OK, so maybe this is my fault because I should've called the company beforehand.
I had cable internet installed today. My jack has a huge easy chair in front of it. The chair is broken and I wanted to have it removed before the appointment today, but I can't get a pickup until Wed. It's really too heavy for me to move--I did last week and was in pain for 5 days--but I figured I would carefully push it out of the way as far as I could. I wasn't going to ask him to do it because there might be an insurance issue with them moving furniture. He saw me struggling and did help pull it out, which I thanked him for.
Now, he wasn't overly friendly, but he's like me: he has a job to do. He's not there for conversation. After I realized I was bothering him I left him alone. It was akward, but what are you going to do?
At some point he needed more room and attempted to pull the chair out further, which was difficult because the back falls down. I said, "Oh, I'm sorry--it's broken [the second time I'd said that]" and asked if he'd like it moved some more. He didn't answer and then this:
Now, I get that he did this for the sake of saving time, but I'm a bit miffed that he picked up the chair and tossed it further away. I mean, it hit the floor with a thud. OK, it's going to the dump, but he didn't know that. I guess I feel he could've said, "Yeah, could we move this a bit more?" and I would've helped and he could say "thanks".
I'm not going to complain about him because I realize that I've been the exact same way at work--just trying to get done and moving fast and tossing things to save steps--and people have complained. I wasn't trying to be rude, and I don't think he was, since he did engage a little in conversation with me, as much as he could. He said he does 10 installs a day, and I know they take almost an hour and there's driving.
So I think it was unintentional, but expressing it here helps me be at peace with it. Plus, I confess I should have called and said, "Hey, I have this chair....is there anyone who would be physically able to help me move it?" just to give them a heads-up. Fail.
I had cable internet installed today. My jack has a huge easy chair in front of it. The chair is broken and I wanted to have it removed before the appointment today, but I can't get a pickup until Wed. It's really too heavy for me to move--I did last week and was in pain for 5 days--but I figured I would carefully push it out of the way as far as I could. I wasn't going to ask him to do it because there might be an insurance issue with them moving furniture. He saw me struggling and did help pull it out, which I thanked him for.
Now, he wasn't overly friendly, but he's like me: he has a job to do. He's not there for conversation. After I realized I was bothering him I left him alone. It was akward, but what are you going to do?
At some point he needed more room and attempted to pull the chair out further, which was difficult because the back falls down. I said, "Oh, I'm sorry--it's broken [the second time I'd said that]" and asked if he'd like it moved some more. He didn't answer and then this:
Now, I get that he did this for the sake of saving time, but I'm a bit miffed that he picked up the chair and tossed it further away. I mean, it hit the floor with a thud. OK, it's going to the dump, but he didn't know that. I guess I feel he could've said, "Yeah, could we move this a bit more?" and I would've helped and he could say "thanks".
I'm not going to complain about him because I realize that I've been the exact same way at work--just trying to get done and moving fast and tossing things to save steps--and people have complained. I wasn't trying to be rude, and I don't think he was, since he did engage a little in conversation with me, as much as he could. He said he does 10 installs a day, and I know they take almost an hour and there's driving.
So I think it was unintentional, but expressing it here helps me be at peace with it. Plus, I confess I should have called and said, "Hey, I have this chair....is there anyone who would be physically able to help me move it?" just to give them a heads-up. Fail.
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