Luckily, we made very few mistakes in the whole ground floor reno process. One of the few was putting some of the halogen pot lights too close to the kitchen cabinets. Hardly a mistake really, more like a fudge, a little boo boo. But still it required some patch work as well as the services of our favourite Hungarian curmudgeon, László, to make it right.
True to form, László entered the Tall House
without even so much as a hello:
Cutting right to the chase he barked: -Who did this work?
Me: -What work?
Him (getting a little red in the face): -This!!!
Me (heart pounding): -Oh, You mean the mouldings?
Him (voice rising as if speaking to a deaf half-wit): -Yessssss!
Me (not knowing whether this is good or bad): -Uh, Manu and his brother did a day together and Manu has been doing it alone ever since.
Him (shaking his head as he walked around the room): -Whhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaatttttttttt? … … But this fantastik job!
Me (breathing again): - ...
Him: - ...
Him again: -What your husband do again?
Me: -Um, he works in advertising
Him: -And the brother?
Me: -He's an engineer.
Him (full on yelling): -IM-POS-SI-BLE!!!!!! Usually these guys don't know what they are doing.
Him again (more quietly): -This really incredible job. Most workers don't do as nice work. He's hired! … Now you go.
Such a good story. I've been meaning to tell you for a while. By the way, I love the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteHappy New year to you guys.
Richard Labrosse