Doesn't Anybody Want To Make Money Anymore?

After the morning I've had, I am convinced that people just don't want to make
money anymore. You can't make this stuff up.

Yesterday, my wife and I go couch shopping. We go to Raymore and
Flannigan because they're having a sale. Find a great couch.

One snag.

They'll deliver it, but they won't take away our old one.

However, they give us a list a places that will.

Okay, not the best solution as you don't know if you'll be able to coordinate
the delivery and pickup times just so but it's acceptable.

So this morning I call up the places that they gave us, including the
Salvation Army.

Oh, forgot to mention...our old couch is a sofa bed. Shouldn't matter, but
it does.

Salvation Army tells me that they won't take a sofa bed. I ask why. They
simply say "it's their policy"...end of story.

I call another place. They'll take it but they're going to charge me $115 to
remove it.

WTF?

Their reason? Poor people don't want sofa beds. They're picky about what
they want to sit on.

I'd be f*****g grateful to have anything to sit on.

The rest of the places they gave me are out of my area.

So I call Raymore and Flannigan back up and tell them the situation. I say
to the manager, "Can't the delivery guys just move the old couch to the
street and let the town take it away?"

Manager: "No"

Me: "Why not?"

Manager: "Because the insurance doesn't cover it."

WTF?

Yeah, I get it. If the moving guy takes out my old couch and falls and
breaks his neck, Raymore isn't covered for that...only if they break their
neck delivering the couch I bought.

And I know why it's like this...because of all the damn ambulance chasers
in the world looking to sue you at the drop of a hat.

So I tell the manager, "Well, then I guess I have to cancel the order."

His answer?

Okay, have a nice day.

They lost an almost $1,000 sale and couldn't give two sh*ts.

Some poor person could have had a nice sofa bed but nobody wants to
take it because, well, because poor people want to sleep in the Waldorf.

This world f*****g boggles my mind.

Years ago, this wouldn't have been a problem. The Salvation Army took
ANYTHING.

Now...they have policies.

And the sales person at Raymore says NOBODY takes your old couch away
anymore...haven't done it in years.

Please...f*****g kill me now. This world is so f****d up that the simplest
things (at least when I was growing up) have now become a major pain in
the ass.

So I have to ask...doesn't anybody want to make money anymore or is it all
about doing whatever you have to do in order to keep from being sued?

Un-f*****g-believable.