Time After Time
I thought the days of corporate responsibility were over.
And it’s highly likely that they are, but recently I had an encounter with a certain firm that renewed my faith in the ethics of business, kinda.
A few weeks ago I dropped my watch on a patch of concrete from a reasonable height. Nothing that it hadn’t survived previously, but this time it decided to give in. A couple of the numbers attached to the face of the watch managed to de-attach themselves from the face, and went on a merry little jaunt around the watch. Bugger.
So I took it in to get it fixed, very responsible and rational and all that. Originally I was told that it would take two weeks for a quote. “That’s fair,” I thought “they’ll give me a quote then do it in a couple of days, and all will be hunky-dory again.” I think that was where I went wrong. I may as well have touched wood, or invested in a voodoo doll or something, because that sure as hell wasn’t going to happen.
But sure enough, after a couple of weeks, they did get back to me with a quote, which just so happened to be exactly the same as what the shop attendant had told me when I originally dropped the watch in to be repaired. I was starting to get suspicious that the watch-maker was just stalling for time, but not having any proof to go on asked that they carry on with whatever repairs they deemed necessary and to call me when it was ready. I was told that it would be a “couple of weeks”.
Well…After about two times a couple of weeks of being ridiculously late for everything (yes I know, I’m usually late for everything anyway, but imagine me without a watch - then I don’t even know how late I am in order to apologise…very embarrassing!) I became a little disillusioned with the whole thing. I went in once to see if it was ready, and it wasn’t. Then I called in advance the next time, and I was told it would be ready. So in I go to see the watch-maker.
Again, sure enough, the watch isn’t ready, so this time I determinedly waited in the waiting room, to make sure it was done. And this is where the irony of the situation struck me. Here I was, spending inordinate amounts of time (I think it was about 2 hours total in the end) waiting for something to be fixed, that would allow me to know how much time I had wasted. And not only that, but the watch ended up taking so long to get fixed after I had sat in the waiting room that I was late for work anyway. What is this world coming to?
December 17th, 2006 at 10:50 am
[Author’s Note:]Oh, I forgot to actually tell the crux of the story…The reason I started about corporate responsibility was that they changed the battery in my watch for me, because it had stopped while they were busy not fixing it!
December 17th, 2006 at 5:48 pm
If you fall I will catch you… I will be wAAITin’ … !
December 17th, 2006 at 8:05 pm
Oh My God
Firstly, dear god GeM, what are you doing.
Secondly, That story confuses me.
Thirdly, I’ve spend 43 hrs at coles this week, i think i’ve been aquired/merged with storeroom equipment and i now will come on the command of “something, something, something… grocery, price check!” in a whingy voice of course
December 18th, 2006 at 1:12 pm
Oh poor Dave…..
Still the coles n00b….
Yet to master the fine art of pricecheck avoidance….
Maybe one day you will be up to Tuesday night standard, just keep the Lyness spirit going, and you might pick up the tricks of the trade along the way
PS. Guess it doesnt help when i give you the job of taking all the pricechecks
December 18th, 2006 at 1:34 pm
Oh… and by the way….
My bowling ball arrived the other day.
Here it is:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p34/o0pete0o/100_0668.jpg
December 18th, 2006 at 3:46 pm
Pete and his new bowling ball… “his had, the time of his life, and his never flt this wa before…”
Dirty Bowling
December 19th, 2006 at 12:11 am
;yeah i spelleded rong… soo wat?
December 20th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
I have a 22 inch monitor… (yes 22 inch monitor you perverted freaks) this blog looks good!
December 21st, 2006 at 8:13 am
What IS this world coming to, is right! Did you read my post about what this world is coming to? When people you dont even know are wishing you their ‘best’? WHY is someone you have never met wishing you their best?
Anyway, I’m done my term in Rome and I’l send you an email soon Will, I promise.
December 25th, 2006 at 9:00 am
Merry Xmas Will… or was that Happy, well i was always told to say happy cause Merry implies drunk, but maybe i do mean Merry… i will be… oh, and that should be Christmas, i am catholic, sigh, so no Xmas no matter how cool it sounds
Happy Christmas to the 5 other ppl who read this web site!
December 26th, 2006 at 2:08 pm
Hah, no I think it’s actually accpetable to abbreviate it with X, as X is the anglicised equivalent of the greek letter Chi, used for the “ch” sound, the first sound of the word ‘Christ’. It was used as an abbreviation for quite some time before this lovely commercialised world we live in used it for their annual advertising.
Happy Christmas to you too Dave
December 27th, 2006 at 10:19 am
Happy Christmas to everyone indeed.
Unhappy to report that there is very little to no snow over here… I was sorely disappointed when I got off the plane. And there is very, very little hope of ever obtaining a sunburn here at this time of the year, though if global warming has its way, one day that may indeed be a real concern for us northern hemispherites.