It Could Have Happened To Anyone
Apr. 17th, 2009 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloWe have this scanner thing we scan our shopping with. In fact we have two- issued by different companies- but the one we're considering here is the one that sits in the hall- on a stand that's plugged into the mains- next to the telephone. It broke. And the issuing company issued us with a new one- only requesting that we package up the old one and give it to their delivery man. Well, we left the packaging to the very last minute- as you do. The van was parked up across the road, the delivery man was ambling towards the door, so I grabbed up what I thought was the right gear and tumbled it into an envelope and handed it over.
Only what I'd grabbed up was the scanner- right enough- but also the stand belonging to the phone- without which the phone won't work.
I discovered the mistake within minutes. Ailz tried to fit the phone into its stand- which, of course, was the scanner stand- and it wouldn't go. I ran out to stop the delivery man, but he'd left.
We had to go shopping that afternoon anyway- and the replacement phone only added £25 to the bill.
Only what I'd grabbed up was the scanner- right enough- but also the stand belonging to the phone- without which the phone won't work.
I discovered the mistake within minutes. Ailz tried to fit the phone into its stand- which, of course, was the scanner stand- and it wouldn't go. I ran out to stop the delivery man, but he'd left.
We had to go shopping that afternoon anyway- and the replacement phone only added £25 to the bill.
