HER MY INVOICE SHE SAID SORRY WE TOLD YOU WRONG.
WE HAVE ONLY ONE OF THOSE UNITS IN STOCK BUT MORE MAYBE HERE NEXT WEEK.
THE GUY WHO SERVED ME HAD GONE HOME AND NOT RANG ME I THOUGHT WHAT A CHEEK.
SO SHE SENT TWO YOUNG MEN FOR THE UNIT THEY HAD AND I FOLLOWED BUT WENT FOR A HOE.
AS I WAS COMING UP THE KITCHEN ISLE I SAW THE LAD DROP MY BOX SO.
I RAN STRAIGHT TO THE CHECKOUT TOLD THE LADY I'M NOT HAVING THAT.
HE'S JUST DROPPED IT DOWN FROM THE RACK UP ON HIGH AND YOUR NOT ROBBING THIS LAUGHING KATH.
I HAVE JUST SEEN HIM DROP IT AND HISMATE WAS LAUGHING AND I AM MOST ANNOYED.
THE UNIT MIGHT BE BROKEN INSIDE WHAT WALLY'S THEY ARE YOUV'E EMPLOYED.
SHOULDN'T THEY BE USING A FORK LIFT TRUCK OR SOMETHING TO LIFT THESE DOWN.
I TOLD HER AND ON MY FACE A STEARN LOOK AND A VERY NASTY FROWN. HE-HE.
SHE LOOKED AT THE LADS AND THEY LOOKED AT ME SO I POINTED TO THE BOX.
LOOK IT'S ALL BULGED AND TORN ON THE CORNER WOULDN'T YOU IF YOU'D HAD THAT KNOCK.
SO SHE LOOKED AT THE BOX INSIDE THE TEAR SAID YES I CAN SEE THE DOORS CHIPPED.
WELL ONE LAD STEAMS OFF AND HE WAS GIVING HER A LOAD OF HASSLE AND LIP.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE YOUNG ONES LIKE THEY DO NOT SEEM TO WANT WORK.
ALL THEY DO IS MESS ABOUT THEY WERE A COUPLE OF JERKS.
I HAD TO LAUGH AT HIM CHUNTERING BUT THOUGHT TO MYSELF WELL I NEVER.
I HAD WAITED ALL DAY AND BY NOW MOTHEHEN WAS AT THE END OF HER TETHER.
EVENTUALLY ANOTHER GUY HE CAME BY AND SAID I'LL LOOK ON THE TOP SHELF.
OH! NO I THOUGHT NOT ANOTHER DROPPED BOX I WAS SAYING TO MYSELF. HE-HE.
WELL FINALLY THE GUY HE DID BRING ME ONE AND HE WAS POLITE AND NICE .
I'LL ORDER SOME MORE AND IF DELIVERY IS LATE YOU CAN HAVE THEM FOR HALF PRICE.
IT'S THE LEAST I CAN OFFER YOU AS COMPENSATION SEEING AS YOUV'E HAD TO COME TWICE.
WHOO- HOO I WAS THINKING TO MYSELF WHAT A LOVELY SUPRIZE.
THEY'LL BE WITH YOU IN A COUPLE OF DAYS AND WE'LL DELIVER THEM DOWN YOUR WAY.
IF THERE NOT HERE ON TIME OR UNDELIVERED RING ME STRAIGHT UP OK!!
THE DELIVERY MAN WILL CHECK THEM WITH YOU SO YOU CAN LOOK AND MAKE SURE.
EVERYTHING IS IN PERFECT CONDITION DELIVERED RIGHT TO YOUR DOOR.
WELL YOU CARN'T BE NO FAIRER THAN THAT I SAID SO SHAKE HANDS WITH ME IT'S A DEAL.
BEFORE I GO THOUGH PLEASE NOTE ON THE INVOICE HALF PRICE WITH A GENUINE SEAL
HE-HE.
HE-HE.HE LOOKED AT ME AS THOUGH I'D GONE MAD I SAID WELL I'D LIKE YOU TO KNOW.
KNOWONE ROBS MOTHERHEN AT ANYTIME WHEN SIGNED AND SEALED I WILL GO.
HE-HE
SO OFF I WENT FROM THE STORE MY FRIENDS I KNOW I NOW HAD TO WAIT.
BUT I'VE LOOKED ALL OVER AND THESE UNITS ARE VERY MUCH OUT OF DATE. HE-HE.
YOU CANNOT GET THEM TODAY IN MANY STORES FOR ALL THE NEW DESIGNS.
THEY'LL DO FOR MOTHERHEN AND THE THING IS THERE NEW AND I LIKE THE CLEAN LOOKING LINE.
THEY HOLD THE SAME AS THE NEW STYLES DO AND I'M NOT FUSSY IN MY OLD AGE.
ABOUT ALL THE NEW DESIGNS OF THINGS AND EVERYTHING ESLE THATS THE RAGE.
I MAY CHANGE THE KITCHEN LATER WHEN I HAVE SETTLED IN MORE.
BUT MOTHERHEN DIDN'T WANT NEW UNITS WITH A BROKEN DOOR. HE-HE.
I HAVE SOME TILING TO DO YET ALSO AND PUT MY OWN STAMP ON THEM.
I MAY MAKE SOME NICE FRUIT TRANSFERS AGAIN AND ONE OR TWO MOTHERHENS HE-HE.
INSTEAD OF GOING HOME EMPTY HANDED I PICKED UP ONE OR TWO GREEN.
EASY CARE HOUSEPLANTS FOR THE KITCHEN TO REMIND ME THAT SHOPPING I'D BEEN.
THEN MOTHERHEN GOT A CALL MONDAY MORNING BETWEEN TEN AND TWELVE THEY'D BE HERE.
TUESDAY MORNING ON THE DOT THE MANAGER SAID HAVE NO FEAR.
SO I WAITED UNTIL THREE 'O' CLOCK MY FRIENDS NO SIGN OF DELIVERY SO I.
RANG BACK THE MANAGER AND TOLD HIM MY THOUGHTS IN THE GRAPHIC YOU'LL SEE WITH YOUR EYE.
EVENTUALLY I GOT THEM DELIVERED AT FOUR AND NO DAMAGE WAS DONE THIS TIME .
CHEAP AT HALF THE PRICE WHOO-HOO AND A TALE FOR " MY SIMPLE RHYMES" .
HE-HE-HE
