Grrrrr, why wont this fit?

So, you buy a product at the store, bring it home and take it out of the box. Then you realize it was the wrong color or it didn't work, or whatever. No problem, you think, I'll just return it. Then what? Well, you put back on the twisty ties, put it back in the bubble wrap and attempt to put it back in the box, but it just doesn't fit. It did when you bought it at the store and now it wont. No matter how much you try (at least no matter how much I try, you might be an expert) it just wont repackage as nicely as when you got it. And then you have to deal with the humiliation of bringing it to the returns department at the store and it looking like your dog chewed it or it was run over by a semi. Why won't it fit?  Having gone through that experience once too often, I have great admiration for product packers. They work magic as far as I'm concerned.

Comments

[jody]

Donal, I believe it is customary for shipping houses to build packaging around the product, rather than packing the product into a box. No, I think they purposefully encase the product in such a way that is impossible to restore once the seal has been broken. But I'm no expert.

[donal]

Hmmm, and there all along I pictured elve-type creatures packing boxes. You've ruined the mystique Jo-Day, if in fact it's all robotic.

[April]

Where oh where has Head Scratch gone?

[April]

H A P P Y
B I R T H D A Y,
D O N A L !!

[Victoria]

Are you & Eric in a competition to see who can put off blogging the most?!

:)

[April]

V, if D$ isn't going to use Head Scratch anymore, maybe we should just take it over as our own personal forum for conversation here in the comments section... So, wanna go for a wheatgrass later? What time are we getting our brows done?

;)

[donal]

You just wouldn't believe the fabulous and interesting life I've been leading beyond my blog. So, I'll have lots of material to come back with real soon. In the meantime, let me join you on the brow waxing. Or is it plucking? Are we doing it ourselves?

[April]

Ah, there he is!! Smoked out of your hole (as G Dub would say).

Well, I think you should surrender your brows to Victoria and I and let us be the judge of waxing or plucking techniques. Probably a combo is in order. After that, we'll put your hair up in curlers. It'll be delightful. Maybe a warming face mask would also be good for you. An aromatic foot bath, you think? We could wait and do all of this pre-wedding if you like. :)

[Victoria]

actually my favorite eyebrow technique that i've never tried, but i want donal to be the guinea pig, is the indian style. i think it's called threading and i really want to get it done!!

april~donal did mention he wanted to get a pedicure with us some time because of the hot stone massage. :)

[April]

Threading -- yes. I had a roommate in Atlanta who use to get this done and her brows always looked awesome! Donal, you should totally come get a pedicure with us. The hot stone massage is really cool!

[April]

Check it out:
www.theeyebrowplace.com

[donal]

I note on theeyebrowplace.com that "virtually any place on the body can be threaded." Why stop at the eyebrows? Let's make a day of it!

[April]

Donal, a friendly PSA: Commenting in your own comments area, while fun & interesting, does not exempt you from posting actual blog posts.

Just FYI. One friend to another. Check that -- one *blogger* to another.