Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1900-03-30
HAD A KICK TO MAKE
AND HE MADE 1T hight TO THE
HEAD OF THE FIRM.
The Kicker Went About Landing His Protest in
Rather Unconventional Manner. but the
Chances Are He Got What tie was After
He Kicked Higher than to Reach Mere
FltnkeS

double two nine?" queried th'
voice at the central Office.
"Well, ! don't know that doubl,
two nine is any better than the plain
ordinary two, two, nine, but if you in
sist on that style suppose we say
double two single nine and get it ex
actly right. Hello! Is that Spotcast
& Co."
"Yes," responded the voice at the
other end of the wire.
"Is Mr.. Spotcash in?"
els it something important? He is
much occupied"
$50 en- I. Yes, it's a matter oil
some importance, and l 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
Spotcash & Co. are you not?"
EYES," was the impatient answer.
What do you want? Who are your"
Civilians, 1l95 Pumpernickel
street. want to enter complaint"
"What about?"
"I bought an icebox at your store a
few days ago, and"-
"Call up the household goods de-
partment, confound you! l have no
time to spare to look after such
things"
you've got as much time, perhaps,
as I have. l haven't any complaint
to make to the household goods de-
partment. The head of the firm is the
man / want to talk to. bought an
icebox at your store few days ago for
$l6.75. I might have got it cheaper
somewhere else, but that isn't the
point. Having bought it and paid for
it, l had right TO expect it to be de.
livered within reasonable time and
in fair condition. 1t didn't come for
four days, and when it did GOMEZ
"Say, you, I employ men to hear
complaints OF this kind
"I have no use for them. You're
the responsible man OF the house.
The system is yours. If it doesn't
work smoothly, it is your fault.
When that icebox came four days
after purchase, one OF the castors was
missing, the varnish was scraped of
the outside surface in more than q
dozen places, and it looked as if it had
gone through hard season at cheap
boarding house,
"If there's anything wrong with
it," roared Mr.. Spotcash, "send j,
backl 1 can't take up my time
"Stand little farther away from
the phone, Mr.. Spotcash. Your voice
sounds as if you had your mouth full
of mashed potatoes"-
"Who the devil are your"
II think gave you my name and
address civilians, 1895 Pumper'
nickel street, next door to Lazarus ].
Spillhorn. You don't know me from
stuffed alligator. but you may have
heard of Spillhorn. Don't you allow
yourself to get hot, Mr.. Spotcash, over
an icebOx. The incongruity OF such a
thing ought to be apparent even to
the head of an overgrown junkshop''-
eff you we're here, sir, l should
kick you out of my Office
"You would probably need some
help. If that icebox had simply been
defaced little, 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?"
eff you don't grasp every detail OF
that business, you Cheap John notion
peddler in gilt binding, you are not
fit to be the boss of it! Don't try to
crawl out of the responsibility by
throwing the blame on some boy. II
that icebox had simply been defaced q
little, repeat, 1 shouldn't have made
any fuss about it, but the fellow you
sent to deliver it didn't have any more
sense than to tumble it on the side
walk
Bring it back, blank you"-
"Look here. Spotcash, that won'l
do, you know. You are not allowed
to talk in that style over the tele'
phone. Exercise a little common
sense, Spotcash. You know it isn'i
my place to bring that icebox back
The proper thing to do, you thirty.
third degree haberdasher and toy ven.
dor, is to send me new icebox and
take the damaged one back
"You blank fool, do you think you
can tell me"-