It’s been a long day. One of those days where you start on something, something else comes up and it keeps on like that. I never felt like I really accomplished much because I didn’t finish anything that I started but I’ve been doing something all day. Then I look down and it’s pushing midnight.
It’s been a strange day as well. I made an eBay purchase on the 8th of this month. I bought a guitar to set up for slide playing. Anyway, the guitar had not arrived as of Monday so, I contacted the seller asking if the item had shipped. The seller didn’t reply. So I contacted them again and the reply arrived with this bit of info.
Your guitar is shipping out of our New York warehouse and I have not yet gotten ahold of them to check the status.
So, still not knowing the status of the guitar, I replied with this.
I don’t care aboutĀ the guitar is shipping from. I would like to know; 1. Has the guitar been shipped and if so when is it scheduled to be delivered? 2. If the guitar has not shipped when will it be and why wasn’t I told of a delay? Considering that I made this purchase in good faith, and the charge cleared my bank on the 11th (so the money has been in your pocket for at least 9 days), I do not feel that I am out of line in expecting some information.
The sellers next response was…
WOW a little rude. We where just giving you the information we had at the time. We did find out that the item number was keyed incorrectly with caused the issue of it not shipping. We have the issue corrected and it is shipping tomorrow. No you are not of of line for asking but there is no reason for statements like why do I care
Robert the drummer came by this afternoon and I asked him; “Do you think I was being rude”?
Robert said, “Well Jack, no, I don’t think so but consider that during the ’80s and ’90s you completely redefined the term “asshole” so, even though you’re being a nice guy, for the most part, these days there has to be some type of Karma still going on”.
Thanks for that old pal. So, I’m a little rude and I once set the bar for assholes worldwide. Have to remember that the next time I feel like an under achiever.
To top it all off, a couple of days ago at around 5:30 AM, I was having my initial coffee and checking e-mail and a cat peered around the doorway at me. I don’t know how the cat got in here, I chased it down the hallway and it disappeared. It isn’t what you would consider a rock solid house so, it’s conceivable that a small cat could find a secret entrance and hopefully went back out the same way it got in. About an hour ago I heard a faint meow. I’m pretty sure that it was from outside but I grabbed a broom and went around making noise and jabbing the broom in all the closets and such for about twenty minutes.
I’ll be just another rude man sleeping with a broom by the bed tonight.
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Tags: eBay, unwelcome cat
Watermang wrote,
You can’t get rid of Karma Kitties with a broom, Jack. To achieve Nirvana, you must welcome them with a bowl of milk. (I thought everybody knew that.)
Link | June 21st, 2007 at 7:31 am
Pribek wrote,
Ahh…. you are very wise Swami Watermang. Maybe this is an instance of misconception. Maybe, if I take a positive approach future Karma can be avoided. Hmm…no milk in the fridge though, perhaps the Karma Kittie would enjoy a nice bowl of Spicy Hot V8.
Link | June 21st, 2007 at 7:54 am
Jayne d'Arcy wrote,
“My Name is Earl” proves that karma can be a bitch. Just do what mom always used to tell us to do; “nice ‘em to death.”
Link | June 21st, 2007 at 5:22 pm