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Moving Day

It was a fine day for a move. I've already brought in small items here and there before the "actual" furniture move.

Thanks to kitsu for this housewarming present. It took the honor of being the very first item in my refridgerator. Other than the ice trays.

Fuck U-haul

This is my review of U-haul, the truck rental service ran by idiots.

It all started a few days ago when I reserved a truck for the move. I was told that it was to be picked up at the local hardware store on Saturday, 10 AM.

Saturday, 10 AM

"We don't do U-haul here anymore," said the hardware store clerk. In fact, they haven't taken care of U-haul's customers for over a year.

"So where is my truck?" I asked.

"We don't know, but you can go to this storage place, they do U-haul."

Clayton Storage, 10:15 AM

This place is manned by a giant douchebag who is only nice to people when they're there to give him money. The whole time I was there, the phone kept ringing. Every time he answered that phone, he was the biggest piece of shit, asshole to the person on the other line. He was also fat.

But, I have a truck.

Where My Furniture Is, Random Garage 11 AM

I overcompensated. This truck is way too large for the amount of stuff I own. Truck loaded within 15 minutes.

Joe Camel drove to the apartment.

The next two and a half hours or so was spent moving my furniture through automagically closing doors and the steepest flight of steps mankind has ever produced.

About an hour and a half of those two and a half hours was spent taking apart the railing at the top of the steps so we can get the extra-heavy couch through easier.

Here's how that hour and a half broke down:

30 minutes:

Trying to use the above "screwdriver" to unscrew the screws holding the railing to the wall. That mission was a complete failure.

30 minutes:

Waiting for shft's girlfriend to come back with a real screwdriver and something random that she picked out that she might've thought useful, but we didn't actually need at all.

Meanwhile, Camel dismantled the "screwdriver" made in China.

30 minutes:

After exerting more force on 5 screws getting them to come out than the entire move put together, the railing comes out.

Shft and blacjax went home after the couch made it upstairs.

Camel and brotherlyunit#2 went to pick up the rest of my stuff from random places while I waited for Comcast to show up and install my internets and the television. Window of installation: 2pm to 4pm.

3:45 PM

Camel and brother return with the rest of my things, plus a few things they picked up for me at random yard sales. Woo!

Comcast still isn't here.

4:02 PM

"Comcast, how can I help you?" came the voice on the phone.

"I have an appointment that was supposed to have started between 2pm and 4pm."

She was kind enough to track them down and give me a courtesy return call.
The technicians should be here in a few minutes.

4:30 PM, Comcast arrives.

They hook everything up almost perfectly. They also got the made in China screwdriver to actually work on something..(removing wall plate to tighten the connection and get rid of the snow on my television).

The rest of the day was spent getting bare necessities for the new apartment (lunch meat, bread, drinks, 5 gallons of mayonnaise, tunafish). All things considered, it was a very productive day. It ended with drinking and what have you.

Very heartfelt thanks to shftleft, blacjax, joe camel and jose for helping me move. Thanks to joe camel for the wonderful housewarming lopsided $1 recliner. Don't forget the party next weekend. Everyone's welcome to show up.

More pics to come...

Posted by sagien at June 5, 2005 03:39 PM