BLAH BLAH BLAH..... kitchen continues..........
Day +30 or there about
And so it continues with the kitchen.
We have made quite a large leap forward but this is in itself becoming quite boring in its own ineptitude, it isn't actually the kitchens fault, although one would like to drape that dubious honour on it when it is in actual fact the installers ineptitude.
I think it is important at this point differentiate as to who the players are and to who's shoulders said cloak of ineptitude should be draped; The tilers and painters.... NO, our new tilers (the last circus got fired) have been fantastic and salvaged a once fast sinkingship kitchen, and their work looks stunning, enter the electricians.....NO, our new electricians (again another circus got fired) they are doing a magnificent job.... clean, neat, efficient.....
Plumbers are still due to arrive on site...... YES... you over there reading this in the quiet and comfort are correct; our new plumbers (again another circus got fired) are still due to come on site..... so no comment yet, but we do have high expectations.....
As a bit of a digression - I probably shouldn't call the ex-contractors a circus, as circuses exist for entertainment and have a valid purpose in life, it's the same as calling people animals when they perpetuate evil.... animals and circuses are good and necessary.... so my question now stands what does one call these individuals.....
So all that remains are the cabinet makers and fitters..... and so the saga and said cloak enters stage left....
Nothing fits correctly, doors and drawers have come and gone, meetings to discuss solutions have been held, most things can be corrected by refitting and reworking.
One cabinet leans at a slight angle to the wall and we will in all likelihood have to live with that, the amount of work to correct will be too large and too disturbing, - this is definitely not fine precision German engineering but rather good old fashioned South African - make a plan - type cobbling together... oh my bleeding eyes, and I have to point all this out to the fitter, we have a full A4 sheet of snag list, one should be positive however it could have been two or even three A4 sheets of snags.
But be not afraid that the mere pedestrian diatribe above should be all ...... NO, not at all I save the best for last:
The area where originally the fridge stood in the kitchen, was again earmarked for the fridge to take up residence.
The fridge was measured, the area was measured and and all were measured again..... and in went the cupboards and in went the granite and up went the tiles ...... and ......... oh my bleeding eyes ..... the gap for the fridge is too small by a whole two centimetres, not too small to be in comfortably that we can still access the circuit breaker board located on the right hand side wall next to the fridge but rather that it be be jammed in tight, to be in comfortably we are looking at a minimum of 5 centimetres.
So what can we do: we could leave it empty, a large toothless gap to remind us daily of the cloak of ineptitude..... NAH too boring......
We could put a chair there so that I could sit there and indulge my wife Pam in a bit of light pre-dinner philosophical discussion while she cooked.....NAH to heavy......
How about putting our beaded Mr. Goat there.... now there is a distinct possibility.....
Maybe not...... he would miss looking out of the lounge windows at the passing parade.......
Mr. Goat made his displeasure at being summarily re-located known, so was moved back to his original location....
We could leave the fridge standing in the lounge forever as a new fashion or design statement .......
Or we could buy a new fridge.... YES, why ever not, obviously to all those boring people who like to use and reuse their fridges continuously that would be a bad idea, ..... NOOOOOO let us sally forth and make purchase of a sparkly new fridge..... and make the kitchen people pay for it..... now that is a much better idea!!!!!
How I wish that the job was done so I could go back to work...........
Day +30 or there about
And so it continues with the kitchen.
We have made quite a large leap forward but this is in itself becoming quite boring in its own ineptitude, it isn't actually the kitchens fault, although one would like to drape that dubious honour on it when it is in actual fact the installers ineptitude.
I think it is important at this point differentiate as to who the players are and to who's shoulders said cloak of ineptitude should be draped; The tilers and painters.... NO, our new tilers (the last circus got fired) have been fantastic and salvaged a once fast sinking
Plumbers are still due to arrive on site...... YES... you over there reading this in the quiet and comfort are correct; our new plumbers (again another circus got fired) are still due to come on site..... so no comment yet, but we do have high expectations.....
As a bit of a digression - I probably shouldn't call the ex-contractors a circus, as circuses exist for entertainment and have a valid purpose in life, it's the same as calling people animals when they perpetuate evil.... animals and circuses are good and necessary.... so my question now stands what does one call these individuals.....
So all that remains are the cabinet makers and fitters..... and so the saga and said cloak enters stage left....
Nothing fits correctly, doors and drawers have come and gone, meetings to discuss solutions have been held, most things can be corrected by refitting and reworking.
One cabinet leans at a slight angle to the wall and we will in all likelihood have to live with that, the amount of work to correct will be too large and too disturbing, - this is definitely not fine precision German engineering but rather good old fashioned South African - make a plan - type cobbling together... oh my bleeding eyes, and I have to point all this out to the fitter, we have a full A4 sheet of snag list, one should be positive however it could have been two or even three A4 sheets of snags.
But be not afraid that the mere pedestrian diatribe above should be all ...... NO, not at all I save the best for last:
The area where originally the fridge stood in the kitchen, was again earmarked for the fridge to take up residence.
The fridge was measured, the area was measured and and all were measured again..... and in went the cupboards and in went the granite and up went the tiles ...... and ......... oh my bleeding eyes ..... the gap for the fridge is too small by a whole two centimetres, not too small to be in comfortably that we can still access the circuit breaker board located on the right hand side wall next to the fridge but rather that it be be jammed in tight, to be in comfortably we are looking at a minimum of 5 centimetres.
So what can we do: we could leave it empty, a large toothless gap to remind us daily of the cloak of ineptitude..... NAH too boring......
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| Toothless ex-fridge gap |
We could put a chair there so that I could sit there and indulge my wife Pam in a bit of light pre-dinner philosophical discussion while she cooked.....NAH to heavy......
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| Philosophy chair |
How about putting our beaded Mr. Goat there.... now there is a distinct possibility.....
Maybe not...... he would miss looking out of the lounge windows at the passing parade.......
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| Mr. Goat looking decidedly down in the hoof |
Mr. Goat made his displeasure at being summarily re-located known, so was moved back to his original location....
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| Re - Re- located Mr.Goat |
We could leave the fridge standing in the lounge forever as a new fashion or design statement .......
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| Fashion statement fridge offsetting fashionable protective dust cloths on couches |
Or we could buy a new fridge.... YES, why ever not, obviously to all those boring people who like to use and reuse their fridges continuously that would be a bad idea, ..... NOOOOOO let us sally forth and make purchase of a sparkly new fridge..... and make the kitchen people pay for it..... now that is a much better idea!!!!!
How I wish that the job was done so I could go back to work...........
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