Comments | eruditebaboon: The Kitchen of Great Lamentation

eruditebaboon

The Kitchen of Great Lamentation

Oct 28, 2010 15:20

I hate to post a blog post with no comics in it, especially since it's been so long since I posted anything at all, but I am in dire need of the sage advice of the wisest entity there is: THE INTERNET*.

For the last month we have been getting our kitchen done (yes, folks, not only does this post contain no comics, it's also about the fascintaing ( Read more... )

no comics sorry, pathetic, kitchen, help

Comments 13

ext_209127 October 28 2010, 14:39:43 UTC

The real world sounds terrifying. I know some Irish builders who operate in the New Malden area, an was a labourer for one of them in 1008, but that probably isn't much help.

ext_209127 October 28 2010, 14:45:07 UTC

That's right, I'm over 1,000 years old.

eruditebaboon October 28 2010, 15:01:39 UTC

I guess even the immortal have to earn a wage.

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eruditebaboon October 28 2010, 16:08:25 UTC

I don't think I'd even be considering keeping him on if it wasn't for the fact that I don't want to spend the next two months doing my washing up in the bath.

joedecie October 28 2010, 15:09:23 UTC

Getting a new builder may be a pain as they tend to not like to finish others work.

mydclife October 28 2010, 15:18:27 UTC

well, did you sign an actual contract with him? If not I would start calling around to the other contractors to see if you could get them to come and do the work, because he seems like the kind that will be all pissy* and probably do shitty* work in retaliation for making him mad. Also, I know this is after the fact, but did you check his references? My dad is a contractor here in the states and he would constantly be fixing the problems of a lower bidder until people started getting references...

*excuse my americanisms

eruditebaboon October 28 2010, 15:40:10 UTC

I did get references, and the guy actually lives on my road, which is why I'm surprised he's suddenly giving us this trouble - we're going to be seeing a lot of each other in future, so if this ends badly it could get awkward. We're certainly thinking about looking at other builders, but dreading facing many more weeks without a kitchen!

undyingking October 28 2010, 17:47:17 UTC

If it was me, just one episode of irrational fury would be enough to ditch him. Unless he has a very good excuse, like his pet mongoose having just caught scabies or something, and is unpromptedly and genuinely apologetic.

There are some jobs where it doesn't really matter if the person doing them for you has unpredictable hypersensitivity and rage issues, but I think building -- like haircutting -- falls into the other category.