Day 2978 Absolute rubbish.

10th October 2025

I had planned to drive down to John the wood to start building a prototype for some lounge furniture that I want to make, but there were several reasons why that didn’t happen.

I usually gave John a call just to remind him that I was picking him up, but he has a very unreliable phone, so often I have to phone his wife, but this time both their phones were not working.

However I had my fencing delivered and I went out to expect them. What I saw pissed me off big time, and I should have watched them unload, but every panel was crap, and when I say crap they were disgustingly rubbish.

I only needed six panels and they cost me over a hundred dollars to get delivered.

There was one panel with part of the strip missing, the rest had unequal gaps and the timber used? I have burnt better stuff.

I made an immediate visit to Menards, seething and angry, but by the time I got there my mood had mellowed.

I went to the next available person at the building supply checkout and spilled my story and with the aid of pictures made it clear that I was not a happy man. 

The lady serving me had a look of sympathy, but said that she could help me, and summoned a manager. Up came a young chap who looked at the pictures and agreed that they were substandard and would arrange for new panels to be delivered and the old ones collected.

That was a relief, but he said that the earliest they could be delivered would be Monday.

So I left the store feeling a bit more happy, and I even tried John the wood again to see if he would answer. 

This time the call went through, I told him of my issues and we agree to meet on Tuesday.

I had a few things to do when I got back, so I would waste the day, but halfway through the afternoon there was a call to say that the new panels would be delivered in a few minutes time, but I would have to help to unload.

The white truck arrived a a burley chap jumped out. I showed him where I wanted the panels stacked, and he moved the truck. 

The unloading went okay, they were heavy but far better quality, so it was worth the effort.

We then loaded the crap panels, and he was off.