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The stove and the sink It was Christmas Eve 1980, and we had ordered our daughter Robyn a stove and sink set. She wanted it so badly. That night when Robyn and her brother David were sleeping, we took the monstrosity out of the box, which contained painted, corrugated cardboard, a plastic sink, knobs and a hundred screws—with assembly directions in Spanish. My husband and I worked on that set until 3 a.m. when he finally gave up and went to bed. I folded, screwed, cussed and prayed until I got what I could together. Then I gave up and went to bed. A couple of hours later I awoke to excited shrieks and laughter from the living room. When I walked in I started laughing, too. The major appliance we had solemnly purchased was wrong-side-out on one side. The knobs were in the floor, and the new pots and pans that Robyn was putting on it were sliding off as fast as she put them on since it was leaning like the tower of Pisa. Teresa Erby, Rockingham | Pee Dee EMC |
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