‘Hello Narwal.’
‘Good afternoon, I’d like to know if my computer’s been shipped yet’.
‘One moment please’
‘…’
‘We are currently out of soundcards, so it may have been put on hold.’
‘Aargh. First it was the monitors. Then it was Carnaval. Then something else. Now it’s the soundcards. You do realise that you’ve made me wait for more than a month now?’
‘Yes, but I can’t make these cards magically appear.’
‘…’
‘Yes, the computer is ready, but it’s been put on hold.’
‘Right, and when will you be getting new ones?’
‘Oh.. by the end of next week, I guess.’
This time I managed to stay polite. I’m just exasperated. Everything I ever buy goes wrong.