I suppress another sigh. “I didn’t accept the delivery,” I explain. “One of my colleagues did and he clearly didn’t check.”
“You know you’re supposed to confirm receipt on delivery.”
“One could argue that you’re supposed to deliver the goods ordered and paid for,” I say as politely as possible. “But yes, my colleague should have checked, too.”
“Well… we’re not making deliveries out that way until next Thursday.”
“We’ll run out of supplies by then. I’ve got women I need to feed.”
“Tell them to share.”
“They already do!”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. When do you want the extra pallet?” he sighs.
“Two pallets,” I remind him. “And they’re not extras; they were part of our original order.”
“I get it,” he says impatiently. “When?”
“We can make it with what we’ve got until tomorrow.”
“I’m gonna c
