The arborists are butchers
Posted: October 8th, 2006, 1:58 pm
I am in mourning.
I scheduled some much needed tree work. I had 2 trees which were right up against my house cut down and the rest of the trees on my wooded lot pruned.
But their idea of pruning was major surgery.
I am mourning the loss of foliage. They took large branches down when I only wanted the offshoots trimmed back.
It was hard to supervise the job yesterday in the rain. They worked in the rain. We have a language problem in this country. I speak English. They spoke Spanish. It's very difficult to point and describe in English when someone is listening in Spanish.
I feel like I took my offspring to the dentist to have their wisdom teeth pulled and the dentist did a tonsillectomy while he was there.
Let there be lots of rain.
The lesson? Don't go verbal. Get a contract in writing which specifically states the work needed to be done.
I'm off to the nursery to buy some ornamental grasses. Out with the old, in with the new.
This is why I never go to the hair salon to have my hair cut. I ask them to trim 2 inches and they take off 8-10. Happens every time.
It is also why, when I edit a piece of writing, I cut some away and add some. There's such a thing as trimming too much.
If I were an adept internet poster, I would ask you all a question now to give you reason to reply. But I have nothing to ask.
I'm in mourning. Forgive me.
I scheduled some much needed tree work. I had 2 trees which were right up against my house cut down and the rest of the trees on my wooded lot pruned.
But their idea of pruning was major surgery.
I am mourning the loss of foliage. They took large branches down when I only wanted the offshoots trimmed back.
It was hard to supervise the job yesterday in the rain. They worked in the rain. We have a language problem in this country. I speak English. They spoke Spanish. It's very difficult to point and describe in English when someone is listening in Spanish.
I feel like I took my offspring to the dentist to have their wisdom teeth pulled and the dentist did a tonsillectomy while he was there.
Let there be lots of rain.
The lesson? Don't go verbal. Get a contract in writing which specifically states the work needed to be done.
I'm off to the nursery to buy some ornamental grasses. Out with the old, in with the new.
This is why I never go to the hair salon to have my hair cut. I ask them to trim 2 inches and they take off 8-10. Happens every time.
It is also why, when I edit a piece of writing, I cut some away and add some. There's such a thing as trimming too much.
If I were an adept internet poster, I would ask you all a question now to give you reason to reply. But I have nothing to ask.
I'm in mourning. Forgive me.