The bed I have been using since my arrival at 7 Colin Street was on loan to me until the owner needed it again. It would soon be time to give it up so I proactively sought out to purchase a bed. If I had a car or truck I probably would a looked for a used one but I didn’t have time to mess around so I was searching for a new bed. I’ve actually never had to buy a bed until now so this was a first. There is a mattress store not too far from my house so I took a look around there. The cheapest bed with box spring combo was over $500 AUD so I kept looking. I checked the Ikea website and they had some good deals. I ended up buying the cheapest bed and mattress combo Ikea had to offer (no box spring required!). Delivery was cheap and so I was happy.
My stuff was delivered today which meant that I needed to assemble the bed – great fun. Assembly was annoying and time consuming but worst of all one of the boxes is MISSING. I only discovered the missing box after Ikea had already closed so it was too late to get the parts (their also closed tomorrow oh course). This might not sound like a major problem but when things generally aren’t going very well this sort of thing becomes the last straw. The missing pieces were essential because they are required to keep the mattress on the frame. How could this happen!?! To solve the problem I angrily went to the back yard in search of any wooden planks. After finding nothing I decided to pull some boards off of our half falling over decrepit fence. The mattress is currently sitting on the fence boards and it seems to be sturdy enough for the time being. Definitely a shoddy solution.
Now I need to get a ride to Ikea, which isn’t going to be easy, to get the missing pieces. Why can’t anything go smoothly?
I’m gong to bed now and one of two events will likely occur:
1) I wake up well rested after night one in the new bed.
2) I wake up in the middle of the night, on the ground, surrounded by broken fence boards.
I think we all know which event will most likely occur.
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That sucks, bro. Hopefully they give you the box straight-away. Caution to the wind, give yourself a break every now & again--this would be the perfect time to check back into the Best Western for a one-night break. Or a spell, however your fancy.
I'd like to take a break from everything but school is really busy. I will be really happy to be done with this term. Classes are done at the end of October then exams are in November. After that I get some time off which will be much deserved.
I would be furious, I would actually consider writing a letter to Ikea and telling them how frustrated I am with not only the price, but how shitty the customer service is on that country...
Good luck man, you know if I was down there I would give you a ride for sure.
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