For the record, I kind of like the lack of color. Fits the web design rather nicely. Then again, the web design has much laziness and apathy to owe to its form. Not that I’m a lazy and apathetic web designer, it’s just that I’m a lazy and apathetic web designer. On second thought, I want the color back, as it drew attention from my lazy and apathetic laziness and apathy.
Chairs are an important part of our everyday lives. Imagine, if you will, a world without chairs. Chilling. One of the interesting properties of chairs is that there are certain varieties that fill very specific roles, namely in terms of placement within the home. Our new apartment was lacking chairs particularly in the counter and balcony region. Thus began our quest, verily a d fortnight preceding our moving date, to acquire some sitting devices to fill this role.
Initial attempts were thwarted by the following: expensive chairs (especially in the barstool subspecies,) lonely chairs (as did Noah, we required pairs,) and ugly chairs. Eventually out needs expanded into something to seat the PS3 controllers on, too, which is a totally different world of chairs, and not often categorized under that name. Thus it was with grim determination alone that we walked onto Zellers the other day hoping to sate our consumer appetites.
A pair of patio chairs that were comfy and tasteful were on sale. Plenty of stock. They only had two of the good barstools left, and one was a display model, but they were also on sale. And lo, a previously unobtainable PS3 controller dock. The sole complication to all of this is that we own a compact car and fitting in any more than the barstool still in its box was a feat that no mortal could achieve. So we arrange for Danielle’s brother to pick-up the goods in his truck of the same name. We let the employees know that we wouldn’t be seeing him in the interim, and that he’d have neither receipt, nor a clear idea of what was being given to him. So they made lots of notes on a piece of paper and assured us all was well.
On the way out of the store, I noticed that the controller dock I had picked up was the wrong kind. My error, and easily returned, but for those of you into intelligent design, this was foreshadowing at it’s finest.
We get the one chair home and Danielle enthusiastically assembles it. Unfortunately, the twenty-nine inch version is too tall for our counter. The chair normally comes with a set of legs for a twenty-four inch version, but the display model we purchased had long since been separated from those components. So we call Danielle’s brother and let him know not to take the other barstool when he goes to pick up the patio chairs. In fact, he did not pick up anything because the staff refused to relinquish any of our goods to him despite the note taking from the previous day. Cursing their incompetence, we arm him with our copy of the delivery slip, and we ourselves return the unfitting stool and get our money back for its brother.
Danielle’s brother tries again the next day to retrieve our patio chairs. He meets with a greater deal of success this time, though it does take them a full hour to locate the items. He arrives at our apartment with the two patio chairs, and a twenty-nine inch display model barstool that we had already got our money back for.
Yay. Free barstool. Idiots.
Ja.