Breakfast on Friday is always very late these days,as every other week my son and I do the shopping early and eat on our return. Morning found me in considerable pain and my son was obliged to go without me a fact which he took rather better than I expected,off he went while I took a large dose of codeine before venturing gingerly down stairs.
Pa was up,which meant that I was late which would not do as we had a guest for breakfast so leaving Pa to tidy his room I went back upstairs to clean and dust my own, From my bedroom window I could see a good deal of activity as our illustrious landlord having originally placed a rent of £1,800 per month ,no new carpet, and no white goods had, after several months of derisive comments from prospective tenants and ardent pleading from the letting agent,had a change of heart.
Yesterday a “Let By” notice went up and today the new fridge freezer,cooker heated towel rail etc. arrived and were installed by the parks electrician ,who,finding himself next door to the Café Avie at his break time called in for a pot of tea (English Breakfast) and shortbread fingers (Wholemeal). He was prepared to sing for his breakfast and in fact seemed rather relieved to get off his chest Th following tale.
When the Estate Manager ( may his wax jacket melt) realised that if he wanted to let the house he needed to lower the price and install the basic white goods he also decided to chose then himself. This was not good judgement as he is unfamiliar with the dimensions of the kitchen next door. On attempting to install the fridge freezer the electrician discovered that no matter how he hung the doors they would not open fully due to lack of space,for either a door or a work top was in the way.
Following instructions he installed it any way,he told us “It will be fine so long as they do not buy any large joints of meat.”
Now why would you install something so obviously wrong? Well of course that answer is that true to form the Estate manager left the matter until the last moment and the new tenant is to move in tomorrow. New appliances had been promised and new appliances they have,the fact that they will not operate correctly is apparently by the way.
The cooker is the cheapest piece of tat I ever saw and the heated towel rail is just large enough to hold a small face flannel! There is potentially the prospect f a very troublesome day for is tomorrow,as on Saturday,s the Estate Manager does not work, the Facilities Manager(may he be visited by a plague of haemorrhoids) is still on holiday. When the new tenants realise their predicament we will be the only people too whom they will be abode to sound off as it ha s been made known to all that Pa is still,technically employed by the Estate.
Coincidentally our old neighbour will be with us for breakfast tomorrow which will add a certain frisson to the occasion.
Many of the days chores went undone today as I was, unfortunately not well enough to do them and my son, poor boy is also feeling pretty grim. Pa is , for once the last one standing.....for how long,who can say? In the mean time it has been decided that an very early night shall be had by all in the hope that we shall all fell better in the morning. Let us pray!
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