(No PH play on words today, dang it)
Come See the Softer Side of Sears
Once upon a time our bishop and his wife went to the Upper Darby Sears (rough part of town) and bought themselves a lawn mower. When the lawn mower arrived at the store, they were notified and instructed to come and pick it up. They happily went to the store where they were informed that there were two lawn mowers with their name on them. The bishop explained that there must be an error, because he only ordered one mower. They perhaps didn't want to accept that they had made a mistake, because they insisted that the system showed that they were both paid for in full and he was to take them both. It took considerable persistence, but the bishop finally left the store with only one lawn mower.
End of story? Not quite. You know those automated phone calls that you get informing you that your merchandise is ready for pickup? Day after day, they received the calls. The bishop repeatedly called them back and tried to explain the situation. Did things ever get resolved? I won't give it away, but I will say this...
If you want a free lawn mower go to the Sears store loacated at 150 S 69th St in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania and say that you are Austin Gray and you have finally decided to come pick up your lawn mower.
Finger Lickin' Good
The other day Isaac and I got a "Buy One Get One Free" coupon good for KFC snackers in the mail. We're cheap, and will eat anything if it is buy one get one. So we went to KFC, ordered our buy one get one and a little extra food since we are growing people, paid, and ate. While eating, we both thought, wow, that was a really cheap meal. So we looked at the reciept and realized that we hadn't paid for a snacker at all- they had charged us for one, then subtracted the price of one from the ticket.
Isaac went up to the cashier and explained that we didn't pay for either one of the snackers (I think we got a honey BBQ and a crispy chicken, mmmmm- Isaac's comment). The cashier assured us that we did not owe any money. You see, "You buy one, you get one free" she explained. So Isaac countered and said that we did not BUY ONE; we got TWO FREE. She was exasperated and said that WE did not understand the system. Isaac tried one more time, but to no avail. "That's how we do it at our store."
Some day the poor store owner is going to be looking at the books and wondering why the inventory showed that they went through snackers like crazy, but they never got paid for them. He/she should know, duh, it's buy-one-get-both of them and everything else in the store free. That's the way we roll in Philly.
1 comment:
Another awesome episode - thanks for the laugh. Two smarties like you, I'd think you would understand KFC's system. It's very simple. Similarly, we got free cable b/c the guy that set us up apparently thought it was a nice gesture. When we called Comcast back to tell them we really just wanted the basic 15 channels or whatever that we paid for, the lady told me over and over I was crazy, and I should just be quiet and enjoy it b/c we're not paying for it. I told her again and again I just wanted to be honest and get what we paid for, especially b/c we didn't WANT the gross HBO channels. She finally agreed to send out someone to hook us up with what we paid for. He came and ended up looking around for like 2 minutes and said he couldn't find where the box was, so he left and said someone comes out and audits anyways. So basically, sorry, ma'am. No way for you to be honest! Just doesn't happen in Philly.
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