Craig's List is a good place to find help. Usually. Luckily, weirdoes typically can't contain their weirdness, and it spills over into their e-mails and phone messages. What a great filtration system!
Last night I responded to this posting:
STRONG MAN 4 HIRE MOVING ASSISTANCE
Reply to: ______________@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-04-08, 7:38PM
Will handle your possessions, as they were our own.
Hourly rates are:
$45 per hour for two men without a truck (2 hour minimum required)
No extra charge for stairs,
We provide blankets, dollies, etc. (upon request).
So make your next move a pleasant one
References furnished upon request.
Contact ANDY
(555) 555-5555 OR EMAIL AT _________@yahoo.com
I want to move the things over today, and since ANDY posted his ad one half hour before I responded to it (last night), I figured that he would be available today. Sounds reasonable, right?
Let's just say I'm giving 1 more point to the wonderful e-mail filtration system. It catches those TMI* ones beautifully:
On Apr 9, 2006, at 2:07 AM, ANDY wrote:
Hi Janelle Sorry we do not move on any sunday that is GOD days we do church and give Thanks. GOD BLESS Andy
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* Too Much Information. ("Sorry, we don't work on Sundays," would have been just as effective.)
4 comments:
"that is GOD days"??? I'm sure He would at least appreciate good grammar.
Were you scared to move on a Sunday? It was raining today, perhaps you could have been struck by lightning?
Still raining... sheesh, me thinks that ya'll should take up water sports, natch! Ya know like kayaking. Up & down the hills in SF would be a blast. Would also provide a new spin on 10ks.
Hmmmmm, so girlfriend, just get a wetsuit w/waterproof crackberry and off ya go!!!!!!!
Happy sunday smooch,
The Tart
; )
SG-- I'm sure he does!
Mike-- Me, scared? No, Andy was. So, I hired some atheists (expensive, yet professional) to finish the move yesterday. Afterwards, we sacrificed a child or two. (I was too high to remember.) Oh, wait. I think there might have been a sacrificed virgin, too. Those crazy atheists! I'll have to invite them to my house warming celebration.
Tart-- Mike's gift is that he can stop the rain when he runs. MY gift is that I can stop the rain when I move. Over the course of 4 days, I did not get rained on once! And I had the Cayenne to help, too. I'm so grateful that it just a nice, easy, and dry move.
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