Spinney's was having a special buy 2 get one free case of water - so we went for the full deal. Unfortunatly - the best laid plans can be turned inside out and upside down. The quick answer to get this much stuff back was to have one stay with the cart while the other went to get a taxi and had them drive down to the garage, load up then get back to the flat. But no, this is Egypt and the guys in charge of mall security (and ensuring the cart did not leave the garage) decided the best thing to do was to take the loaded trolly through to the other end of the parking lot, up the escalator to the exit where one Spinney's employee along with another (who had obviously clocked out) were enlisted to carry the boxes of water up a flight of stairs, out to the taxi area and across 4 lanes of traffic. Genius - as this involved about 8 guys, not including the two Spinney's. Of course I tipped them well - but it would have been quicker and less hastle if the guys had left the engineering to two females.
And the boxes would have stayed intact.
I want to learn to say in Arabic: “Let's find the most difficult/confusing/impossible way to do something then do it!”
Seriously.
I deserve a beer!
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