How to spend one's weekend
10-11-04, 12:26 PM
#1
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lynbrook, New York
Posts: 308
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
How to spend one's weekend
I am posting this for everyone's amusement
While I was at work, someone in my family called in that the furnace was not working (we have gas heat). A worker came to fix it and was not careful with his tools. He hit the wrong thing and 6,000 plus dvds and VHS tapes collapsed (some from shelves). They were in order. I have been working on it for close 18 hours and I am just beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe finished by Tuesday night.
Austin
While I was at work, someone in my family called in that the furnace was not working (we have gas heat). A worker came to fix it and was not careful with his tools. He hit the wrong thing and 6,000 plus dvds and VHS tapes collapsed (some from shelves). They were in order. I have been working on it for close 18 hours and I am just beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe finished by Tuesday night.
Austin
10-11-04, 12:30 PM
#2
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Let the psychoanalysis begin!
10-11-04, 12:42 PM
#4
DVD Talk Legend
Austin54, are you the one with the photos on the other thread of huge piles of media being waded through? Not to poke fun, but it adds to the horror of the imagery of what happened.
10-11-04, 01:09 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lynbrook, New York
Posts: 308
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Yes, I am the guy with the piles, except that I had put them in alphabetical order after I took the pictures. The next step was to find shelves. By the way, I think my estimate of 5,000 is on the low side.
Austin
Austin
that sucks. And what do you really do with the worker, just leave him like that or something?
10-11-04, 01:21 PM
#9
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Posts: 387
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dude
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
10-11-04, 01:31 PM
#10
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lynbrook, New York
Posts: 308
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
The worker had gone already by the time I got home.
The pile went from one end of the basement to the other. At the walls, it looked like a tital wave had hit and left a mountain of dvds. I spent 3 hours on Friday, 7 hours on Saturday, and 4 hours yesterday. I still have quite a bit of work to go. I had the Yank game to listen to on Friday and Saturday.
Austin
The pile went from one end of the basement to the other. At the walls, it looked like a tital wave had hit and left a mountain of dvds. I spent 3 hours on Friday, 7 hours on Saturday, and 4 hours yesterday. I still have quite a bit of work to go. I had the Yank game to listen to on Friday and Saturday.
Austin
10-11-04, 02:10 PM
#11
DVD Talk Special Edition
Join Date: Feb 2001
Posts: 1,424
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by bigrederik
Dude
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
Dude
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
10-11-04, 03:21 PM
#15
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
Originally posted by JDF5244
It wouldn't surprise me if you find that the worker 'accidentally' dropped a few of the spilled DVDs into his toolbox....
It wouldn't surprise me if you find that the worker 'accidentally' dropped a few of the spilled DVDs into his toolbox....
10-11-04, 03:33 PM
#16
Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Westfield, IN
Posts: 329
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by JDF5244
It wouldn't surprise me if you find that the worker 'accidentally' dropped a few of the spilled DVDs into his toolbox....
It wouldn't surprise me if you find that the worker 'accidentally' dropped a few of the spilled DVDs into his toolbox....
10-11-04, 06:19 PM
#19
DVD Talk Legend
Originally posted by Austin54
Yes, I am the guy with the piles, except that I had put them in alphabetical order after I took the pictures. The next step was to find shelves.
Yes, I am the guy with the piles, except that I had put them in alphabetical order after I took the pictures. The next step was to find shelves.
10-11-04, 06:24 PM
#20
Member
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: norway
Posts: 218
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by bigrederik
Dude
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
Dude
that same thing happened to me, except it was about 700 DVDs. I had a party at my house, and a drunk friend woke up and tried to leave. Unfortunatly, he thought for some reason that my DVD shelves was the door, and "opened" them. I came downstairs and found a pile of movies on the floor. I was not impressed.
And that does suck austin, i feel for you.
10-11-04, 06:25 PM
#21
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 819
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by bboisvert
Maybe instead of spending countless hours reorganizing the films (and taking a chance of the SAME EXACT FREAKING THING HAPPENING)... you should maybe find the shelves first and then set them up in a way that they won't topple if someone "hits the wrong thing"?
Maybe instead of spending countless hours reorganizing the films (and taking a chance of the SAME EXACT FREAKING THING HAPPENING)... you should maybe find the shelves first and then set them up in a way that they won't topple if someone "hits the wrong thing"?
10-12-04, 08:29 AM
#22
Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Lynbrook, New York
Posts: 308
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
My father was with him most of the time so I doubt anything is missing. The CC were not in the area that fell.
The bad news - the furnace wasn't fixed. He maybe back today. I am not looking forward to it.
Austin
The bad news - the furnace wasn't fixed. He maybe back today. I am not looking forward to it.
Austin
10-12-04, 08:37 AM
#23
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Originally posted by Austin54
The bad news - the furnace wasn't fixed. He maybe back today. I am not looking forward to it.
Austin
The bad news - the furnace wasn't fixed. He maybe back today. I am not looking forward to it.
Austin