13th February 2020
“I think I’ll pass on that” the dreaded phrase that we hear sometimes, meaning that all our hard work is not appreciated by a prospective buyer. It is a statement that raises the sap of anger in both of us, especially when we drive out to some god forsaken petrol station in Fennville, in the freezing cold, only to find that we were at the wrong place. So we then had to drive back to one that we must have passed earlier. The lady was interested in the side table that we had advertised, but she started playing with the drawers swinging them from side to side, and in and out, I thought she was trying to get a tune out of it. She announced that she felt there was too much lateral movement in the top drawer. I explained the attributes of roller slides, but she was determined not to buy it. Kelli walked around back around our truck to avoid saying something she might regret later.
We were left to load the side table back into the truck.
I didn’t know what she expected, it was only $45 not a bloody Chippendale.
We started to drive back, “ I want a bottle of wine” said Kelli, I agreed that would be a great idea.
In contrast, the next delivery was brilliant, the guy handed over the money even before he saw it. So things were not that bad, and with a bottle of wine in our shopping trolley we were determined to end the day on a high.
We got back home and immediately started work on a tall dresser that we picked up a couple of days ago. We had gone to the Habitat store to buy some new handles for it, and we were determined to get it posted.
I had to drill the new holes for the handles, and then had to find shorter screws to fit then to the fronts.
As I didn’t have any, I had to cut down longer ones, which wasn’t an easy job, but I made a jig to hold them securely whilst I cut them.
Kelli came into the garage, saw me struggling, and suggested that I use the screws that were used with the old handles.
As I explained (trying to make a convincing excuse, which was weak and pathetic) that I was saving them for another job.
I conceded that it was a good suggestion, and tried to avoid looking at the smug look she was giving me.
I can’t think of the bleeding obvious all the time.
Kelli has other people interested in the side table, so she sent out text, and set up a viewing tomorrow.
The day started well, we managed to sell the matching pair of pedestals that I had put a lot of time and energy into.
Another Lifetime to go 