I have never seen someone get more free stuff in my life than my fiance. And by free stuff, I don't mean winning something in a contest or free samples. I am talking about businesses giving him free stuff because they have screwed up.
Example 1: Before our son was born we went shopping for cribs. We decided to buy one from the consignment store Once Upon a Child. I knew that they were suppose to be very up to date on any recalls so I felt comfortable when we chose a drop side crib and took it home. One week later was the BIG crib recal that included almost all drop side cribs. I was pissed that this hadn't come out a week earlier before we threw $100 down the drain. However, after doing some research, the crib we bought had actually been recalled about 8 months earlier and the store missed it. So, my fiance went and spoke with the manager and ended up walking out with a refund, a brand new high dollar convertable crib, and a bunch of store credit. Now this was actually a situation where a lawsuit could have been in order, so they wanted to do anything to make the situation right. But still, free stuff.
Example 2: Last week he went to get two tires replaced on his truck. He asked for the back two tires, which were obviously in the worst shape, to be replaced and for the better of the two to be placed in the truckbed to be a spare. The next day, he realized that they had mistakingly replaced the two front tires, the good ones, and had not left him with a spare. He got two more new tires free.
Example 3: We went to Vegas for the first time last summer. We got a really great deal on our room and were really excited. When we got to the hotel to check in there was apparently some sort of mistake on the booking and we were upgraded to a suite. Now, upgrades happen all the time in Vegas, but I have no doubt that it wouldn't have happened if I was there without him. I can't explain why, people just like to give him free stuff.
Example 4: I think everyone has had a bad restaurant experience or two. I'm sure plenty of people I know have gotten a free meal from someplace because of an order mistake or just bad food. But, for some reason, Brian has horrible luck when it comes to eating out or going to a fast food restaurant. I cannot even begin to count the number of free meals he has gotten. In fact, McDonalds has screwed his order up twice in just the past two weeks and given him free meal coupons. It probably sounds like he is trying to find ways to get free food, but these are genuinely situations where they have just flat out given him the wrong meal order and when he calls to complain they give him free stuff. It is also comical, because Brian works in the restaurant industry and he NEVER gives people free meals. He can always talk his way around anything.
Example 5: Cox cable is one of the worst companies on the planet. I don't know anyone who has not dealt with problems from them. And it is very rare to actually get anywhere with them. They are right, you are wrong, end of story. They say you owe money for something that you know you don't and they can't even tell you what the charge is for, but they will get it out of you one way or another. Twice in the past two years we have not only gotten a refund on something we should not have been charged for, we have gotten additional credit towards our bill. Unheard of!
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