last night, in the hallway
ANGELA MONSTER: Allin and I are going to Economy Hardware tomorrow morning.
ME: Oh, can I come? I need to buy blinds.
ANGELA MONSTER: Sure, I'll come wake you up at 11.

this morning, leaving the dorm
ANGELA MONSTER: (on the phone with Economy Hardware) Hi, I bought blinds the other day at your store and they're the wrong size.. is it okay if I come by and exchange them? Even if I don't have the receipt? Great, thanks.

walking with Allin and Angela through MIT to Mass Ave
VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) I wonder if that kid is a freshman?..

walking with Allin and Angela down Mass Ave to Economy Hardware
ME: (watches Angela fumble with her two sets of poorly-sized 37" blinds)

at Economy Hardware
ANGELA: Oh, are you buying 37"? That was the kind I was returning. I could've just given them to you.
ME: Oh, haha!

at the cashier
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: That'll be $12.59.

at the door of Economy Hardware
ME: ...Do these boxes only come with one blind??

at the cashier
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: That'll be $12.59.. again.

on the way home
MINDY: Hey, Jess!
ME: Hey Mindy! Just bought some blinds..

walking through MIT to Burton Conner, where all the windows are differently sized
VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking)...those blinds are the wrong size.

at Burton Conner
ME: (discovers the blinds are the wrong size) ...

walking through MIT to Mass Ave
DAYAN: Hey Jess.
ME: Hey, Dayan.
DAYAN: Where're you off to?
ME: Just bought the wrong sized blinds.
VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) Told you.

walking down Mass Ave to Economy Hardware)
KITTY: Hey, Jess!
ME: Hey Kitty! I just bought the wrong sized blinds..
KITTY: (thinking) She's totally going to hit me in the head with those blinds, isn't she?
ME: (thinking) I should probably quit holding these blinds like a shotgun..

at Economy Hardware
ME: I bought the wrong size.
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: ...
ME: That's what I said.
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Right, well, do you have your receipt?
ME: Nope.
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: ...
ME: You said it was okay earlier!
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Hnnh.
ME: I was kidding! It was a joke! I brought it.. them. Both of them.
WOMAN AT THE CASHIER: Right. That was you.

on the way home
YING-FEI: Hey, Jess!
ME: Hey, Ying-fei.
YING-FEI: What's up?
ME: You know.. blinds..

walking through MIT to Mass Ave
VARIOUS FRAT BOYS: (thinking) Seriously?
ME: (thinking) Seriously.

(thanks to Allin for installing my blinds)

Comments (Closed after 30 days to reduce spam)

bahahahahha.

Posted by: lol on August 31, 2008

LOL
This made my day, sadly it's hard to say it made yours! You are quiet the funniest blogger of all time, Jess! =)

Posted by: Seriously? on August 31, 2008

LOL

That was pretty funny, not trying to laugh at your expense are anything.

This economy hardware store, is it frequently used by MIT students?

When you said that all the windows are of different sizes, does that also include dorms that have more than one window (are there dorms at Burton Conner with more than one window)?

Posted by: Ivan on August 31, 2008

Haha...stupid joke!

Posted by: Barack Obama on August 31, 2008

'various frat boys' LOL! Awesome:)

Posted by: Ahana on August 31, 2008

'various frat boys' LOL! Awesome:)

Posted by: Ahana on August 31, 2008

I'd probably just prop a sheet over the window.

Posted by: Helen on September 1, 2008

This is the story of my life here thus far. Only, I fail at getting groceries.

Posted by: Shannon on September 1, 2008

I failed at laundry yesterday - I didn't read the directions and put the laundry detergent in the wrong spot, so I tried to scoop it out and eventually gave up and used the 'colors' setting. The next person to use the 'whites' setting on machine 3 in the Senior Haus laundry room is kind of screwed.

Posted by: Karen on September 1, 2008

Way to kill our washing machine, Karen.

Don't return the blinds! My window is 37".

Or maybe it isn't.

Actually, never mind.

Posted by: Keri on September 1, 2008

God Karen, Why do you always have to mess up our laundry machines. Isn't this he second time?

Posted by: Chris B. '12 on September 1, 2008

Excuse me, Chris, I learned my lesson. And I only messed up one machine. And I told you. So you have been officially warned. Just use the colors setting and it's all good.

Posted by: Karen on September 1, 2008

lol! nice. could have happened to anyone though!

Posted by: Jess on September 1, 2008

I didn't understand any of this.

I feel like if we could decipher what type of humor/intelligence is required to understand this post we would know, finally, what sort of humor/intelligence I am lacking.

Posted by: Christina on September 1, 2008

@ Christina: You're not being sarcastic, are you?

I don't think you really need to be that intelligent to "decipher" this blog.
It's more a random humour type of blog, where she's talking about the mishaps of blind shopping.

Posted by: Helen on September 2, 2008

Oh My Word...now i am worried about possibly moving halfway across the country and finding i am unable to do random things i thought i was proficient at....doing laundry, buying blinds, etc. LOL =D i never knew it was such an ordeal!

Posted by: Rebecca on September 2, 2008

hey! In one of your older posts you mentioned changing time for 9 am physics.... well, I HAVE THAT 9 am physics and HATE it!
What website do I use to change it?

Posted by: 0 on September 3, 2008

@Anon - should be able to use either stellar, or the 8.01 website.

Posted by: Jess on September 4, 2008

You'd think MIT students would be smart enough to get the right size blinds. I guess some aren't.

Posted by: Maya on September 4, 2008

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