I was a real wiseacre in the 1990’s. Shiftless, malcontented, and always looking to see if I could get people to reflexively answer stupid questions like,”do these stairs go up or down?”
When I managed to ferret a circa-1940’s typewriter out of a thrift store, I simply saw in it potential; I can move mountains. I can summon the Kraken from the nether-worlds.
I can also bait KFC into a goofy, proprietary defensive posture:
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I know. I come off as the heretofore-mentioned wheel-short-of-a-bearing. But remember, all I was really looking for was the entropic output of the administrative department.
I wanted a direct response. At least I got them to look me in the eye:
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Box Number Seven 
The employee who replied to you seemed so nonchalant, like, ‘oh yeah, this happens all the time. I have to write another one of these e-mails.’ Well, now I have to go around asking people which way the stairs go.
Erin @ Raised Reading
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Wait until you see the letter I wrote to Charmin toilet paper. They were explicit that they had never received a letter like I sent them:)
Thank you for visiting my blog!
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Woo hoo. I’m looking forward to that post!
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I believe the only sensible answer to that question is sideways, the stairs go sideways.
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You are more correct!
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Her first clue should have been the Mickey stationery. That explains it right off. ; )
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