I have a problem.
Last night when we were going home, I was carrying too much other stuff and Dylan was full of energy, so I let him crawl up the stairs himself instead of carrying him. Only on his way from the lobby to the stairwell, he got distracted by a ceramic planter and before I could grab him, he'd knocked it off its stand and onto the floor. Broken. I felt terrible, so I cleaned it up as much as I could (fortunately it was very small and the plants inside were all in plastic pots inside the ceramic so there wasn't any dirt to sweep up) and left a note apologizing and offering to pay for it if the owner (I didn't know who in the building owned it) would let me know the value.
So this morning there's a note in my mailbox saying "Please replace the planter. It was a gift."
Now, I obviously feel terrible about breaking it, and it is my responsibility to make ammends, but I have no idea how to go about replacing it. I don't own any houseplants, I've never gardened - I'm not even sure what this thing looked like before it broke. It was a ceramic tray with three ceramic square pots, maybe 18 inches long by about 4 inches wide? I know of one gardening store I can go to to see if they have anything like that, but for all I know it could have been brought back from Peru. Oh, and I'm leaving the country in 2 days. Argh.
That probably means the owner doesn't know how much the planter was, and would simply like another one. I'd look for something as similar as possible, and if you can't find anything, leave a note with maybe ... $30 in it, to cover the cost?
Look at the gardening store first, but you could also look online, and if you order something, just a leave a note that something will be coming soon.
Anything like these, Jess. [link]
DUUUUUUUUDE!!!
Sounds like a keeper to me.
{{Kristin & Drew}} I'm sure you are exhausted. Try and take care of yourselves.
Laura, YES! Only these were white, with (I think) brown, green and yellow accents. But exactly that shape and size!
Dear Ex-Boss,
Is that how you want to play it? Really? Fine then. It's on.
Angrily and not above retribution,
Aimee
Motherfucker. I wrote out 4 checks earlier this week. 2 for July's rent and 2 for August's rent and post-dated them. Spoke to SK, former co-worker, she said she would make sure the checks weren't deposited earlier than their dates. Now, ExB had a policy that he always honored the dates on post-dated checks.
Well, he deposited one of the checks early. And quite possibly, depending on how my bank's gonna handle it, FUCKED US in OD fees. Maybe not, but still.
If I do get fucked on OD fees, I'm stopping payment on the two checks for August and reissuing them when I goddamn feel like it - MINUS the OD fees.
Mother puss bucket.
Oh, dear. What is asshat ex-boss doing now?
Edit: When typing with thumbs, you will inevitably x-post.
AND!!! I know he did it on purpose because this is payroll for them. And a historically slow money flowing in week and a very busy money flowing out week.
Does he think I don't remember this shit?
WTF? Why would the bank cash them before the date on the check? If they try to charge you overdraft fees, you should make a big fuss.
