First World Problem

It is a very First World Problem and that allows me to remain calm.

Before they sent the team to build our kitchen, they sent a man with an ultra-precise, hi-tech, laser controlled measuring machine to effectively survey our kitchen. They had spot on measurements for every plug and pipe.  They knew exactly where everything was meant to go.

Which makes it even more inexplicable that the worktop was 20cm too short.  Even with a ruler and a pencil, I reckon I'd be a lot closer than 20cm too short.  And to add insult to injury this was the only bit of the kitchen I chose.

And now we come to my favourite part of the game.  They have to re-order the worktop.  And of course this process takes an unspecifiable length of time.  There are so many factors affecting the growth of the Worktop Trees in The Kitchen-Fairy-Forest.  And obviously once the trees have matured, then only the very best are selected - this takes Time.

It's not as if they can just ring up and order a a piece of wood cut to a specified size - that sort of thing really is a Märchen*.

We also learned something slightly disconcerting about the New World Of Work.  Something I consider to be completely unfair.  Because the job could not be finished, the team don't get a full day's pay.  It's not their fault - they didn't have anything to do with measuring everything up, so how is penalising them fair?  The bloke who messed up the measurements doesn't get off either - he has to pay for the new worktop out of his commission.  This all seems very harsh to me.

Despite der Pfusch in der Ecke ("the cock-up in the corner"), the kitchen looks really good.  And it'll look even better when it's properly finished.

One day, a house improvement project will run smoothly from start to end.  Naturally, it'll be the time we do it ourselves.

Right I'm off to read my oven manual....

*das Märchen - the German for Fairy Tale.