Monday, March 17, 2008

Newfie Logic

Last year I replaced all the windows in my house with those
> expensive,double-pane, energy-efficient kind. Yesterday, I got a
> call from the contractor who installed them. He said that the
> windows had been installed a whole year ago and I hadn't paid
> for them yet.
>
> Helllooooo? Now just because I'm from Newfoundland doesn't mean
> that I am automatically stupid. So I told him just exactly what
> his fast-talking sales guy had told ME last year...namely, that
> in just ONE YEAR these windows would pay for themselves.
>
> 'Helllooooo?' (I told him). 'It's been a year!'
>
> There was only silence at the other end of the line, so I
> finally just hung up. He hasn't called back, probably too
> embarrassed about forgetting the guarantee they made me. Bet he
> won't underestimate a Newfoundlander any

Thanks Barry & Louise D

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