The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-08-28

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Yes responded the voice at the
other end Of the wire.
us Mr. Spotcash in?"
"Is it something important. He is
much occupied"
80 am l. Yes, it's matter of some
Importance, and want to talk to Mr..
Spotcash personally. Yes, I'll
hold the wire. That Is, I'll hold
the phone"
"Hello!" snapped somebody at this
juncture
Hello! Is that Mr.. Spotcash?"
yes. Who is it?"
you are the head of the firm of Spot
cash & Co., are you not?"
yes was the impatient answer.
what do you want? Who are your
Civilians, No. 1,195 Pumpernickel
street. I want to enter complaint"
What about?"
Il bought an ice box at your store a
few days ago, and"
| Call up the household goods depart
ment, confound you l have no time to
| look after such things
you've got as much time, perhaps,
make to the household goods depart
ment. The head of the firm is the man
/ want to talk to. I bought an iceboX
at your store a few days ago for $16.75.
I might have got it cheaper somewhere
else, but that isn't the point. Having
bought it and paid for it, had right
to expect it to be delivered within a
reasonable time and in a fair condition.
1t didn't come for four days, and when
it did come"
Say, you! l employ men to hear
complaints of this kind
81 have no use for them. You're the
responsible nan OF the house. The
system is yours If it doesn't work
smoothly it is your fault When that
icebox came four days after pur-
chase, one of the casters was missing,
the varnish was scraped off the out
side surface in more than dozen
places, and it looked as If it had gone
through a hard season at q cheap
boarding house"
IF there's anything wrong with it,
roared Mr.. Spotcash tsend it back.
l can't take up my time
Stand little further away from the
phone Mr.. Spotcash. Your voice
sounds as if you had your mouth full of
mashed potatoes
"Who the devil are you?"
II thing | gave you my name and adj
dress. Civilians, No. 1195 Pumper-
nickel street Next door to Lazarus
J.. Spillhorn. You don't know me from
a stuffed alligator, but you may have
heard of Spillhorn. Don't allow your
self to get hot, Mr.. Spotcash. over an
icebox The incongruity of such q thing
ought to be apparent, even to the head
Of an overgrown junkshop-"
"If you were here, sir, ] should kick
you out of my Office
you would probably need some help. !
If that icebox had simply been defaced
a little I shouldn't have made any fuss
about it, but the stupid ass you sent to |
deliver it"
Haven't you sense enough, you in |
fernal idiot, to know that / don't look |
personally after the little details of a |
business amounting to millions of dol
lars a year?'
IF you don't grasp every detail of
that business, you cheap-John notion
peddler in a gilt binding, you are not
fit to be boss of it. Don't try to crawl
out of the responsibility by throwing
the blame on some boy. If that icebox
had simply been defaced p little, l re-
peat, | shouldn't have made any fuss
about it, but the fellow you sent to de-
liver 1t didn't have any more sense than
to tumble ii on the sidewalks
Bring it back. blank you
LOOK here, Spotcash, that won't do,
you know. You are not allowed to talk
n that style over the telephone. Elk
Arcise little common sense, Spotcash.
You know it isn't my place to bring
hat icebox back. The proper thing to
10. you thirty-third degree haber-
iasher and toy-vender, is to send me
| new icebox and take the damaged one
pack"
you blank fool, do you think you
an tell me-"
Again let me request you Spotcash, | =
lot to use such language over the tele
'hone. Some remote ancestor of yours
nay possibly have been a gentleman.
'ry to emulate him, Spotcash. In the
Meantime, please accept the assur-
noes of my distinguished considera-
ion, and the icebox will remain at NV
yelling subject to your order If it is
eplaced properly and within a reason
bic time, you will not hear from me
gain If it isn't | shall call you IN,
personally a dozen times a
ay through all the public telephones
! town l haven't the patience to call
t your store to make the complaint
our system &c making exchanges is
% complicated, and I believe in going
, headquarters with all kicks, anyhow.
lever allow yourself to think, Spot
ash, that you are too big a man to lis
IN to complaint from your meanest
lstomer I think that's all. Good
forming, Spotcash. '-Chicago Tribune.