Make no mistake, I am not a fan of Charles Dickens. But I, like many other poor souls, was forced to read Tale of Two Cities, not once, but twice in my early school years. About the only thing I remember was that the book was 1) remarkably boring and 2) had an old lady in it who knitted the names of all her enemies into a blanket, so that she might get revenge on them when the revolution came. I may not be able to knit myself such a list, but I’m certainly keeping a mental list of all the bastards who’ve screwed me over in the past two weeks. Top on my list right now:

1. The shady U-haul place that screwed Trev and I twice on our truck rental. First they called two days before our move to tell us we could only have the truck for about half the time we were originally promised. Then, they gave us a truck that had an empty tank of gas, right off the lot. Finally, when we had rent a second truck the next day, the lame-ass manager didn’t even come to open the store until half-an-hour late. No apology at all. Gee thanks. But if we bring the truck back late, we have to pay $40 an hour! So they way I see it, those lazy bums owe me at least $40 for not opening on time.

2. The damn, obnoxious, stupid, incompetent people at the Hyde Park Office Depot. I do admit that I’m getting used to the slow, crappy service I get in nearly every store in Hyde Park. But this latest incident with Office Depot really takes the cake. I wanted to order a filing cabinet and an office chair, and I wanted it delivered. I should have just gone to the website and ordered these things online ::kicks self hard:: but I was there in the store, so it didn’t seem like it would be a big deal. Wrong. It took over half an hour to even check out of the store because no one seemed to know how to schedule a delivery. Then, the price of the filing cabinet that was supposed to be on sale kept coming up $20 higher than advertised. So, as I said, 30-45 minutes later, I walk out of the store with a receipt for my stuff and the asusrance that they will be delivered on Tuesday. Tuesday, 4:00pm: still no delivery. I call and find out that my delivery was never scheduled for Tuesday, it was scheduled for Wednesday. Yay! I love wasting an entire day for no reason!! Wednesday, 5pm: no delivery. I call and one woman tells me that sometimes residential deliveries come as late as 7pm. This was after I had been told numerous times that window for delivery was 8:30-5. I ask to speak to a supervisor and get disconnected. This is apparently because supervisors all go home at 5pm. 7pm: still no delivery. No one at the Office Depot hotline can tell me where it is. All they can say is that a supervisor will have to call me in the morning. Gee thanks. There’s two days of my life that I won’t get back.