Our Day Off

I know I already posted a blog entry this morning but this day deserves two. Donovan and I were both so excited for our day off. I went for a run and Donovan went to the gym. Then we decided to head to "T.K Maxx" (it's England's "TJ Maxx") to look for a pair of sneakers for Donovan. We stopped at Pizza Hut for lunch and then made our way into T.K Maxx. After about 5 minutes of looking at the shoes, Donovan's phone rings. It is the delivery man from "Curry's" (England's "Best Buy") saying he is 10 minutes away trying to deliver a 42" TV to our house (Donovan bought it for a promotion his company is running). The conversation went something like this:

Delivery guy: "Hi...I am 10 minutes away from your house with the TV."
Donovan: "Hi Mate. Yesterday at the store they said that you would phone 30 minutes before delivery. We are 30 minutes away from home."
Delivery guy: "Ok...I will wait."

5 min later...

Delivery guy: "Where are you?"
Donovan: "We are 25 minutes away."

5 min later...

Delivery guy: "Where are you?"
Donovan: "We are 20 minutes away."

5 min later...

Girl from office: "Where are you?"
Me: "We are 15 minutes away."
Girl from office: "Are you sure?"
Me: "umm...yes..."

10 min later...

Girl from office: "Where are you?"
Me: "We are 5 minutes away."
Girl from office: "Are you sure?"
Me: "umm...yes..."

8 min later...

Girl from office: "Where are you?"
Me: "We are 2 minutes away."
Girl from office: "Are you sure?"
Me: "umm...yes..."
Girl from office: "Well, the delivery guy has been waiting a long time."
(Donovan takes phone)
Donovan: "We were told we would be notified 30 minutes before he arrives. We are on our way and will be there in 2 minutes!"

We arrive home to find the delivery guy has left and left us with a pink slip of paper that says he attempted to deliver. Donovan calls him and the conversation goes something like this...

Donovan: "Hi, who am I speaking to?"
Delivery guy: "Aaron".
Donovan: "Hi Aaron, we are home now. Are you still in the area?"
Aaron: (raising his voice) "I called you and waited there..."
*fight breaks out with lots of swear words*
Aaron: "I've been to your address....I know where you live..."
Donovan: "Take the TV back. I don't want it. I am going into town now to cancel the order."

So we go into town and end up not cancelling the order but we are picking up the TV ourselves tomorrow. We told the lady there that we were threatened and she didn't seem to care...hopefully tomorrow when we go back we can speak to a manager or something. According to the lady at the store, the delivery guys also got in fight with the McDonald's manager...I think they need to hire new delivery guys?

Anyway, so after that eventful day we went to see "Inglourious Basterds" and it was really good! Totally recommend it! We went to a new theater and the popcorn was the best I ever had. Every piece had butter and salt on it....yum!

We got home to find ANOTHER slip of paper in our door from the delivery guy...apparently he had been back and left the same exact note except with one added word..."swearing"...

LOL---some day off, huh?