Re: doesn't anyone

well that's just ridiculous.  I do what Cyndi does and ask around about
people first.  And if someone does foul up, they get told loud & clear about
it and what is and is NOT acceptable.

On 12/17/07, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> to answer your question Pam.....
>
> Is incompetence just rampant?
>
> Yes!
>
> Actually, I believe folks started just accepting things that were not
> quite correct and it just exploded into today's society. There is no
> pride in what most do- you just earn a paycheck- ...er...., get a
> paycheck.
>
>
> Donna
>
> Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com> wrote:
> what is the matter w/ these people? Is incompetence just rampant?
>
> On 12/17/07, Jesse Bell wrote:
> >
> > Ughhh, yeh. What Jim said. I'd be pretty chapped if that were me.
> >
> >
> > Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
> > My sister just bought a new shelter for her horse turnout pen. It is
> > essentially a 3-sided metal structure, no doors or anything, horses
> > wander in and out as they feel like it. Supposed to be 12x24, and they
> > said they'd show up on a certain day to put the thing up. They don't
> > show. She calls and gripes. Two days later they come and install it. She
> > asks them, shouldn't they be using more support poles in the center? No
> > no, they say, this is how we always do it.
> > The next day she's looking at the installed shelter and she's thinking
> > it looks smaller than she expected. She measures. The thing is actually
> > 8 x 24, not deep enough to really provide good shelter in weather. She
> > calls and gripes. Oops, they'll be out that day to uninstall it and the
> > day after that to put up the new one. But of course they don't show.
> > That night it was really windy. Nothing extraordinary for here, but
> > windy. They hear a noise from outside, but it's too dark to see
> > anything. Next morning she discovered the entire shelter had lifted out
> > of the ground and was upside down 150 feet away on top of the fence
> > between her and the neighbor.
> > They did come and take away the debris...they were supposed to install
> > the right thing this weekend. I'm thinking maybe she ought to just ask
> > for her money back.
> >
> > Cyndi
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> > Behalf Of Kitty
> > Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:39 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] doesn't ayone
> >
> > ever get it right? Or is it just me?
> >
> > I've regaled you all in the past with my home improvement stories. The
> > guy
> > that took 8 months to do my kitchen and still hung doors sideways. Then
> >
> > last spring, the craftsman who stained all my woodwork red (which I have
> >
> > since decided I like for just that room). Now it's the window people. I
> >
> > spent a fortune on 3 new windows last August to get these wonderful
> > Shuco
> > windows. They promised 4-6 wks. After a ba-zillion mistakes, they
> > finally
> > brought my windows today. And the biggest one is wrong. I did not
> > request
> > ugly slats of fiberglass in the windows; I paid extra for beveling,
> > etching,
> > perimeter v-groove as they call it, in otherwise big plain panes of
> > glass.
> > The screens are in 2 pieces instead of one.
> >
> > He installed one window today and will come back Monday. They WILL make
> >
> > everything right, but instead of having it all done before Thanksgiving,
> > I
> > am now pinning my hopes on Easter.
> >
> > thanks for listening.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Zone 5
> >
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> >
> > Jesse R. Bell
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> Kemp TX
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