my mishap at crate and barrel
my son and i were shopping for a present today. we went through the entire crate and barrel store slowly, checking out things we might want, and enjoying the music they were playing. after an hour and a half, we found a beautiful red bowl, but i wanted to get our relative a second item - a candle in a holder shaped like an acorn.
i went back to the display the candles were on, and picked one up. i saw one i liked better, so i put down the first candle and went to pick the new one up. as i lifted the second candle, the display was off-balanced. everything fell - the glass display, the candle holders, an empty wine bottle, and some other glass stuff. not only was there an incredibly loud *CRASH* but glass bounced up all around me.
then there was a second of utter silence as the entire store turned to see what happened.
the sales people at crate and barrel were super-nice. they told me that that happens rather frequently as i stammered through about a million apologies.
no wonder my son always calls the merchandise at crate and barrel "fine breakables"!
