This is a picture I took of the lamp I bought from Bed, Bath & Beyond for my room:
Admittedly, I suck at putting things together. Being handy is not one of my strengths. That being said, I have never paid money for a bigger piece of junk than this lamp.
You can see those poles, right? Those poles are supposed to screw into each other with double-sided screws. Well, they don't. They don't screw together at all. I stood there with each pole, twirling them around absent-mindedly for a dozen minutes, before coming to the realization that it just wasn't going anywhere.
Determined to get my money back, I marched out into the hallway, where 5 minutes earlier I had thrown away the box for the lamp in the recycling bin. But alas, in that 5 minutes, the garbage had been collected. So now I'm stuck with this modern art.
I think I'm going to set it on fire and throw it out my window. People do stuff like that in New York, right?
Admittedly, I suck at putting things together. Being handy is not one of my strengths. That being said, I have never paid money for a bigger piece of junk than this lamp.
You can see those poles, right? Those poles are supposed to screw into each other with double-sided screws. Well, they don't. They don't screw together at all. I stood there with each pole, twirling them around absent-mindedly for a dozen minutes, before coming to the realization that it just wasn't going anywhere.
Determined to get my money back, I marched out into the hallway, where 5 minutes earlier I had thrown away the box for the lamp in the recycling bin. But alas, in that 5 minutes, the garbage had been collected. So now I'm stuck with this modern art.
I think I'm going to set it on fire and throw it out my window. People do stuff like that in New York, right?
Dear Mr. BadWrench;
ReplyDeleteA dissatisfied New Yorker should take the lamp back to the store with or without the box and demand it be assembled or a complete and immediate refund.
Yours Truly,
An EX NYer
Dear Smarmy Anonymous Fuckface,
ReplyDeleteWay ahead of you. I brought it back for a different crappy lamp that barely stands up straight, but at least works. I have given up on the lamp situation for the time being.
Thanks for the advice though,
KK