So it turns out that we are in the middle of a small soap opera.
This started with a request for the name of a snow removal company.
Which we thought we had.
Yesterday I mentioned that we got in a muddle because “our guys” had split up and there were a couple of “Bob’s”, but we didn’t know who was which.
Having got our brains totally scrambled, Grant called one of the Bob’s and left a message.
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Here’s how that went:
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It turns out that “Bob with the eyes” is Mike, and he is the one that bogged off.
Italian Bob was apparently a figment of Grant’s imagination.
So we have French Bob who’s left holding the bag, but apparently no snow removal equipment.
And “Mike with the eyes” that’s maybe a bad boy.
French Bob still has his lawn mowers and has been cutting my grass all summer, which was great.
But as I discovered, to my consternation, I never paid him.
Not a dime. Zip. Nada. For 6 months.
You ask, how could I be so careless?
If you could see my list of providers, you might understand.
Companies seem to keep changing their names.
McCauley & Tucker now Breymer
TAM now Casella , the electricity is now in two parts because I get a portion from a solar farm.
Gas people, generator people.
The generator is a tale in itself.
And they all bill online through a separate entity with another name altogether.
When French Bob called Grant back, he told him bits of what sounded like a very convoluted story, the upshot of which is that I have had 6 months of “lawn” service that I was never billed for, and that I currently have no snow removal service. I am awaiting a call from some bloke called Chris to let me know if he will do it.
However:
It’s always possible that Mike, with or without eyes, still holds that contract. I know someone came here in October and moved snow, but I haven’t been billed for that yet either.
There are always two sides to any story and I have no wish to be in the middle of this one.
Perhaps Grant could build a sled and we could try harnessing the cats to it.
Couldn’t be that much more chaotic. Could it?
Sorry for the chaos that you are having with the companies that you have to deal with. I love your sky pictures with the bare trees in the foreground. Bare trees have always been beautiful to me.
Yes. I love them too!
Yikes! Good luck with the sorting out!