| another day, another load of crap, literally and figuratively. i spied the plumber out the window around noon hauling a bunch of boxes onto a pushcart. theyve been cleaning out the corner storefront over the past few weeks to prep it for a new occupant including three large trailer-sized dumpsters filled with dirt. apparently the lowered the floor a foot in the basement. so i assume that has his attention for the afternoon and his promise will go unfulfilled. im sure to him it was no promise just a guideline that he could follow or not.
as i come back from lunch i flag him down to recalibrate the timeline. no point in getting especially frustrated as there is no way i could not expect it to happen. as excuese go this was reasonably good. the landlord had thrown his crap out on the sidewalk (he had a pop up store probably rent free for his fabric business for much of the end of the summer) and he had to haul it to his storage facility. no doubt he had promised to remove what was left for weeks and the landlord had had enough. (the landlord, the one across the street, actually called me the other day for a progress report on the plumber. to be honest i was too generous as it was just after his one good day of work and i decided not to shit on him to his benefactor. i regretted it almost instantly but i doubt it would have made much of difference to what i need done.)
so he says he wont be available til about six and that i should call him. i didnt want to have to call him or text but that has generally gotten the best results so i waited til about 630 and hit him up with a text. still moving boxes is the reply. all the boxes are removed from the street but ill give him the benefit of the doubt that he is shuffling them around somewhere. i dont want to start again at 9pm so i ask if i put it off til tomorrow will he promise to get an early start. he thanked me and assented. i give it a zero percent chance it wont be dark and ill just have wasted another day.
meanwhile, he tells me earlier that he really wants to finish so he can get paid because he has bills piling up, as if he isnt the impediment to getting it done. i would roll my eyes but any further north and im likely to have an aneurysm. essentially ive become chief inspector dreyfus and this fool is my clouseau. i even have the twitching to prove it.
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as i come back from lunch i flag him down to recalibrate the timeline. no point in getting especially frustrated as there is no way i could not expect it to happen. as excuese go this was reasonably good. the landlord had thrown his crap out on the sidewalk (he had a pop up store probably rent free for his fabric business for much of the end of the summer) and he had to haul it to his storage facility. no doubt he had promised to remove what was left for weeks and the landlord had had enough. (the landlord, the one across the street, actually called me the other day for a progress report on the plumber. to be honest i was too generous as it was just after his one good day of work and i decided not to shit on him to his benefactor. i regretted it almost instantly but i doubt it would have made much of difference to what i need done.)
so he says he wont be available til about six and that i should call him. i didnt want to have to call him or text but that has generally gotten the best results so i waited til about 630 and hit him up with a text. still moving boxes is the reply. all the boxes are removed from the street but ill give him the benefit of the doubt that he is shuffling them around somewhere. i dont want to start again at 9pm so i ask if i put it off til tomorrow will he promise to get an early start. he thanked me and assented. i give it a zero percent chance it wont be dark and ill just have wasted another day.
meanwhile, he tells me earlier that he really wants to finish so he can get paid because he has bills piling up, as if he isnt the impediment to getting it done. i would roll my eyes but any further north and im likely to have an aneurysm. essentially ive become chief inspector dreyfus and this fool is my clouseau. i even have the twitching to prove it.
- dave 10-26-2015 7:07 pm