@gardnerhill replied to your post “FedEx just delivered what appears to be a $5500 Chanel bag to my...”
God forbid they just send you the $130
Back when I used to wait tables for a living, we were instructed to comp drinks instead of food, because drinks cost us next to nothing, and food cost nearly what we charged for it. I assume there’s a similar principle in play here.
@bowiecadmium replied:
Wasn’t it, though! I am undecided if that’s going to turn out to be the final installment of the story. I CAN ONLY HOPE.
@quipxotic replied:
What a bizarre situation, although your telling of it makes me laugh. Does this mean you're finally done with the Box from Hell? As for what to do with the perfume, if you're uncomfortable keeping it maybe donate it somewhere like a women's shelter? (Side note: who sends complete strangers expensive perfume? It's creepy and presumptuous! What world do these folks live in?)
They live in a world their products are highly-coveted, I guess? Literally lusted after? I mean, the whole thing thanking me for my “honesty” -- there’s such a presumption of craving a Chanel handbag in that, of looking at it and perceiving it as an object actually worth $5K. Which I just... seem unable to do.
(Friends the other night kept trying to come up with an analogy to get me to understand what’s worth 5K about that handbag, and they tried “It’s why you have a Macbook instead of a Chromebook,” and I answered, “I can’t edit video on a Chromebook.” And then they tried saying that handbags on the East Coast are like cars on the West Coast, and I squinted at them for a very long time, because I began driving beaters, I loved driving beaters, and I only stopped because working on them didn’t quite pencil out on the stress-to-fun ratio.)
And we can only hope that it means I’m done with the box from hell. WE CAN ONLY HOPE.
evawrites replied:
I’m of mixed minds about the perfume, but I definitely got a story out of it. ;-)
