Monday 10 August 2009

Be careful what you ask for....

When we moved from the villa at Murjan into this villette (LOL) here at Pearl Beach I found this stove in the kitchen which I was supposed to cook on.... yeah right! You can see how undersized (is that a word?) it is because there was a gap either side and they had it on a plinth to make it the right height.... to say I was unimpressed is probably an understatement. So I requested that they get a proper grown up stove as a replacement.... well, that was March and April went by and I was busy, then May and I reminded them that I wanted a new stove... June passed and then July came along and I decided that I really needed to be a bit more proactive with regard to this... so I took to calling the compound manager daily and it seemed to be working... he would tell me it was 'in hand' and he was 'working on it' and I would definitely have my stove at the 'end of the week'... not actually saying which week in the year he was referring to... and then he stopped taking my calls....
Hah!! Bad move... that is like the proverbial red rag to the bull... ignore me will you? avoid me will you? So I took to walking up to the office every morning and enquiring as to the wearabouts of this promised new stove... so he sent a carpenter to measure the gap.... progress!!
So the daily visits went on... and on... and on... and he took to hiding from me.... he could see me coming from his office window and took evasive action!!
Hah! Hide from me will you? Avoid me? Hope I will go away and not come back? LOL... little does he know what he is dealing with!! So, I too got clever and approached the office from a different direction and changed the timing and popped in just after lunch... and the elusive new stove was promised to be delivered in a few days.... it was coming from Khobar... which is a 45 minute drive away but obviously takes stoves a week.... and then he disappeared off to India for a months vacation!! Leaving me with no stove!!
So I found the second in command and gave him a good talking to... and he promised to sort it and he promised to call me and let me know.... which he didn't!! So I went back and he wanted to know what was wrong with the old stove, perhaps they could get it repaired!! I WANT A BIGGER STOVE THIS ONE IS TOO SMALL.... it won't take a cookie tray, I can't fit my roasting trays in it... its too small!
So Ronnie, (second in command) assures me he will call the manager in India and find out what was happening, to leave it with him... harrumph.... you are kidding right? I WANT A BIGGER STOVE!! I don't want people lieing to me anymore, I don't want to be avoided anymore, I don't want to sit and wait for calls that don't happen....I have waited 6 months for a new stove and I am not prepared to wait any longer.... I get a new stove or I get a new house!! Poor Ronnie got both barrels.... and its a shame you have to lose it to actually get people to take you seriously... but he phoned me later and said he had permission to get me a new stove and the carpenter would be by to measure the gap.... again (just in case it had changed in the interim period). Then a man came and said the new stove was ordered!!!! Yippeee........ and it was the same size as the one I had...... what? No!! You are kidding me? This is a joke right? Nope, the new stove will be the same size so that it fits into the gap (with room to spare either side)!!
So I threw a hissy fit and told him he could phone them up and cancel the order because I WANT A BIGGER STOVE!!
So this is what got delivered and installed yesterday.... its MAHOOSIVE!! They had to remove one of the kitchen cupboards and cut a chunl of worktop out just to get in the space!! So anyways... my Nan always said 'be careful what you ask for....' and she could be right.... but its a lovely BIG stove and all my trays and roasting dishes fit (in fact they all fit in at the same time)!!
Here is little Two Ears sitting next to his brother One Ear... they were both the same size before he got sick so I am working on building his body fat back up and getting him back on form.


23 comments:

  1. At least you got it at last LOL - big baking session coming up?????????? don't forget we want pics.

    Toni :o)

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  2. Ah success! Totaly share your frustration - and love that you can now use every pan at once! But remember - you don't have to, jsut because you can!!

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  3. Well done for sticking at your guns - got there finally - looks lovely, so everyone for tea!!
    Glad to see kitties are now doing well.

    Take care

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  4. Ha ha - go you! Nice to see the little people getting a result. Love your work btw - often flit by for a look see.

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  5. Hehehehehe. Blimey - remind me not to get on the wrong side of you :P Wonder if they've told the boss he can come home yet?

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  6. Your recount made me smile ...sorry ... I know how frustrating it must have been. I think I might have had my hands around his neck long befoer he escaped to India It is so true that you have to loose it before they realize that you need to be taken seriously. That is an excellant cooker.

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  7. If you don't ask you don't get. Wel you asked and asked and asked and you certainly got, Well done. x

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  8. Oh when will men learn never cross a woman of a certain age (any age from 12 to 112)lol

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  9. Well done you! I was almost getting out of breath reading that LOL x

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  10. I just loooove reading all about your (mis)adventures. My kids wondered what I was laughing at!! You go girl!!!

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  11. I'm thinking the manager went to India in the hope you wouldn't find him!!
    My Gran used to say 'what will hold a lot will hold a little' - just think of all the extra goodies you'll be able to make with the big oven.

    You could try adding cod live oil to Two Ears food to help build him up

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  12. What a success!!! sadly I have a mini stove like your old one! kitchens too small for anything bigger :( I miss my double overn :(
    two ears is looking much better, still ickle but much better!

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  13. hehehe! glad you've got your BIG stove eventually Annette! :)

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  14. WOW that is a corker. Well done for sticking to your guns.

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  15. I am smiling very big, you have such a way with words Annette, you made me laugh now with your post because I can picture it all.... glad you got the stove though... happy baking love !

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  16. Glad you got your stove! Sounds a bit like my phone problem. Thanks for the laugh!
    I left you an award on my blog.

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  17. Ha ha ha!! I love the way you tell your stories! And that cooker really does look massive. Happy baking :)

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  18. had to laugh, LOVE your persistance...I shold get you on task of getting the replacement part for our fridge...I gave p 6 months ago after over a year...grrr

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  19. haha go you! Well done for standing your ground, and getting such a huuuge cooker lol

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  20. Persistence pays! Why do folks make you jump through such ludicrous hoops? Great result, though - enjoy using the new cooker.

    Good news on the kitten front too - well done

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  21. you scare me Annette. and for people who know the both of us, it's not ME the "your Nan" you told you the words of wisdom! LOL

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  22. Loved reading this story couldnt wait to get to the end and never cheated and looked either. Patience is a virtue.

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  23. I read this and I would of given up long B4 very frustraiting but why do we have to become such a pain (sorry you were a pain lol) to get what we want? I meen I wouldn't have got the cooker as I wouldn't have been as persistant! But if you have the right to have a cooker then it should be done correct and when asked I meen you got a cooker you wanted to shut you up! how many others got the dinky cooker and not a large one?

    so I admire what you did to get what you were entitled too, but i think it's wrong you had to goto such extreames to get it!

    Love DAwn xx

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