Still impossible to get anything done in this county. DH needs a load of rock and a load of topsoil. He had gotten some rock from this nearby guy before, who has a small gravel pit on his property. The guy doesn't live there and is only there a couple times a month, but when DH called him almost 2 months ago he wasn't in immediate need of it. He just told the guy, ya, next time you are there bring me over load. The guy called a couple/few weeks later and said he hadn't forgotten him. He wasn't exactly sure when he'd be able to deliver, but soon.........
Then the topsoil guy. He called him and the guy told him, I can't deliver it today, but tomorrow I can..."tomorrow" was last Tuesday........
Our neighbor down at the end of the street is getting infuriated with "Excavation guy" - remember him from when we were trying to get our site work done?! Ya, well he apparently hasn't changed any. Neighbor needed him to do some work on the piece of property nearby that his mom just bought, so she can get her mobile home moved on there. First he just needed him to meet him there to show him what needs to be done. Day after day passed, no reply to texts and calls. Finally he met him there last week and was supposed to come today and do the work..........only he didn't show up and no call. DH was out at the end of our drive doing yardwork as neighbor is driving out...said he's on his way to the city to rent an excavator so he can do the work himself this weekend. To say he was mad is an understatement.
DH called the topsoil guy again today and I guess he totally forgot about DH's topsoil and within an hour or so he brought the load over. Then excavation guy called. I guess dh had also contacted him recently about getting a load of gravel to fill in along the edge of the road where we added the paving, just to give it some support when stupid people drive off the edge of the asphalt. He called and said he could deliver it on his way home at the end of the day. After I gave him the check we stood and talked with him awhile. He's actually a pretty nice guy. I had never talked to him before because when I saw him he was always either in his dump truck or operating machinery.
So, at least 2 out of 4 things are here. Still waiting on fence gates and other rock load. (more landscaping type rock). The fence guy actually told dh "we're usually used to only working 9-1". Ya...no kidding!
Can you imagine what it would be like if you had done the math for having everything done on time and as promised versus the reality? I just do not understand people promising and not delivering as promised. I would be OK if they said two weeks and delivered in two weeks as opposed to saying tomorrow and delivering two weeks later.
ReplyDeleteI know, I don't understand why it is so hard to just say when you can do it. AND if something changes why it's so hard to call or text.
DeleteI think they got the work ethic mixed up, instead of under promising and over delivering! They promise what they clearly have no intention of delivering as scheduled.
ReplyDeleteThey sure do have it mixed up. And the fact that none of them work an 8 hour day/40 hour week blows our minds. I get it during the winter months, but not when the weather is good.
DeleteI can understand your frustration. I have had those same things happen but not to the point you have. Mine were people who were going to come and clean, who were going to deliver an appliance, etc. It was frustrating and debilitating.
ReplyDeletePeople are just so unreliable nowadays.
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