Richard's Terrible, Horrible, Very Bad Day

Today we got Jeremy his first laptop computer because he will start college this coming semester (not at my college--another nearby school). I had been doing research for some time about the best price and best quality machine for the money. Mind you, I am no tech maven. In fact, I screw up as often as hit the mark with computers. Once, for instance, I bought a reconstructed computer, on the recommendation of a computer mag. It was a total disaster. Three dead computers and 2 years later, I still did not have a functioning machine. A lawyer friend advised me to send a letter to the CEO telling the company (a big big company) that I was ready to write an article for a computer magazine about how this company did not back up its products or care about its customers. I demanded a brand new, fully loaded computer, or I would write the article AND turn over the case to a lawyer. I got the new computer, though they did try to pull one over on me, trying to get me to take another rebuilt machine, though somewhat newer. I didn't bite and I will never buy one of those rebuilt computers again.
But today, I was pretty sure where we would go and what we would buy. I needed Richard to provide the bankroll and the ID so we could go to the U and buy a Dell there, but when we got there, the person representing Dell was not there. And the clerk told me that Dell had become very flaky. There were many unsatisfied customers whose orders had been lost or confused. So I looked elsewhere.
Richard was having a day off, and it did not begin well. He is a big golfer, obsessed with the game. But this morning, he was determined to go play with Jeremy, who had been out half the night with his posse. It took a while to wake him, and he was falling asleep at the club, so to speak. It was not fun, I gather, for either of them.
He came home in an awful mood, and learning that things were not going to go as planned at the computer store didn't help. He didn't want to know about this whole ordeal, but I needed him to write a check, so he had to come.
A couple of hours of research later, we ended up at Best Buy, a few miles from our home. That would have been that (at least after we picked up the fully loaded machine), except that I decided we needed to recycle the old computer in Jeremy's room. It has been non-functioning for some time, and I wanted it out. But the college wouldn't take it or help me to destroy the hard drive, so I asked the Best Buy geek guys to do it, and they said they would. After that, we could take it to a recycling place. But it proved harder to find a recycling place than I thought. Half of the ones listed online are out of business. The others were closed for the day.
Unfortunately, after a full day of delays and disappointments, the one we chose was closed on Mondays!!
I think I'll stay away from Richard for the rest of the day.