A Princess, a Pea, and a Sleeping Pad

Below is my letter exchange concerning the leaking sleeping pad from the Cascade Designs. I copied my letter to my girlfriend Yvonne, hence her reply. Start reading from below - it will make the exchange more clear.

From: Boris Itin [mailto:bitin@nysbc.org]

Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:58 PM

To: 'Yvonne Lin'

Subject: RE: Cascade Designs Warranty/Repair Order Received

  

Yvonne,

Your love is the most important thing for me. I am ready to sleep on top of twenty climbing partners just to hear these sweet words from you again.

Boris.

From: Yvonne Lin

Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:52 PM

To: Boris Itin

Subject: RE: Cascade Designs Warranty/Repair Order Received

I truly love you.

From: Boris Itin [mailto:bitin@nysbc.org]

Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:38 PM

To: consumer@cascadedesigns.com

Cc: Yvonne Lin

Subject: RE: Cascade Designs Warranty/Repair Order Received

Dear Fellows,

With a great regret I have to inform you that the repairs by Cascade Designs worked exactly for 1 days. By the second day, my sleeping pad was flat again as we camped in Sierra Nevada. It slowly leaked as I was asleep. Somehow, without waking up, I kept crawling on top of my climbing partner - she was softer and warmer than the ground. To specify: she is not my sexual partner, in fact, she is my buddy's girlfriend. My climbing partner expressed her unhappiness about the situation in a number of technical four letter terms.

So, for the rest of the week, I ended up spreading climbing rope and backpack under my 40F summer sleeping bag.

I am not by any means a princess, my climbing gear is not a pea and the flat sleeping pad is not twenty mattresses.

Still I remembered the corresponding folk tale by Hans Christian Anderson called "A princess and a pea" quite a few times on my last trip.

Oh, well, nothing lasts forever. I guess it's the time to look for another sleeping pad.

Regards,

Boris Itin.