Not My Job

Last week we bought a new television. It was a large set and had to be delivered. When we purchased it, the salesman told us that upon delivery, the men would take it out of the box, set it up and make sure that the television worked, before they left. The set was delivered at the promised time, but the delivery men just brought it into the room, placed the box down and left. While they were walking out, my son said "Aren't you supposed to set it up"? One man said, "I could help you open the box, but I won't set it up", as the other man ran back to sit in the truck. It was a "dump and run" kind of delivery. We called the store and asked for a manager, just to verify what we thought was the proper procedure should have been. He concurred that the set should have been set up. He checked the delivery log and said that these guys were so lazy, they never even entered that the delivery took place. Keeping the log is part of their job. The manager was very apologetic and offered us a gift card, since we were now the ones to do the installation. With the unemployment rate being at it's highest, you would think that people would work just a bit harder, to make sure that they were not the next, one standing on the unemployment line.