Oh, yeah, the Weber option. Long ago, back when I worked and was a productive member of society... OK, we had a "trade show" or what our sales folks liked to call a "selling show". The idea being we could sell stuff to our customers and they could actually see the products in person.
All was well, and one of our features was we cooked burgers and dogs for the customers. OK, the cooks set off the smoke or fire alarms in the back of the convention center. It was great. But our head crook (not cook) was good at milking free stuff from others. And we got donated a genuine Weber grill. It wasn't a cheapie, and I think it retailed for around $2,000. So after the show, one of our trucks had to make an emergency delivery to the General Managers (the crook) home. OK. Well, up comes the next company cook out and we discover we don't have a grill! Yes, that was what was delivered. So out of his own pocket, he had to purchase a new grill at a big box store.
Crooks are stupid, and often cheap. He was too stupid and cheap to buy one assembled. Guess it was on his dime, so he saved some money. And the morning of the cookout, he was sitting on his office floor trying to put the thing together. He was a salesman, not good at assembly. And he didn't even bring along tools! But everyone knew Dick had tools, so he called the maintenance man in and asked to borrow a pair of pliers and screwdriver. The maintenance guy was too lazy to walk back to his "shed" so he came and got mine. And came back with a bunch of hardware and put it on my desk. A little while later, he needed something else and repeated the same drill. I got more spare parts.
Soon it was obvious the thing wasn't going together because I had too much hardward on the corner of my desk. Then the GM blew a gasket because he somehow figured out I had all the other needed parts. He came to my end of the hall, screaming. He even asked how I'd managed to steal the parts. Very honestly, I told him I hadn't been out of my office, and to look somewhere else for the culprit. He already knew.
But one of my rules of life is to never buy any item that has wire legs and requires some assembly. Its not worth the yelling. And I guess he enjoyed the use of his Weber grill. After he got out of the county lockup for his other sins.
Better yet, let her answer.
