The Nimrod and His Freezer

My maternal grandfather (mom's father) passed away about a year and a half ago and we finally have been able to sell his house. A garage sale was held to dispose of any items in the house that my mom and her siblings did not want and did not have space for. One of the items that was sold was a rather large freezer. The buyer wanted to pick it up yesterday and had told my mom that she would have her husband take care of picking it up using his appliance truck. For those of you who don't know, an appliance truck is an oversized dolly (sort of a two-wheeled cart) used for moving large appliances, such as this freezer. My mom was convinced that he knew what he was doing and agreed to meet him at the house last night (the 15th.)

So, last night, she went over to the house to meet this guy, bringing myself and my siblings along with the intention of going out to a nearby Italian restaurant that we frequented with my grandfather and had not been to in nearly a year once the guy finished loading his freezer. After waiting at the house for about 45 minutes, the guy shows up with his wife (the one who originally talked with my mom about buying the freezer) and their two kids, both about 12 years old. He brings his appliance truck inside and loads the freezer (located in the basement) onto it. My older brother and I then are told that we must help this guy and his wife move the freezer upstairs and to his truck. We agree, figuring that he knew what he was doing.

After reaching the top of the stairs (quite a struggle) the guy (who was pulling the freezer from the front) discovers that the door at the top of the stairs is in the way and must be taken off. Meanwhile, his wife, my brother, and I are struggling to hold the freezer and prevent it from rolling down the stairs and crushing all three of us. He has his son remove the door (which he damages in the process) and we finally move the freezer to the main level of the house.

From this point, all we had to do with the freezer was move it through the garage and to his truck, which was relatively easy to do. Once we reach the truck, though, we discover that the nimrod does not have a ramp to load the freezer and instead expects us to lift it into the truck like it was "just one big step." Despite our disbelief, we go along with his intention. On our first try, the freezer rolls too close to the truck for us to lift it, so we try again. As we struggle to lift the freezer, the truck begins to move forward because the idiot forgot to set his emergency brake and apparently the truck somehow bounced out of gear. My mom, who is standing nearby and watching, sees the truck heading straight for her minivan, screams to the guy, and runs to stop the truck. The guy lets go of the freezer, so his wife, my brother, and myself are left to ease this thing to the ground. Wifey soon lets go and my brother and I manage to get the freezer on the ground. Only problem is that it was also on top of my hand. I start screaming about it as soon as I notice and my brother manages to lift it off fairly quickly. Meanwhile, the truck hits my mom's car and leaves a nice dent. I rush into the house, my hand bleeding and my siblings in a panic. My mom and the wife manage to stop the bleeding and wrap it into a bandage. We decide, however, that I need to go to a hospital to get stitches (no bones were broken).

My mom then calls the cops to report the accident. The operator also sends an ambulance, since my mom mentioned my injury. The paramedics looks at the wounds and decide that while there is no need to rush me to the hospital in the ambulance, I should go in soon and get it stitched up. The cop that showed up tells us what to do insurance-wise with the cars and then leaves. We head off the hospital, where I wait nearly two hours to be treated. Instead of stitches, they use Indermal (a sort of superglue for skin) to close up the wound. They also splint one of my fingers to allow the wound to heal. If there is a humorous note to this entire story, it is the finger that they have to splint.



At least I have an excuse to flick people off now!

By the way, the splint should be off in 4-5 days.

[Kyjan]

*his jaw drops in awe* First of all, I'm sorry for your finger. Please tell me you guys are going to take it out of that guy?

[Mrs_Mia_Wallace]

Now that's a story

This guy surely was an idiot but it must have been fun watching everything - if you were not involved...

Hope your hand will get well soon! *hugs toejam07*

Mia

[mark]

typing must really suck...

Thanks for the hug, Mia. It probably was rather funny to watch if you are not involved. As for suing the pants off of the idiot (I'm assuming that's what you meant, Kyjan), I don't think there is much to earn from doing so. We have his insurance information, though, and the cop told us to give him a call if we are unsatisfied with any repayment we recieve. My dad represents the city in court cases brought against it, so we have quite a bit of leverage in the right places. And, actually Nobby, typing isn't too bad. I just have to move my entire hand when I would normally have to reach with my middle finger.

[sgtfuzzbubble011]

The world is full of morons, and I'm sorry you had to encounter yet another one. Hope your hand heals soon.

[beanboy89]

That sucks about your hand. Some peolpe are stupid and do stuff like that.
Hope your hand gets better.

[aFfLiCtEd]

Let's just hope the ole saying mom used to tell us when we used to cross our eyes for a long time - "if you don't quit crossing your eyes, they're gonna STAY like that forever!" - doesn't apply to your hand too!

Seriously, hope it heals up for ya.

[grumpyBB]

Wow, that guy must not have any common sense at all. People like that make me wonder how the hell they function during normal daily life.

[xzxzzx]

These people are the exact reason we shouldn't have warning labels on things. In fact, hairdriers should say things like "Warning: unsafe to use outside of a bathtub".

[shakey_snake]

consider changing your name to fingerjam04

[CaptainNuss]

Thanks for sharing that story, toejam. Very delighting to read.

Thanks for the support, everybody. I should be seeing the doctor on Monday or Tuesday just to have everything double checked, but it should heal up just fine. It was only a cut (a deep one at that, but still only a cut).

[eleet-2k2]

Ouch about the hand and waste of time man. Get better soon.

Too bad stupidity is infinitely available in this universe.