Schnauzer/Doodle in the Aisle
Saturday, July 22, 2023
My hours at work today seem awful; they’re between one and seven p.m. The Hardware Department’s “nightly closer” is on leave for a family emergency. The general shortage of employees is sliding me toward the store’s closing hours. My pets must wait longer for food, and my work at home lasts into the evenings. This isn’t a perfect world, so I’ll make do.
I’ll adjust the animal feeding times, reschedule the home and property care, wrap my head around current changes, and try to stay open to more. Have I ever mentioned disliking unexpected changes; of course, who doesn’t?
Yesterday, I fired the contractor who was installing an outside, free-standing lighting fixture. He’s a nice guy and a coworker, but unlike anybody who’s performed work for me, he went into action without first providing a job description and a price quote. He quickly appeared to be becoming very creative and overworking the project. I asked for a price estimate, and it was very high. His vision was too grand for my simple-lighting need.
I appreciate creativity and enjoy customers describing theirs to me as they shop where I work. They teach much, and I’m a sponge. So is my contractor-coworker, but business is just that, and his business rules don’t allow unquoted, uninvited creativity. What happened between us illustrates some problems in mixing business and friendship.
Dear Friends: I’ll take great care to be specific and detailed in the future. Diana
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