Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Insult

I found this to be a very interesting situation. It says something about people from other cultures. It's something I've heard about and yesterday and today, I was able to experience it first hand.
My husband and I are getting ready to put our house on the market. We had some painters come in to repaint a few areas. That of course meant patching and sanding.
Just an aside, one of my clients has me prepare meals in my own kitchen and then I deliver.
Earlier in the day I had taken some food out to thaw and some to get to room temperature. As I leaned over one of my counters, I was noticing the thin plastic 'wall's' that had been taped into various walkways to keep out dust. And then, I noticed how white my black shirt was. My counters were full of sanding dust. I had to throw everything out. I became angrier and angrier and had to talk to these guys. Because I can get really upset, I waited till my husband was around to help buffer. With his sweet, soft voice he explained that I am a chef and I use my kitchen to prepare meals for others. Of course I had to butt in~ I had to let him know I can't keep cleaning my counters every 30 minutes when I'm cooking. And I had to tell him that the dust was on the second floor as well. "Your plastic sheets are no good. You have holes in them!" Long after they had sanded, they patched up a hole. Thanks. I told him there had to be another way. I suggested they do all the house cleaning. No comment from him. Natch. I said they just had to find another way. This discussion went back and forth...
And today is another day. This morning, he said well, I have to do my job. Excuse me? I too have a job and I have to do it without dust in the food. I take great care to keep my kitchen sanitized. These guys just don't get it. And he said, we will vacuum everything. To which I said, like you did last night? Then I showed him the cloth that was full of dust the next day after everything had been washed down the night before. I said, look-turn around and look a the table in the other room. You could see the dust that had accumulated around objects that had been on the table and were removed. That dust is also on the second floor pal. Guess what he said next? When we are finished you can get your cleaning ladies to clean everything. Excuse me? cleaning ladies? I had to let him down and tell him we don't have cleaning ladies. I HATE THESE PEOPLE. I hate their thinking, their attitude. I think I'm overwhelmed.

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