Most people have to go to a STORE to buy furniture. This weekend, the lucky residents of my neighborhood only had to saunter to the ends of their driveways to purchase the love seat/sectional/bunk bed of their dreams.
Yesterday, a semi truck parked in the middle of our cul-de-sac for 20 minutes. The driver--a bearded man with no teeth--sold overstock furniture to passersby, ice cream truck style.
My husband told me that if I went outside to talk to the man, I might not be let back in.
Empty threats aren't what stopped me. Remembering that it was Sunday did.
Dang 4th commandment.
That is classic. I have never seen anything like it. My husband and I had a good laugh imagining it.
ReplyDeleteThat is crazy!!
ReplyDeleteThat's as crazy as the "meat" truck that goes through our neighborhood!
ReplyDelete"Would you like to buy some T-bones, Ma'am?"
I think it is a felony to purchase stolen goods. I am pretty sure I learned that on Law and Order once.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm. That's a new one! I've had my fair share of door to door salesmen, but nothing like that! Lol!
ReplyDeleteWow...pretty ballsy. Gotta give him that at least.
ReplyDeleteHAHA!!! I love it.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm do you think he took credit cards???
Seriously? I've seen ice cream trucks and meat trucks, but I never imagined furniture trucks.
ReplyDeleteI would totally have gone if it were not a Sunday as well. I am shameless.
ReplyDeleteWow, just wow. What will *they* think of next?
ReplyDeleteWhen we built our house 6 years ago, a truck like that used to come through the neighborhood all the time. I guess they thought all the new home owners would be wanting new furniture. It seemed a little shady to me!
ReplyDeleteWe bought some furniture about ten years ago from a truck passing through. We got a receipt and it all seemed legitimate. No cops showed up looking for stolen goods. We still have the end tables--they were nice quality. It was on a Friday though, so no commandments were broken.
ReplyDeleteBeing an ex-Catholic and current agnostic, I'm not one for following religious rules. That being said, I'm thinking God was protecting you - and your pocketbook - by sending the truck your way on a Sunday. However, if this truck comes by again, i'm hoping it will be on a day other than the Sabbath, because I am dying to see you blog about what you found inside this truck...Good thing I live on a very narrow street, because I know i'd be out there, wallet in hand to check out the goods, and I wouldn't care what day of the week it was. Maybe this is God's way of sending some old-time religion back MY way. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThat. Is. AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteCould this be a million dollar Mormon SAHM home business idea? You should think about it. ;)
Oh Oh, we have the meat truck! And you know they always have more than they need..........it creeps me out! I want to buy my meat in a grocery store or butcher shop, not from a guy off the street.
ReplyDeletethis one cracks me up!
Wow!!! I wonder what the quality of the furniture was!
ReplyDeleteI didnt' know you lived in THAT part of PA!
ReplyDeleteLet's see, been awhile since I was in church but if I remember right the fourth commandment is.
ReplyDeleteThou shall not stagger into the street on Sunday and be molested by toothless traveling furniture salesman..
I got it right didn't I? Dang,, where the hell did I put that damn Bible..
Sold! The pizza guy has to come to the door sooner or later cuz goodness knows he aint cookin'!
ReplyDeleteMaybe he had a washing machine. Too bad...
ReplyDeleteHa! Reminds me of fellow reader DeNae and the guy selling ginormous rocks from his flatbed....
ReplyDeleteBroken washer = Ox in the mire
ReplyDeleteLast summer that guy's brother came down our street, about 9 PM at night! "We had a customer who couldn't pay for the delivery" he explained.
ReplyDeleteI live on a cul-de-sac with about 10 houses, buried in a residential area. We are multiple miles from any furniture stores. I gave him my best you-have-GOT-to-be-kidding eye roll and said "No Thank You".