We are getting new carpet in the public areas of the main building in The Home. One can only laugh at the responses. Understand, people have complained about the stains and wear since I moved in (2 ½ years). Now that it's here?????
They started on the third floor hallway. Why do I have to move my things out of the hallway? Aren't they just carpeting the floor? Why do things have to come off the wall? Can’t the carpet layers just move my things when they get to my doorway? I'm having trouble getting in and out of my apartment. Can't they do this at night? I don't want to be kept up with their noise all night. Can't they do something about the smell? I hate that odor. Why is it almost the same color? Couldn't they have changed the color? I never liked that color. When is it going to be done? They are moving very slow. How do I get out of my place when they are right in front of my door? Duh - you can't. Why didn't we get a scheduled of what and when they would do each portion of the job? Did you know they were approaching your area? Yes! Why didn't you leave your room before they blocked you in? I didn't have to leave yet? You could have waited downstairs early. Why would I do that when I can see my ride coming from my apartment? You can see them arrive from the lobby. Stop! Enough. That's just the comments on the top two floors. They moved to the main floor today and started in the commons room.
I didn't know they were coming here today. I made coffee. So what did you do? I put it in the kitchen. Can we get to the kitchen? Yes, but how will people know it's in the kitchen. You could put notes up or depend on their sense of smell. You can smell the coffee. But I have sweets with the coffee. If they find the coffee, they will find the sweets. I didn't know they were going to start here. None of us did. Well, I had to move all the decorations. There weren't very many things were there? No, but I had to do them all myself. You could have called some of us who come for coffee by 9:00. I was ready to come earlier. I didn't want to bother anyone. I'm sorry it was such a problem for you? It wasn't that big of a problem. Well was it or wasn’t it a problem?
I arrived first today. Person number two arrived - stood and looked at the taped off entrance. She must have been looking for a sign. She spoke to herself. Where's the coffee. Now, the hallway entrance to the kitchen is not a secret. I explained how to get to the coffee. When she returned to the pool table room where I was sitting alone she says, is this where we are sitting. Ahem, it's when I'm sitting and I am the only one here. Why is it being done today? I guess they are finished with the top two floors? Why did they start here? We get bread delivered the next two days. If they aren't finished I'm sure we can find someplace to put it. More people begin to arrive. The questions get repeated. Where's the coffee? How do we get there? Why are they carpeting here? All they are doing is laying the one color. I miss the green squares in front out our doors. I'm sorry. How long are they going to be? I've been here about 30 minutes and they have the carpet cut and are ready to glue it down. Why do they glue it down? How do they get the underlay down?
By this time, a property man has arrived in time to laugh at the question and explain the floors are concrete and must be glued down. No wonder it stinks. Why don’t they just stretch it over padding? And the questions roll on. Each new arrival wanted to know where the coffee was (follow your nose - I restrained myself). Why are they carpeting in the commons room? Why not the commons room? Where are we going to put the bread? Let’s just feed the bread to the birds. No I didn’t say it.
By this time I was ready to move the coffee pot into the pool table room and put signs everywhere I could think of. When I left about 1 1/2 hours after arrival, they were nearly finished with the commons room. I assume they are working from the back to the front. That meant the pool table room would be next. I have no idea why no one asked how there were going to move the pool table or where the carpet layers would put it. I really wanted to know but decided to keep my mouth shut. No one I knew there could answer that one.
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whew. I am exhausted after all those questions!
I have more if you would like. And of course, I made a few up. Creative writing. I didn't even start on the questions in the pool room. How are they going to move the table? It's heavy you know. No one can side it. They aren't going to slide it as they? It won't fit through the door. They can't take it apart? How would they get it back together. OK, enough is enough.
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