Day 21 of 31 - The Waiting Game

As most people know, when purchasing furniture, it is more than likely that you have to wait.  Sometimes, you have to wait a long time, sometimes, not so long.  Right now, we are waiting for a dining table and a china cabinet.  Of course, you probably already know that if you read a previous blog post.  Of course, this ends up being the second blog post, or rather, the third, to discuss furniture.

Maybe I really like the furniture that we bought.  Maybe it's just that I want to tell people about it as a way to get my mind off the fact that it is still not here.  Or, it could be that I am really grasping at straws on what to right about.  I like the first one.

Anyway, when we first purchased our china cabinet and table and entertainment center, we were told that the table and china cabinet would be available for delivery in the middle of July.  Let's take a look at the title of this post (as it shows what day it is).  Hmmm.....Day 21.  That's past the middle of July, right?  I think so.  And guess what?  No table.  No chairs.  And definitely no china cabinet.  And what does the guy say when I call him? 

"Should be here by the 27th."

The 27th?  Isn't that the end of July?  Why couldn't he just say the end of July and if it came in sooner, great.  Now, I'm going to slip into nerd mode for a moment, so be warned.

There is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which James Doohan (the actor that portrayed the character Scotty from the Original Series) guest starred.  As Scotty, he is with the engineer of the Enterprise when the Captain asks him how long a repair will take.  The engineer, Geordi, informs the Captain that it will take four hours.  Scotty asks Geordi exactly how long the repair would take only to find that it would, indeed, take four hours.  To Scotty, this sounded ridiculous.  His thought was to tell the Captain that something would take longer than it really did because it would make the engineer seem more like a miracle worker.

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Okay, back to normal mode now.  My lesson is this:  just because something might take less time to arrive or complete, that's fine.  If it comes earlier or you are finished sooner, all the better and people look at you like you were a miracle worker.  Thanks, James Doohan - or should I say, the writers for Star Trek: The Next Generation.


Until tomorrow.