Today, my wife and I drove two hours from our rural town to buy a new sofa. When we got home, it took us an hour to figure out there was no way to fit it through our door. We made the two hour drive back to return it, only to find the store was closed. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, we drove six hours to get to our holiday cottage only to realise that my girlfriend had forgotten her suitcase. This put her in a bad mood, so she made ME drive six hours back to her flat to get it, then when I got there, I realised HER keys to HER FLAT were still in HER handbag six hours back at the cottage. FML
Today, I had to drive over an hour away to buy toilet paper. FML
Today, after my husband trusted me to sort out the arrangements for modifying our kitchen and I spent a lot of time finding the perfect top-quality items, they were delivered 1,291 miles away in a town I’ve never heard of. FML
Today, I got up early to wait for my new sofa to be delivered. I spent yesterday taking apart and getting rid of my old crappy sofa. At midday, the furniture shop said they'd cancelled my order due to not having enough of that model in stock. Even if I re-order a sofa now, it's 2 weeks until they can deliver. FML
Today, my wife texted me, saying an expensive piece of furniture had been delivered. I specifically said, "Wait until I get home and we'll put it together." An hour later, she opened it and broke it beyond repair while trying to assemble it herself. FML
Today, I went to the supermarket; it was taking me ages to walk home because of the heavy food bags. Halfway home, I realised I had gone in my car. I had to walk all the way back to get my car. FML
Today, the couch I ordered finally arrived. It was a long search and a little expensive but worth it for the extra comfort. It is perfect, except for the fact that it doesn't fit thought the staircase of my building. Now it's standing in the hallway because they won't take it back. FML
Today, I went to visit my aunt who lives 6 hours away from me. Her car was missing from her driveway, but she's unemployed and barely leaves the house. Turns out, she moved in with her new boyfriend and didn't tell anyone, so I had to drive 6 hours back. FML
Today, my usual 15 minute return trip from the fabric store took almost an hour and a half due to traffic. Once I finally got home, I realized I misunderstood the pattern I'm using and only bought half the fabric I needed. FML
Today, my dad decided to get his friend to help move our old sofa to save money. Its leg got stuck in the doorway, scratched the entire hallway wall, punched a big hole in it, and the other leg made a big dent in our front door. We live in an apartment complex and now have to to pay for everything to be fixed. FML
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Top comments
Cbizzlez 10
A measuring tape would've gone a long way...
orbit 22
Or you could measure your doorway before buying a piece of furniture.
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ThomasMercury 11
The bottom of a sofa is almost always sealed with some sort of fabric, nailed to the sofa. If you can remove those nails, chances are you can access some bolts and nuts. Take those off and you can probably bring the sofa inside in smaller pieces.
casste 6
I don't know why you'd drive 8 hours in one day. I would've taken it to a friends house or a storage unit or something. You should obviously call the store or figure out their store hours....
kenzie_gauche 12
Why don't you try to take it through the backdrop?
kenzie_gauche 12
Back door*
kkkiiitttyyy 14
PIVOT
BobRyder 24
You don't sound like you're very good at thinking ahead hahaha
kalbrek009 20
I've worked in the warehouse section of a furniture store for over 2 yrs now & all I ever hear is complaining by either sales people (regarding returns) or customers about furniture not fitting through the door...has nobody heard of using a tape measure PRIOR to buying that 12' sofa with 8' matching love seat or "big man's" recliner & measuring ALL dimensions of them as well as their door ways?
cjl922 17
Use the windows