Yesterday afternoon Daniel went by the Home Depot Design Center to see if there were any good deals as it is closing and everything is supposedly on sale.
While there he found the shower door that we have been planning to buy for 15% off. He called me to make sure we wanted to go ahead and buy it and then proceeded with the purchase. This took a little while since the cashier had to look it up in the computer and confirm that it was in stock. During this time, something along the lines of the following discussion occurred between Daniel and the cashier (as it was relayed to me later).
Cashier: What day would you like to pick this up?
Daniel: Tomorrow.
Cashier (as keys in the date): Hmm... February 14th. Valentine's Day. Are you sure about that?
Daniel: Absolutely. She'll be thrilled. There's nothing she'd like more.
Cashier (with a smile): Well, okay then.....
(Insert long pause here)
Daniel (only half way joking): So if your significant other brought you home a shower door for Valentine's day, you wouldn't be thrilled?
Cashier (laughing): Um no. You have GOT to buy her something besides a shower door.
Daniel: Why? How bad is it to buy a shower door for Valentines? Does that fall into the same category as getting her a toaster?
Cashier: Worse. Much worse. A toaster could be kind of cool. Bringing home a shower door is more like bringing home a vacuum cleaner. Actually, it may be even worse than a vacuum cleaner for Valentine's day, if that is even possible.
Daniel (smiling at this point): So I'm hearing then that tomorrow while I'm out running errands picking this up I should stop and pick up something else for Valentine's day in addition to the expensive shower door that she wants?
Cashier(still trying to figure out if Daniel is joking or serious): At least buy her flowers and a card.
Daniel: Oh. Gotcha.
What the cashier does not understand, and that Daniel did not waste time explaining, is that we don't really participate in the commercialism of Valentine's Day (or any other holiday for that matter). Granted, he did surprise me with dinner of 131 Main last night. But we do not generally buy cards, flowers or gifts and we are fine with that. Also finishing our house is an extremely HUGE present that we have been working on giving ourselves for the past 3 years and it is almost done. The shower door actually contributes to this and we managed to get it on sale... so even though the cashier at the Hope Depot thinks Daniel will be in the dog house today, I can assure you he isn't.
While there he found the shower door that we have been planning to buy for 15% off. He called me to make sure we wanted to go ahead and buy it and then proceeded with the purchase. This took a little while since the cashier had to look it up in the computer and confirm that it was in stock. During this time, something along the lines of the following discussion occurred between Daniel and the cashier (as it was relayed to me later).
Cashier: What day would you like to pick this up?
Daniel: Tomorrow.
Cashier (as keys in the date): Hmm... February 14th. Valentine's Day. Are you sure about that?
Daniel: Absolutely. She'll be thrilled. There's nothing she'd like more.
Cashier (with a smile): Well, okay then.....
(Insert long pause here)
Daniel (only half way joking): So if your significant other brought you home a shower door for Valentine's day, you wouldn't be thrilled?
Cashier (laughing): Um no. You have GOT to buy her something besides a shower door.
Daniel: Why? How bad is it to buy a shower door for Valentines? Does that fall into the same category as getting her a toaster?
Cashier: Worse. Much worse. A toaster could be kind of cool. Bringing home a shower door is more like bringing home a vacuum cleaner. Actually, it may be even worse than a vacuum cleaner for Valentine's day, if that is even possible.
Daniel (smiling at this point): So I'm hearing then that tomorrow while I'm out running errands picking this up I should stop and pick up something else for Valentine's day in addition to the expensive shower door that she wants?
Cashier(still trying to figure out if Daniel is joking or serious): At least buy her flowers and a card.
Daniel: Oh. Gotcha.
What the cashier does not understand, and that Daniel did not waste time explaining, is that we don't really participate in the commercialism of Valentine's Day (or any other holiday for that matter). Granted, he did surprise me with dinner of 131 Main last night. But we do not generally buy cards, flowers or gifts and we are fine with that. Also finishing our house is an extremely HUGE present that we have been working on giving ourselves for the past 3 years and it is almost done. The shower door actually contributes to this and we managed to get it on sale... so even though the cashier at the Hope Depot thinks Daniel will be in the dog house today, I can assure you he isn't.
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