The, Where is Wasseal Story.

       

                                                    The, Where is Wasseal Story.

                                                                        2006                          

                                                                   A true story

                                                                 Written 2017

                                                                Howard Yasgar

      This story was told to me several years ago by one of my good friends and neighbor, named Charlie.    

      We always ask Charlie to tell this story every time we have a get together, it’s a classic.   

      Charlie is originally from New Jersey, and his wife is from Natchez Mississippi.

      Charlie’s wife’s family still owns a considerable amount of farmland in Mississippi.

      So every year they drive to her ancestral home a couple of times.

While Charlie’s wife takes care of family business, Charlie, being a craftsman, always spends a couple of weeks fixing up, and repairing all the old farm buildings on the property. Some of the old buildings are more than a hundred years old.

      One year, Charlie’s project was a farm building that was pretty old and needed quite a bit of exterior wood replaced.

      A decision was made that after he rebuilt the building, the best approach would be to coat it with Thompsons Water Seal.

      Thompson’s Water Seal is a popular product sold worldwide. It is used  to preserve and protect wood from the elements.

      You can buy Thompsons Water Seal in any hardware store it’s sold by the gallon.

      But Charlie estimated that he would need at least five, 5 gallons of Thompsons Water Seal. It was much more than he cared to have to haul up to Natchez Mississippi in the back his pickup truck.

      So Charlie called the Thompson water seal company, and they told him that they would arrange it so he could pre order what he needed, and they would make sure it was waiting for him when he got there.

     They said the Natchez Mississippi hardware store would have the water seal compound ready for him when he arrived.

      So just to double check, before he left for Mississippi, Charlie made a call to the hardware store.

      He said, he wanted to confirm that his order for the Thompsons Water Seal would be ready when he arrived.

      There was silence on the phone for several seconds.

      Then the clerk replied, Wasseal, he don’t work hear no mo.

      Obviously the clerk misunderstood him, so Charlie, again said, I just want confirm my order for Thompsons Water Seal is ready.

      The clerk said, “Just a minute” and there was silence on the phone again.

      Then the clerk once again came back on the phone and said, “I done told you, Wasseal don’t work here no mo”.