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title: "That, I Didn't Expect"
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date: '2002-08-08T09:12:28-04:00'
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permalink: /that-i-didnt-expect/
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tags:
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- grousing
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---
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Hi. You guys are moving me, and I’m trying to get some information about where my stuff is.
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— *Okay.*
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— Today’s the last day of my delivery window. And I got a call yesterday telling me that the driver would be showing up with my stuff this morning, between 9 and 12.
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— *Okay.*
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— It’s now 2:00.
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— *Okay.* \[Faintly disguised annoyance, accompanied by much clicking in the background.\] *Your delivery is complete.*
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— What?
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— *It says here that your delivery has been made.*
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— That’s not possible. I’m standing here in my apartment, where I’ve been since 8 this morning, and my stuff is not here. There has been no delivery.
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— *Yes, there has. Your stuff was delivered to* \[name deleted\] *Van and Storage.*
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— No. It wasn’t supposed to go there. It was supposed to come here.
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— *Well, you need to take that up with the broker. They sent it to* \[name deleted\] *Van and Storage.*
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— No. I told them and I told you the address here.
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— *Yes, well, it was delivered to* \[name deleted\] *Van and Storage, at* \[address deleted\].
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— But that’s my address.
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— *What?*
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— That is the address of my apartment, where I am currently standing, and where my stuff is not.
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— \[Annoyed and befuddled silence.\] *Let me call you back.*
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— Okay.
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\[A long period of waiting, accompanied by heart palpitations and the serious urge to drink heavily.\]
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— Hello?
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— *Hi. It’s* \[name deleted\]. *Your driver is on the way. He’s just stuck in traffic.*
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— So my stuff hasn’t been delivered after all.
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— *No. There was a change of driver, so they marked the stuff as delivered for some reason.*
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— A change of driver?
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— *Well, yes.* \[Embarrassed pause.\] *The first driver sort of quit.*
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— Quit?
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— *Yeah. And they had to send another driver out to recover the truck in Vegas. But he’ll be there soon. I promise.*
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