So, ever have one of those days where noting is quite as it seems? Well, yesterday was one of those for me! I don’t get it – all started out well, but somewhere around 3PM it all went to hell…
So, to be fair, this is just life again getting in the way… I get it, but come on, enough!! It’s almost an ethical dilemma for me. See, we are GIVING away a set of white kitchen appliances. Yep – giving them away. OK, no, I guess that isn’t right – we are giving them to someone that needs them and will in return for getting them will move a stove and fridge up a flight of stairs for us. This is one of 2 remaining things that needs to be done before we can get t he condo on the market.
So, are we asking too much? Here were the requirements… Promise that you need the appliances, and that you will not profit off of getting them (so donate your old ones…) and have the guys that carry the set you are getting down the stairs, bring the other set up the stairs… not a hard thing, yes?? Well, apparently it is, because yesterday I get the call that they have hired the mover and want to get the appliance done tonight. Well, sure, we can hold off on letting the kids get cleaned up from camp and all that – shouldn’t take long… Well, the people they got to move the stuff want to charge them extra to move stuff up stairs – and the people we are giving appliance to don’t want to pay it. Um, really? Seriously? Here is $2,000 worth of appliances, and the only thing you have to do is move my stuff up the stairs and you don’t want to cover it?
So, maybe I am/was reading too much into it – but I am irked… I have been through a lot in the past 18 months, and I have had so many people bend over backwards to help me – but I have never asked or expected someone to be out of pocket for me. So, I was trying to pay it forward or back, depending on how you look at it, and now this… It is a lesson learned… If you want to just be rid of something, take the first offer, be done with it. Had we done that a friend would have hauled the old stuff out, put the new stuff up and then sold the old stuff. We all would have been happy, end of story… UUGH! Really took the Disney breeze out of my sails… Made it hard to work as well, and I really needed to get more done last night, but I couldn’t focus…
As a side note, we did get the appliances moved and in the end we were not out of pocket. It was bittersweet, but it is done...
OK, venting and ranting over… Happy Thursday everyone!! Come on weekend!!