Yep! That’s what we’re going through here in Atlanta. Every five years or so we have a winter storm and the gummint is caught with its knickers down. This happened last year (or was it the year before?). We had a little bit of snow (not much more than an inch if even that) and the city came to a standstill. The snow melted on the roads and then froze. Then we got a little bit of snow on top of that. People didn’t realize that it was ice. Naturally, people got stuck or hit someone else. It took some people ten to twelve hours to get home. People spent the night in cars. Some school buses got struck and the kids spent the night on buses. Businesses didn’t let people off early It was a mess. So now, for the next few years, every time snow, sleet, or freezing rain is forecast the gummint overreacts.
Snow, sleet, and freezing rain has been forecast. The governor declared a state of emergency. He held a news conference. He told businesses to let people out early. The Atlanta mayor said the same thing. Salt trucks are ready to rock.
On a more personal note, the wound clinic asked me if I could come in earlier than my scheduled appointment. The nurse practitioner lives in the north metro area which is supposed to bear the brunt of the storm. They’re forecasting three to six inches. No problem. I stopped at Kroger on my way back. Wednesday is old fart discount day for us geezers. 5% off. I’m surprised that the store wasn’t stripped bare of eggs, milk, and bread. it’s now 3:00 and it just started snowing at GOC Central. It’s not expected to last long since it’s gonna warm up tomorrow.
For the next two years, the gummint will overreact every time bad winter weather is forecast. After a few false alarms we’ll sink back into complacency until the next bad storm hits and the gummint won’t be prepared for it. I’ve lived here for thirty years and I’ve seen it happen many times.
The Great Master Bathroom of Dunwoody project continues at its snail’s pace. The guy who came yesterday finished the shower plumbing and installed a grab-bar. He also installed new grab-bars by the toilet. He couldn’t install the new faucets on the vanities because the granite dudes only drilled one hole for the faucets on each sink. He stayed until 8:00 last night working. Guess who has to come back? The granite dudes. Wonder when that will happen? I can’t use the shower because the shower door won’t be installed until next week. The painter dropped by today and finished all of the painting. She did a great job. Best worker so far.
What remains of the project. Lighting fixtures and some other electrical work, shower door, mirrors, two towel bars, toilet paper holder, and knobs on the drawers and cabinet doors. The cabinet people said I didn’t select them but I did. I selected what would match the brush nickel faucets. The shower door people should come next Monday, the start of Week Six of the project. The lighting fixtures had to be special ordered. Yannow, I told the project manager to have everything ready to go. The lighting fixtures should have been ordered before the project even started. I told him before the project started that I didn’t want to see a day when no one was in that bathroom working. Alas, I’ve seen many days like that. three of them last week. This should have been a three week project. Four at the most. As I said, next week starts Week Six.
I’d like to sympathise, but …
1. the grass needs mowing,
2. the forsythia outside my window are blooming,
3. and the hyacinths are beginning to create scent;
… you know …
Cheers
If you could find another contractor, could you shitcan the current idiots? If you ever have anything else done, get a signed time clause for performance/nonperformance of the job. When the contractor is paying for not having the job done he or she will be more interested in getting the job done on time. I would like to thank you for this learning experience so that I can avoid such a cluster in my own future. This fiasco is a learning event for me.
Nope about another contractor since I’ve already paid about 2/3 of the bill which is pretty common. Money to start, money midway through, and the rest at completion. A branch of my family has a kitchen and bath store in St. Louis and that is the way they work. Too bad I don’t still live there where I could have them do the work. They could have done it in three weeks.
I reckon you can re-name the Dunwoody master bathroom.
How about “Rome”?
Because, “Rome was not ….. .. . …”
( Sorry, that one was a bit obvious)
And then you can be enthroned in Rome; or you can be in the roman bath.
Still, I hope the job is finished soon.
“I stopped at Kroger on my way back. Wednesday is old fart discount day for us geezers. 5% off. I’m surprised that the store wasn’t stripped bare of eggs, milk, and bread.”
If this “snowstorm” would have happened after March 1st, when the Obozo-loving parasites with EBT cards get our tax dollars on their cards, the shelves would be empty. Mainly of junk food, of course.
Yeah, there probably wouldn’t be a twinkie or soda pop to be had. Since, again next month, the 1st falls on Sunday, Friday will be Mothers Day the stores’ll be packed. At least we’ve been warned that there might be a few inches of snow here and the same old locals will drive 25 miles down the hill to town on a french toast run. Tuesday’s gonna be fun, too, as the geezers and geezerettes will be stampedin’ through the stores.
Rob – There aren’t too many parasites in Dunwoody and those that are are concentrated about a mile from my subdivision in two large low income apartment complexes: all Mexican and black. I’ve been stuck behind a school bus in front of one of the complexes and that’s all you see getting off the bus: Mexicans and blacks. There’s a Walmart grocery store about a half a mile from those apartment complexes and that’s where they shop. I very seldom see either a black or a Mexican face in the Kroger where I shop. If I do see a black face it’s an employee.
When I consider a contract I always insist on a penalty provision and add a paragraph that allows me access to their project management reports.
It’s not unusual for me to spot design/construction elements that their planner (?) overlooked.