Maybe you know that moderation is not my strong suit. I tend to be good at abstaining or indulging, which in my mind works out to a kind of balance. Yes, I know I'm rationalizing. But finally -- just today -- my cabinets were fixed through what I think was exactly the right balance of niceness, firmness, and assertiveness on my part. This was a good thing, because if it hadn't happened today, I was ready to stop being nice; I would have dropped that sense of balance and gone full-on firm and assertive (with my trump card being a charge reversal against the company for at least the cost of cabinet installation).
I have to say that I'm pleased overall. I would have been glad if my cabinets had been finished two months ago when they were installed -- or had been installed properly, not crooked or scratched -- but since we couldn't go back in time and make that happen, I was happy to accept the "courtesy for my inconvenience" of free underpanels and molding along with the cabinet and drawer alignment. And, because I wasn't watching the entire time, I didn't realize until the workers were nearly finished that they had also installed my pulls and knobs that I was planning to put on this weekend. That was a nice lagniappe. (I don't get to use that word much; indulge me!)
Tomorrow I will have to clean up the sawdust and dirt in the kitchen -- it's been a long week and I'm not up to it tonight -- and then my kitchen is just a backsplash and over-stove fan away from being finished. Can you even believe it? It's been since May. Oh, and just in time for me to move my pans and utensils back in for holiday cooking. I'm a happy cook (and mostly happy customer).
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