Friday, March 30, 2007
WTF?!
(1)
Looks like I will, after all, have to torment the fella downstairs once again, but I will do so as briefly as possible out of Christian compassion, then move on to more interesting matters. Here's the story:
Kootch and I decided to repair the leaky tub using our own plumber. I drove over to a place on Broadway and got a rough estimate. It seemed 'reasonable' (plumbers make damn near as much as lawyers nowadays! About time!). The plumber would arrive on monday morning around 8:30 prepared to fix the leak. Kootch notified the guy downstairs. TGD said he would notify the owner (TO). That was friday afternoon. Our plumber (OP) showed up around 8:10. We put him to work immediately (94 dollars an hour!) and after about 20 minutes he had removed the ring connecting the drain to the tub. Meanwhile, the TGD arrived. I sent K and OP downstairs to talk to TGD who was acting on behalf of TO. We expected that within an hour or two the tub drain would be repaired, allowing TGD to get on with the restoration. Wrong. TGD refused to allow access to OP, but did request OP to turn off the water to our tub in order to stop a dribble of water from above. The DOW was news to us, but I could see it from the access hole. OP dutifully complied after he came back upstairs. OP then wrote us a bill for 147.50. K paid OP by C. OP left the scene with the cautionary words, 'I am now out of the loop.'
Whew. That was about as fast as I could do it. Hopefully TGD did not suffer too much.
Looks like I will, after all, have to torment the fella downstairs once again, but I will do so as briefly as possible out of Christian compassion, then move on to more interesting matters. Here's the story:
Kootch and I decided to repair the leaky tub using our own plumber. I drove over to a place on Broadway and got a rough estimate. It seemed 'reasonable' (plumbers make damn near as much as lawyers nowadays! About time!). The plumber would arrive on monday morning around 8:30 prepared to fix the leak. Kootch notified the guy downstairs. TGD said he would notify the owner (TO). That was friday afternoon. Our plumber (OP) showed up around 8:10. We put him to work immediately (94 dollars an hour!) and after about 20 minutes he had removed the ring connecting the drain to the tub. Meanwhile, the TGD arrived. I sent K and OP downstairs to talk to TGD who was acting on behalf of TO. We expected that within an hour or two the tub drain would be repaired, allowing TGD to get on with the restoration. Wrong. TGD refused to allow access to OP, but did request OP to turn off the water to our tub in order to stop a dribble of water from above. The DOW was news to us, but I could see it from the access hole. OP dutifully complied after he came back upstairs. OP then wrote us a bill for 147.50. K paid OP by C. OP left the scene with the cautionary words, 'I am now out of the loop.'
Whew. That was about as fast as I could do it. Hopefully TGD did not suffer too much.
