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ofFENCEive behavior
May 29th, 2008
Remember how I told you all about the fence I got for Mother’s Day? It was also my/thehusband’s anniversary gift to each other. It is WOOD after all. It will also be TheHusband’s Fathers’s day present. Oh, and his birthday present (he is going to be twenty-ten). So as you can guess, we paid a lot for this fence, and while The Son is an awesome boss, the pay (and sometimes the hours!) suck. Basically this was a big deal for us and I wanted it done right. Right I tell you! Now I have been told that I am bossy (ooh great blog you should check it out), I know that I am demanding, but I really am not a heartless bitc–ehh–witch. (for you Mom–smooch). I understand that you have to take breaks when you are working outside. I get that a lunch break is a right of all workers. However, you know what is not okay? Being four hours late on a job that should have been done the day before, and then parking your truck in front of my driveway making me a prisoner in my house. You know what is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY not okay? Taking an hour long nap in my front yard as soon as you get there.
You can’t really see them all, but there are five fence guys SLEEPING in my front yard. And that truck? It has a trailer blocking my drive. This picture was taken through my front window if you can’t tell. After I took this picture, I called around to see what the best etiquette was for waking sleeping workers and telling them to get their damn (I mean darn) truck the hell (I mean heck) out of my way. The consensus was to let them take a little nap and then nicely ask them to move. Um, yeah. Not a one of them spoke English. That is fine with me, I mean my ancestors were new to this country at one point too, but I really needed to go! So through (NICE, you dirty mind you) hand gestures, I made my point, the truck was moved…a whole foot and a half. By driving on the lawn (not yours, TheNeighbor!) a little I was able to get out. They were gone when I got back. I called the main office and told them that they still were not done and about the nap and all, and bright and shiny the next morning, another crew (FOURTH one people!) finished it up.
It does look mighty nice if I do say so myself, but next time? I will, um, well to tell the truth I don’t know what I would do different, what do you think I should have done?
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I have to say that the guys that showed up to dig the post holes were quite efficient and professional.
The guys that took the nap knew what they were doing, but when Hey You called me and asked what to do if workers were napping in the front yard……I said, “they’re what!?!” I simply could not believe that people would show up and promptly fall asleep. I still don’t believe it, I keep having to look at the picture for proof.
Oh! That is so funny! I can’t believe you took a picture of them!
My experience is that you’ll always be frustrated by the timeliness of this type of service. For some reason these folks operate on a different code than most of us. You just have to grin and bear it. You’ve already learned this is, as I recall you were frustrated over the plumbers, HVAC guys, and tile guys too. Just start to expect the estimated time to get this kind of work done should be doubled before work begins. This way you won’t feel so frustrated.
Oh, and I’ve been blocked in my own drive before too.
Fence looks great! Has the son tried to scale it yet?
Too funny for words. Really enjoyed the pic, by the way. Just remember, not everyone works their renovation crew as hard as FFIL does (bear in mind, I’m usually the other half of his crew).