After months of asking her husband, Tom, to take their old couch to the dump, the narrator finally took matters into her own hands. The couch, falling apart and smelly, had been an ongoing issue, with Tom repeatedly delaying its disposal. Fed up, she rented a truck, hauled the couch to the dump, and even ordered a new one. When Tom came home and saw the new couch, he freaked out, panicking at the sight of the empty space. His first reaction wasn’t gratitude, but shock: “You threw away the PLAN?” Tom was upset because he had an idea for what to do with the couch and felt she had ruined it. Without further explanation, he insisted they go retrieve it before it was too late.
