Here's a hilarious quote from the young man who blew off our fencing project: P.S.- If you wanted a 100% perfect job ment to last and look good, Dont get junk to build it...
I had such a lovely chat yesterday with the fella who does chainlink fulltime around these parts. We talked about the whole project-- he loved the idea of girl power and just wanted to help if he could-- rare these days! He thought I was right on target, and this AM I spent the pretty, warm part of the day picking through the used (FreeCycled) toprail sections my helper found so "junky" and impossible to assemble and measure-- putting them together in less than an hour, where they await our next steps.
I had called this man on a local contractor supply shop's recommendation to see if he might have any supplies we need-- they don't carry them. The nice man not only did not want to cause us to need his services-- he's on a huge factory job right now-- but thought he might stop by on his own time just to offer a word of encouragement and to help me see what-all I actually have. (The first thing the helper had been supposed to do was inventory what I had-- and that never happened.) "I bet you have more good stuff there than you think you do," he said, "and if you just do a little every day, you will have more fun working with it-- why, you'll be able to start your own business if you want to."
Ah well. The continuum of life. I'm trying my first "decent" fence and this nice man's done so many that now it's all just fun. At the other end of the continuum, my young ex-helper who knows it ALL (but can't get a job). It's always kinda sad to see young folks who know how to spend your money, when they can't earn their own. He'll learn! :~) We wish him well on his next opportunity. But I'm glad I "cut bait" when I did.