Re: In Motion Monday
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:58 pm
I'm home. Long day, I was gone over 9 hours. I'm exhausted.
Got there late. Had to come back up to the apartment for the papers I had printed off, only to discover they had not printed at all.
So I got to the apartment late to pick up W & R.
Their settlement meeting went well but took 2 hours. I have a short to-do list from it. As expected, the other team has not talked money so W & R have no clue and are uneasy about expenses. I talked a bit to them about it at lunch.
Then we did a furniture store. Last night, their bedframe broke. Sigh... So we bought a new one. Thankfully it fit in the car. W was exhausted because he'd been up since 4 when the frame broke.
We then did IKEA for the sheets (after discussing how they make a bed, turns out it is the European way) and a water jug. Turns out they gave the one they had back to the other team for some reason. That's two items that were in the apartment that are no longer in the apartment, so they've purchased new. Again, if they understood their financial situation, that may not have happened.
We hit a dollar store for a few things and the electric store for a universal plug adapter. Now they can charge their cell phones and laptop! (Shaking my head at that one, why they came without an adapter, I don't know but they cost more here than in the Middle East.)
Finally back to the apartment. Took the bed apart, disassembled the broken frame, put together the new frame, went to the office to discuss what to do about the neighbour below. He won't tolerate any noise, so the sound of the box spring being placed on the floor or the sound of us sitting in the bedroom discussing how to assemble the frame brought about broomstick to the ceiling thumps. Their first morning at the apartment he stormed upstairs and banged on their door because they were so noisy (walking around the apartment in bare feet.) It is a wood frame building and sound carries, certainly his TV is on way loud but when it is at least he isn't banging on the ceiling (he did it when I was moving stuff in too.)
As instructed by the office, we put the complaint in writing. I wrote it out, read it to W and he signed it.
I left at 5:50 and still hit rush hour traffic so didn't get home until well after 6.
I'm not hungry (I was in the car and had a protein bar) but I have both leftovers from last night and falafels for my dinner tonight so when I am I'll be able to make up something quickly.
Got there late. Had to come back up to the apartment for the papers I had printed off, only to discover they had not printed at all.
So I got to the apartment late to pick up W & R.
Their settlement meeting went well but took 2 hours. I have a short to-do list from it. As expected, the other team has not talked money so W & R have no clue and are uneasy about expenses. I talked a bit to them about it at lunch.
Then we did a furniture store. Last night, their bedframe broke. Sigh... So we bought a new one. Thankfully it fit in the car. W was exhausted because he'd been up since 4 when the frame broke.
We then did IKEA for the sheets (after discussing how they make a bed, turns out it is the European way) and a water jug. Turns out they gave the one they had back to the other team for some reason. That's two items that were in the apartment that are no longer in the apartment, so they've purchased new. Again, if they understood their financial situation, that may not have happened.
We hit a dollar store for a few things and the electric store for a universal plug adapter. Now they can charge their cell phones and laptop! (Shaking my head at that one, why they came without an adapter, I don't know but they cost more here than in the Middle East.)
Finally back to the apartment. Took the bed apart, disassembled the broken frame, put together the new frame, went to the office to discuss what to do about the neighbour below. He won't tolerate any noise, so the sound of the box spring being placed on the floor or the sound of us sitting in the bedroom discussing how to assemble the frame brought about broomstick to the ceiling thumps. Their first morning at the apartment he stormed upstairs and banged on their door because they were so noisy (walking around the apartment in bare feet.) It is a wood frame building and sound carries, certainly his TV is on way loud but when it is at least he isn't banging on the ceiling (he did it when I was moving stuff in too.)
As instructed by the office, we put the complaint in writing. I wrote it out, read it to W and he signed it.
I left at 5:50 and still hit rush hour traffic so didn't get home until well after 6.
I'm not hungry (I was in the car and had a protein bar) but I have both leftovers from last night and falafels for my dinner tonight so when I am I'll be able to make up something quickly.