I was FURIOUS!!!!!!!!
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I was FURIOUS!!!!!!!!
| Thu, 01-03-2008 - 1:43pm |
I'm not sure I have ever been so mad at my 13 yo. Last week we ordered a really nice loft bed for the 10 & 8 yo girls (they share a room). It was delivered and set up yesterday. As soon as the delivery men left they were told that no one was to EVER jump from the top bunk to the lower full size bed underneath. After we told them all to go up to bed last night we heard this horrible crashing sound. I said "what was that" DH said "sounded like a board breaking". We ran upstairs to find that $900 and only 8 hours later we had a broken bed!!!!! The 13 yo had jumped from the top to the bottom and broke the wooden side rail completely in half!!!!!!! I was so mad I felt nauseous.

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OMG if I were you I'd seriously cut back on priveleges and allowances for the 13 year old until the $900 is made up.
OH WOW....I can understand your fury.....BBBUUUUTTTTT...I'll play devil's advocate for a sec.......how tempting that platform bed would be for a young teen....................and the warning given was BEGGING to be broken...you know NOTHING would EVER go wrong......NOBODY would EVER know...................
When I am most furious at my boys, I try so very hard to remember what I was thinking and doing at their age.
All 3 of them were grounded and we told the 13 yo she had to pay to fix the new bed. She had been saving for a new ipod and already had $180 saved up. You can imagine her face when we told her she had to pay for the damages.
I called Rooms To Go today and asked how to go about getting a replacement side rail for the lower bed. She chuckled and said you just got it yesterday, what happened? She laughed and said no problem. They are bringing us a new side rail at no charge!! I was shocked at that. I was expecting to pay for a new rail(rather have my DD pay for the new rail).
Ramona Mom to 2 great kids and wife to one wonderful hubby since 1990!
Sue, mom to Leah and Seth
I totally agree with you...said way better than I could ever have.
lgdavis....how lucky for you that Rooms 2 Go was cooperative. I'd daresay that broken rail is probably pretty common. I think having her thank the delivery men and tip them is an awesome idea.
When we had DS's bunk beds delivered...this was quite a few years ago...it took 2 men about an hour and a half to do the assembly job. DS's room has it's own entrance right off the drive, so that part of it was easy. But DS decided to play the fool...he was outside and kept making silly noises and stuff by the door as they worked and even went as far as to toss a few pebbles into his room...like they would be startled or something, I don't know. They pretty much ignored his antics, but I also made him go and shake their hands and tip them when they were done. Just so he had to face them after acting silly. Kids. They are so lucky we love them.
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