Or maybe the week. No, the month. Eh, perhaps even...the year
I probably shouldn't share this with y'all, but...
It's in the nineties today, here on the east coast (in NYC, anyway). I need an air conditioner in a bad way (you can probably already see where this is going), so I trek off to my local Best Buy to pickup a small Frigidaire A/C unit on sale for $89.99 this week.
As I am checking out, the cashier asks about a repair warranty for an additional $49. Of course, I balk. I even make a joke, asking if the extended warranty covers if the air conditioner falls out my window. She smiles and says no, as we both laugh.
I pays my money, and put the unit over my shoulder to carry home. Now this BB is two subway stops away from my house, so I have to carry the unit from the store to the subway, and then from my subway stop to my apartment building. Not really long distances, but when you are carrying 40lbs, in 90-degree heat, it starts to feel like a really long way.
Anyway, I get the unit home, unpack it, and proceed to install it. It's all but done, and almost ready to plug in when I decide to make a small adjustment. I have to open the window again to do so, and this is when I pull a "Kramer", and the A/C unit goes plummeting down three stories to its untimely death. I tried to grab the power cord, but just as in "Seinfeld", life imitates art and the cord does not hold - SPLATT!!!!
Thank goodness my window is not above a public walkway. No one as in any danger getting hurt, except for my ego. I guess I'll call up BB for a delivery tomorrow
Please, someone tell me this has happened to them at some point or another?
I probably shouldn't share this with y'all, but...
It's in the nineties today, here on the east coast (in NYC, anyway). I need an air conditioner in a bad way (you can probably already see where this is going), so I trek off to my local Best Buy to pickup a small Frigidaire A/C unit on sale for $89.99 this week.
As I am checking out, the cashier asks about a repair warranty for an additional $49. Of course, I balk. I even make a joke, asking if the extended warranty covers if the air conditioner falls out my window. She smiles and says no, as we both laugh.
I pays my money, and put the unit over my shoulder to carry home. Now this BB is two subway stops away from my house, so I have to carry the unit from the store to the subway, and then from my subway stop to my apartment building. Not really long distances, but when you are carrying 40lbs, in 90-degree heat, it starts to feel like a really long way.
Anyway, I get the unit home, unpack it, and proceed to install it. It's all but done, and almost ready to plug in when I decide to make a small adjustment. I have to open the window again to do so, and this is when I pull a "Kramer", and the A/C unit goes plummeting down three stories to its untimely death. I tried to grab the power cord, but just as in "Seinfeld", life imitates art and the cord does not hold - SPLATT!!!!
Thank goodness my window is not above a public walkway. No one as in any danger getting hurt, except for my ego. I guess I'll call up BB for a delivery tomorrow
Please, someone tell me this has happened to them at some point or another?