I had to give my departed cat Solomon insulin shots. I thought it would be hard, but I just stuck him while he was chowing on his morning kibble and it was no big deal.
Oh, I wish those council guys would let me have an hour alone in the room with her, if I was larger and had grenades.
Willow ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Strix - Mar 01, 2014 8:19:16 am PST #9660 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Steph L. - Mar 01, 2014 12:43:46 pm PST #9661 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Gah, you guys, I am so upset. Ridiculously, can't-stop-crying upset.
The dry cleaner ruined my wedding dress. I picked it up today and it is totally BLACK. What the fucking hell? I asked the dry cleaner lady what happened, and she said she doesn't know (of course). She checked the tag -- as if I didn't before I brought it in -- and verified that it said "Dry clean only", and said, "The tag says dry clean only, and we cleaned it. You need to talk to the manufacturer about it."
Well, no. If I brought in a dress that said "do NOT dry clean" and it got ruined, that's not the dry cleaner's fault. But if they ruined something that they were supposed to be able to clean, well, that's their fault.
But the website doesn't sell this dress anymore, so I can't replace it. And, really, I don't know if I would, even if I could.
What I want is for it not to have happened, or to be fixable. But neither of those things are true. So I guess I have a black dress now. And I'm just really, really upset. Which makes me feel stupid. Because it's just a dress. I mean, yeah, it's my wedding dress, but it's still just a dress. No one died. I wasn't really going to be able to wear it again (even though it's not a white poofy wedding gown, it's still my wedding dress, and anywhere I wore it, people would ask "Is that your wedding dress?" and then I would feel stupid). But that still doesn't mean I wanted it to be ruined.
God damn it.
If anyone is going to suggest I go after the dry cleaner for restitution, I don't have it in me to do it. Mostly because they're insisting it isn't their fault and I don't feel like lawyering up for a dress.
Damn it. It was so pretty.
Anne W. - Mar 01, 2014 12:48:23 pm PST #9662 of 30002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Oh, Teppy... I am so sorry. That blows. I'm getting teary-eyed on your behalf.
Ginger - Mar 01, 2014 12:52:34 pm PST #9663 of 30002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
That sucks, Teppy. I'd be tempted to at least post before-and-after pictures on review sites.
Burrell - Mar 01, 2014 12:55:30 pm PST #9664 of 30002
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Oh Steph, that's a huge bummer, you have every right to be upset. The dry cleaner screwed up.
Calli - Mar 01, 2014 12:57:21 pm PST #9665 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That's awful, Steph. I'm sorry.
Vortex - Mar 01, 2014 1:10:44 pm PST #9666 of 30002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It's not just a dress, it's your dress. I'm so sorry, honey.
P.M. Marc - Mar 01, 2014 2:03:57 pm PST #9667 of 30002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
If anyone is going to suggest I go after the dry cleaner for restitution, I don't have it in me to do it. Mostly because they're insisting it isn't their fault and I don't feel like lawyering up for a dress.
Can you get Tim to push on them? Or talk to a different dry cleaner to see if they have information on what may have happened that you can take back to the original one? Also, maybe you can find someone who can call the site where you got it for you and tell them the situation?
And, of course, they suck and I'm so sorry.
Zenkitty - Mar 01, 2014 2:17:09 pm PST #9668 of 30002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Aww, Teppy, that's rotten! I'd cry too!
erikaj - Mar 01, 2014 2:40:32 pm PST #9669 of 30002
Always Anti-fascist!
Aw, man. Tep, I'm sorry!