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| Monday, November 06, 2006 |
| Pave me purple, pave me blue |
Yesterday we bought rocks.
Today the skip was delivered.
Today, also, the pavers should have arrived.
Note: I said "should".
The delivery was arranged for Monday Morning. Don't you love how specific that arrangement is? Monday Morning, as in, Monday before noon. It was a little after three when Ata called to see where her pavers were.
After leaving a message to be passed on to the sales team, someone called back. The pavers, apparently, will not be available until Friday.
Ata did a certain amount of what amounts to verbal arm-waving and finger-pointing. She made reference to the fact that, when ordering the pavers a week ago, they had specified Monday as the safe date for delivery. She also cited the disappointing inaccuracy of the original quotation she had received (the first guy apparently forgot to include the cost of delivery - $66) as reason for being extra annoyed about the lack of pavers. Matt the Paver Guy offered to see what he could do and call back. On calling back, of course, there was nothing he could do. Ata gave in, and asked that he reschedule the delivery of the bedding sand and gravel for next week. She also asked that he reschedule the delivery of the hired equipment (Dingo and thumper) to next week (the pavers/sand/gravel/equipment hire is in one convenient large complex with reasonable pricing), figuring that HE could explain to Elio the Hire Guy why we were, at the last minute, rescheduling the hire of a piece of equipment which is usually in high demand. Half an hour later, Mr Ata called the equipment hire people to check that the reschedule had occurred. It had not. So he rescheduled, and then spoke to the sand and gravel people to ensure that delivery had been rescheduled (not fancying the idea of spending a week with a driveway full of sand and gravel).
So, all deliveries rescheduled (and promising Bad Things to Matt the Paver Guy should the pavers not turn up on Friday), we now have Tuesday free. Instead, we shall be visiting Mr Ata's favourite hi-fi shop to inspect a projector and listen to speakers. |
posted by Ata @ 6:29 pm  |
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