How difficult can it be to buy a chair!….answer VERY!

Call me naive (hello naïve) call me stupid, call me stupid and thick but I thought the process of buying a chair would be a simple and painless. NO…NO….NO. after battling my way through the traffic, fighting my way passed fellow shoppers I eventually found my way sweating and panting into a chair shop. After having a good look around placing my big old ass on several of there finest chairs. I eventually found a recliner that was just perfect.  

After that process I had two choices, I could either stick the chair under my arm and head for the door trying to dodge the security cameras, or the second choice and the one I opted for, which involved attracting the attention of a attendant, ordering the chair, arranging delivery, then making the required payment….should be simple enough eh. Unfortunately, this is where the process came apart.  

Attendant are like the tooth fairy, everyone has heard of them but no one actually find one, anyway, I had to hunt for one like a big game hunter tracking down a wise old an elephant who wasn’t wanting to be shot. Just imagine how “chuffed”  I was when I eventually found one cowering in the corner talking to his attendant mates. He was battered and had one to many shandys last night (don’t mind that we have all been there)  but when I pointed to the chair and told him I want one of those, he tried to sell me a sofa. The conversation went like this.

• Me - I would like that chair.
• Garry - (the attendant) good choice I have one if those….yeh right.
• Me - any discount for cash?
• Garry - we don’t accept cash.
• Me - sorry i thought you said “you don’t accept cash”
• Garry - that’s right we don’t!
• Me - why?
• Garry - its policy…would you like the sofa to match the chair?
• Me - No just the chair…cant believe you don’t accept cash!
• Garry - we don’t..sorry..the sofa is great, great for lounging on.
• Me - Don’t want the sofa, just the chair..it’s a recliner I can lounge on that. I have money in my wallet and you wont accept it?
• Garry - NO. The sofa is £375, if you buy the sofa and chair together we can do it for £320 but don’t tell the manager….that’s a BARGIN!
• Me -  no its only a barging if you want and need it, it’s a waste of money if you don’t.
• Garry – if I ask the manger we could probably let it go for £310.
• Me…don’t bother I only want the chair.
• Garry….sorry we cant sell that chair without you buying the sofa as well.

If you are still conscious after that, I wont push my luck and tell you how the rest of the conversation went, however, needless to say I lost the will to live and returned home chair-less.  

Think I will do some internet shopping! 

My regular reader will notice I have changed the background to the bolg…I think the technical name is….well actually I think background is the technical name. Hope you like it. 

Does anyone know a good chair shop? 

Until next time, thanks for taking the time to read this and don’t forget to let me know what you think, I will be glad to receive comments, good or bad. 

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Thanks again. Ian  

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