Last week The Mr. and I decided to purchase new interior doors for our home. A certain unnamed lumber store was having their 10th ANNIVERSARY SALE, and, as luck would have it, the doors we wanted were 25% off. We placed our order with a nice man by the name of Lorne only 5 minutes before the doors closed (and the sale ended) on Saturday.
On Monday morning I received a phone call from Lorne informing me that our order had qualified us to have our names entered into a draw for an anniversary door prize and we were the winners!!
"How exciting! I wonder what the prize is? A trip for two to Hawaii? A $1000 in-store credit?"
Not wanting to appear too eager, I waited a day before returning to the store to collect my prize. When I arrived I saw Lorne and a couple of other men at the counter. With great anticipation I approached the counter and stated my business, anxious to get the actual gift in my hands. I guess I was a little disappointed when I discovered the said gift was a portable CD player.
"Okay, well, that's still a nice gift. I guess I shouldn't have been so greedy! Yes, of course. A CD player is a very nice gift."
I thanked Lorne and the other men, and left with my door prize. As I was putting the box in my trunk, I noticed these words:
Portable CD player with cassette
"With cassette! Nobody makes cassettes anymore. How old is this thing? Has this "gift" been around since the first anniversary sale?"
I could just picture it: every year for the past nine anniversary sales, Lorne and his gang tried to pawn off this little beauty on unsuspecting customers, only to be told, "Oh, no thanks. Go ahead and give it to someone else." I imagine it's been sitting around taking up valuable space in the office, just waiting for someone like me to give it a home. I'm sure they were thrilled to finally be rid of the thing.
I felt a little silly as I closed my trunk and drove away. I can't be certain but as I looked back through the window, I think I saw Lorne and his buddies giving high fives!
Dixie
3 comments:
Baha! That's really funny. What are you going to do with it???
high fives, low fives - and everything in between! Trevor won a draw at UFA this week - $100 in-store credit. Guess what he bought! Yep, rein in that jealousy, you're lookin' at the wife of the proud owner of $100 worth of weed and pest control products. Ya, we lead a charmed life.
hey, I've thought about it and ... you can totally regift it to me for christmas, if you want. See how I sacrifice?
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