So, do you know the world is short on windows?
As part of the post-tornado rebuild, we need to remodel our entire house, including replacing all windows.
I
was told from the very beginning that there had been a significant
shortage of windows all over the country. So, every house is basically
waiting on windows. Since windows affect the rest of the remodeling,
both interior and exterior, you kind of have to wait for windows to be done first, then move onto siding, interior painting, flooring, etc.
My
contractor promised a 3-4 week window delivery, and we put it in the
contract. The windows didn't come in 3 or 4 weeks, and the contract
served no purpose at that point. Everyone seemed to be so busy with
something, we just chose to look the other way...
After
7 LONG weeks of waiting, the windows finally arrived. The scheduled
installation was 8am today -- Exciting!! I subsequently scheduled the
paint job to start on 9/7; flooring work on 9/20 and then the window
blinds for 9/22/21. I saw HOPE, or at least I "thought" I saw HOPE.
Around
1pm, in the middle of the window installation, my contractor delivered
the bombshell news -- the 4 windows in the living room were all in wrong
sizes. So we need to wait for many more weeks for the right-sized windows to arrive...
Okay,
let's skip the part of how we actually felt when receiving the news.
The bigger questions are -- Is this really happening? How could this
even be happening? How much more patience should we have in the face of
human stupidity??? How can our logical and sensible schedules co-exist
with the rest of the chaotic world -- in harmony???
What
we've been trained to do over the years is -- we encounter unthinkable
situations, we ask questions, but we don't really seek answers... Maybe,
just maybe, the answers will reveal an even darker side of the
reality!!
