Tonight will mark the eleventh night without a kitchen sink installed in its proper spot. We need a sink before it can be installed.
Duh, makes sense, right?
The new sink is outta sight. We haven’t seen it yet.
It’s not as bad as one would think. We’ve ordered it four times.
The original one we ditched was surely a fright, not a sight to behold. Years of wear and tear on the faux stone didn’t fare thee well – especially up close in the daylight. Yikes!
With delight, we carefully shopped around and the one we picked surely not to fight with large pots and pans and things that Mr. uses to create foods that taste oh so delicious. I can only imagine how wonderful our dining nights will be.
Some day.
When I enter the kitchen now, my eyesight focuses on the space the sink used to be.
Oh, woes me.
At least the marble look counter is installed in place. Just in time for a sneak peek from our youngest who visited unexpectantly the last two days. Oh, yes, I’m full of delight to see her!
Our lovely graduate art student helped us paint and seal the mitered and seamed together joints. She’s our Monet student, and we love her youthful eyesight.
With our aging eyesight, any painting of tiny lines, with trifocals would not be easy. The gluing taught us that.
Wait…before you go, you must be dying to know more…why is there no sink after so many twilight nights.
Why do we wake each day to another morning sunlight…and still no sink?
Well…it’s a tale, not that funny.
With a festivity coming soon, a sink surely would be nice for cleaning and preparing a turkey and its fixings in. Good thing the bird is still airtight and frozen in its packaging.
Anyhoo…alright, I’ll get back to the story.
We’ve ordered 3 sinks – special order, upgraded faux stone models in a dark night-like mocha color – to hide stains, we hope.
We ordered the 1st one on 10/9. It came a week later and was cracked.
We returned it and they assured us the next one would be fine.
The next one came on 10/18 – cracked in the same exact spot. WTH? Are they being tossed around by young workers with no work ethic? Do they just toss them to the side to make them crumble like brick stones?
Mr. returned it, with his jaw and fists clenched tightly, yet composed, but ready to fight for a kitchen sink delivery of one we could use. Was reassured by the salesperson, the next one would be just fine.
Yesterday…on the 11th night without a sink – Mr. went to pick it up at the store, and it was cracked again.
You read that right!
For some odd reason, it isn’t meant to be. The 3rd one wasn’t the charm.
The 3rd trip to the store to pick up the special order took Mr.’s delight in this portion of the project right outta his sight. Each sink cracked in the corner and unusable. Rightfully so, he’s disgusted as I am. He, right then and there, standing up for our rights as a paying customer, outright canceled the order, demanded a refund, and we ordered a different model from somewhere else.
Here’s to hoping that when we wake to the morning sunlight tomorrow AM, Amazon Prime comes through with a sink delivery (undamaged one please) so we can install it straight away without delay. Oh, how then I will scream with joys of delight!!
Post Inspiration – Cee’s Black and White Photography Challenge – Stones or Bricks and Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday – where she encourages us to join in – “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “ght.” Find a word that contains the letters “ght” in that order, and use it any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use three or more different words containing those letters. Have fun!”
PS – Can you believe it, is it a quality control issue or a stocking issue? We’re not sure? Have you ever had to reorder 3 times for something? Did you go for the 4th time, or did you switch and find a different place to buy from? What fun do you have planned for the weekend?
I feel the frustration in this post. That must be super-annoying. I don’t know what is wrong, but defects and damage seems to rule the day these days, in lots of products. I hope the third time is a charm.
Thank you, Dan. Yes, it’s frustrating and annoying. When it happened the second time we thought it was just the same sink, repackaged. Three times though…that’d be really weird. I agree, it seems quality has gone down hill way too fast.
Fingers crossed for number 4!
Thank you, Rebecca!!
Wow that’s totally ridiculous Shelley! I can sense the anger/frustration from you guys. Honestly, I’d be livid. Taking your money elsewhere was a great idea, hit that company where it hurts. $$$$
Yes, indeed. They had the guts to say, “You can have an instore credit.” Nope – Mr. didn’t let them get away with that. Hopefully our alternative choice works out today!
You certainly get your bonus points today, Shelley! Too bad you can’t use those points to get a discount on the new sink. Happy Saturday.
LOL – you got your bonus points too!! Nice job, and great work on your weight loss. You’ll reach your goal by your birthday, I’m sure of it. I wish I could get a free sink, like you got a free pair of jeans! Happy Weekend to you too!
This is so ridiculous. Sounds like quality control, if they were all cracked in the same place and nobody inspected them. I probably would have ordered a different brand by the third time. On the bright side, how wonderful to have your daughter’s handiwork as part of the project.
Yes, indeed. We’re excited to see if the new brand arrives intact. Yes, it is fun to have her addition to the project. She was glad she could help us out.
Trifocals? Mom wore those, and I don’t know how she did it. I’ve always worn progressive lenses and they seem to work all right, and no lines, either. But having a kid do it is even better.
I love my trifocals – I tried progressives and couldn’t stand the limited area – I could never find the sweet spot, and it killed my neck trying to find it. The trifocals work really well for me. I do have a separate pair of occupational lenses that I use for computer work.
I did that for a while, and after I had them for a while I realized the progressive lenses were working fine. I got them on a 2-for-1 sale, so it wasn’t really a loss.
I think they are great for people who can adjust to them. I must be ultra sensitive to trying to locate the sweet spot in the field of vision. 2 for 1 that’s a great deal!!!
Hmm – I had a broken water line in my bathroom and hired a handyman to come and fix it … he fixed the line but in putting the vanity back after doing so, he broke the ceramic bowl. It was a deep bowl and he replaced it with a similar bowl (at a glance) … not a similar bowl because it is not wide enough so every time you wash your hands, water goes everywhere on the countertop … frustrated how he could have done that. I share your pain – many contractors over the years, beaucoup issues.
Yikes – I suppose it is hard to find exact replacements. Nice that he tried to fix it. I don’t know how some of these places get repeat work?!
I had to have my kitchen swag light repaired and the light store recommended him to take it down and install it after the repair. While he was there, I said I discovered the water line leak (that morning or the day before and was not using the tap) and he said “no problem – that’s an easy fix” … he also was supposed to fix the drip in the kitchen sink … a washer and not where you could take it apart and do it yourself.
He managed to break that as well and it was a Moen and old and they no longer made the part and I had to get an entire new faucet for the kitchen – I was mad!
Yikes – that’s not a good experience!
He was like a bull in a china shop!
LOL!