Trapped In A Sea Of Packing Material

The path to furniture acquisition rarely proceeds according to plan. Last I left you, I was fervently preparing for the arrival of my Bond Collection Jonathan Adler dining room furniture. I smiled gleefully as the large truck pulled into my driveway until the inevitable words poured from the delivery person’s mouth “You’d better come up on the truck and take a look at this”. I’ve become accustomed to this procedure, as everything that arrives on my doorstep appears to have been sent through the ringer, at least twice. The box containing the table top was nearly decimated and I was envisioning the damaged contents inside. JA Headquarters had assured me that the pieces would be packaged securely and double boxed, so I retained a glimmer of hope. Despite significant damage to the packaging the visible portions of the table appeared intact. I proceeded to refuse the shipment with the request that it be unpackaged at the terminal, so I could inspect more thoroughly. This is a fairly standard practice and I encourage you to employ it should you encounter a similar predicament.

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