Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Regular readers of these pages may (or may not) be aware that I am something of an addict to the wonderful PS2 creation that is Guitar Hero. I can barely go a day without having an intensive strum-along to a bit of David Bowie or Judas Priest. Anyhoo, tragically my Guitar Hero disc somehow acquired an unwanted scratch last week, rendering it unloadable. With money being no object (I'd go without food for a week before going without my GH), I hot-footed it to my Southwick branch of Woolies on Saturday to take advantage of their "order any item, 24 hour delivery" boast, and ordered a new one. I was confidently told by Spotty Part Time Oik behind the counter that it'd be in on Monday/Tuesday of this week.
Monday disappointly elapsed with no sign of my GH, but I went to bed that night content and secure in the knowledge that it'd be at Woolies waiting for me to be picked up after work on Tuesday. Yesterday has come and gone with no sign of it, so after 3 phone calls to the store, they've assured me their system says that is has been been "dispatched". OK, so surely it'll be there TODAY then ? Nope. It was apparently "dispatched" 2nd CLASS on Monday, which means it *should* be in by the end of the week. I've thrown a bit of an eppy, saying (lying) that I needed it as a present for someone today, and was assured on Saturday about the 24 hour thing, and that it'd be there by Tuesday at the latest. They've been very apologetic, but basically no f***ing use at all. For all they know, I've got a distraught fictional nephew today with no birthday present because of their bullshit rhetoric about 24 hour delivery. Meantime, all I can do is hum the tune to Killer Queen and You Got Another Thing Coming, whilst softly strumming thin air in time to it. Once again I will be staring listlessly at the wall this evening, before crying myself to sleep tonight in the hope that it will finally arrive this morning.
In short - do NOT order anything from Woolworths if you expect them to keep to their 24 hour delivery pledge.
They LIE.
Monday disappointly elapsed with no sign of my GH, but I went to bed that night content and secure in the knowledge that it'd be at Woolies waiting for me to be picked up after work on Tuesday. Yesterday has come and gone with no sign of it, so after 3 phone calls to the store, they've assured me their system says that is has been been "dispatched". OK, so surely it'll be there TODAY then ? Nope. It was apparently "dispatched" 2nd CLASS on Monday, which means it *should* be in by the end of the week. I've thrown a bit of an eppy, saying (lying) that I needed it as a present for someone today, and was assured on Saturday about the 24 hour thing, and that it'd be there by Tuesday at the latest. They've been very apologetic, but basically no f***ing use at all. For all they know, I've got a distraught fictional nephew today with no birthday present because of their bullshit rhetoric about 24 hour delivery. Meantime, all I can do is hum the tune to Killer Queen and You Got Another Thing Coming, whilst softly strumming thin air in time to it. Once again I will be staring listlessly at the wall this evening, before crying myself to sleep tonight in the hope that it will finally arrive this morning.
In short - do NOT order anything from Woolworths if you expect them to keep to their 24 hour delivery pledge.
They LIE.
