When we need something pricy, because what we have has gone belly up, Ed procrastinates, Ed grumbles, Ed curses the Heavens. Then, finally, we go shopping and I watch him do the whole thing. He talks to the sales guy, he looks at everything, he uses their jargon (I don’t know where he learned this stuff), he makes deals and I stay in the background. I am not part of this at all, and that is fine with me. Not a peep out of me, no way.
I am the decoration in this process. I wander the store checking everything out. I read the literature on counters, I watch TV, although what is usually on is a game of some kind (big yawn). Sometimes I’ll throw in a cute remark and get a laugh out of the staff, then mum again.
We started out with the idea that we would replace our 10-year-old washing machine that would no longer do a hot water wash, but we would not replace the dryer. But I knew from experience, that something nicer might happen. And it did. Ed bought GE, top-of-the-line, latest front-loading models of a washer and a dryer – at Bill Smith’s appliances -- the only store in the area that had these latest models on display and Ed got discounts because they are eager to get these units out there.
They were delivered and hooked up yesterday. They have a zillion settings, including steam. The power goes off automatically after a few minutes if you forget. They have something called a power wash and a setting for “active wear†which by definition, I guess, is smellier and dirtier. I used the power wash for my socks that I use as slippers and they came out great.
We didn’t get the pedestals because it was noted that I was close enough to the floor that it wouldn’t be a problem for me. Under the circumstances, I let them get away with this insult. Ed also bargained for a further discount and got it based on being a repeat customer for years and I don’t know what all else he said.
I asked the manager why all their smooth top ranges had controls just over the burners at the rear, which I thought was an invitation to getting your arm burned as you reached over to adjust the settings. He said taller people don’t have this problem, the clear implication being they can’t be bothered designing stuff for the little people. See what I go through?
But I am happy as a clam about all this.
xx, Teal