Despite living very close to town, and having no good reason to take a DVD back late, I found myself having the following conversation not so long ago when I went to hire a DVD:
Teenager behind counter: "You do realise you can't hire any more DVD's once your late fees get to $180?"
Me: "yeeeeaaaaaaaaahhhh..... so what are they now?"
teenager behind counter: "$179"Me: "areyoufuckenserious? and you are telling me now? Didn't think it was worth mentioning at say $20????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????"
self rightous teenager behind counter: " well it is your responsibility to make sure you return your DVD's on time"
Me: walking away quietly....
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeKKKKKKKKKKKKSHIT!!! CHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEFFFFF!!!
Now we are both to blame here, but still I was having a heart attack... then came home and thought about my moral obligation to the DVD shop. Yes, it our complete and utter fault for not returning the DVD's on time, we are hopeless and slack and should know better.
HOWEVER my point is: when you say to yourself I want to get "__________" on DVD tonight and you take yourself off to get it and they don't have it, how often have you walked out empty handed? NEVER. You always get something else right? So do they actually loose money when you don't return the DVD on time? I don't think so.
So Chef goes in the next night and says "I just came to discuss our late fees"
Owner: "............................................................oh....................................................... yes" ( he is a slow talker)
Chef : 'yeah, we aren't paying them, but what if I give you $20 now?"
Owner: "................................Ok...................... "
Didn't even have to use my great argument.
This is what I love about living in the country. Our friends in Sydney absolutely die with laughter over this story and tell us we would have been blacklisted and possibly taken to court/ have debt collectors after us if we were in Sydney???
Golly.
So go on here is your chance to fess up with your late fees stories: get it of your chest....
we are now on a free trial over here now, no late fees....
we are now on a free trial over here now, no late fees....
And speaking of DVDs we just watched Death at a Funeral again and I laughed so hard again... nothing better than a good laugh at a movie.
Don't forget this.
And have you seen this yet? I have joined in and reckon a few of you will be interested.... click on that icon over there on the right...
