This made me smile, and I have to confess to a wrong doing a while back. Convoluted story about to begin: I ordered a water butt from a firm who was selling them cheaply through our Council. I arranged for them to deliver it to a house near to where my allotment is situated, so I wouldn't have to carry it from my house to my plot. That sounds straight forward doesn't it? Then started a whole lot of confusion, as after 6 weeks it still hadn't been delivered, and when I rang the firm up they said it had been delivered but taken away again as the houseowner had a different name to the one on the order form. ??? When I explained again what had been arranged, they said they would re-deliver it.
Another month went by and no water butt, so I rang again and said to save the confusion to just deliver it to my home and I would carry it over to my plot on the wheelbarrow. A fortnight passed and hurrah!!, the water butt arrived at my house, and then another fortnight passed and ??? another one arrived. So I had two water butts, and being the upstanding and honest citizen I am, I rang the firm and told them. They said to just leave it in the drive and they would collect the extra one, but when I said "what if it is stolen"?, the person on the phone said, that they would bear the responsibility of that. I left it on my drive, and waited and waited and a few months went by and it was still there, - so I thought to "heck" with this - I may as well keep it, and a year later still no sign of them but lots of nice water in my water butt - I think I can claim it on moral grounds!! Looking at this article I doubt they would be so lax today! ;D busy_lizzie
