Thursday September 4, 2008
We went to Taunton today, to the foam shop, to pick up the three new cushion pads Graham had ordered for the living room sofa. One of them was the right size. So, we’ll be visiting Taunton again next week.
Don’t you just hate it when that happens?
9 responses so far ↓
Wilma // September 4, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I sure do. It happens far too often these days. People don’t listen and they don’t take pride in their wok.
Kate // September 4, 2008 at 7:28 pm
John,
How far is Taunton from where you live?
In Saskatchewan, we measure distance in time it takes to get there. Thus, I live two hours from Saskatoon. (driving at speed of 100 kph)
I know the frustration of getting home from the city with all my new loot and finding something doesn’t work or won’t suit. Especially nowadays, when a trip to the city costs about $120 in fuel. Not to mention the day off from work, the cost of eating while en route, etc. — all of which has to be spent twice when this happens.
Unfortunately, the governments of recent years have gutted the rural health care services so badly that we country dwellers have to run to the city for medical appointments with anyone beyond the basic g.p.
You can’t even have a baby in the Wadena hospital anymore; you have to drive that two hours to get to the city hospital.
bonnie // September 4, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Customer service, great all over the world huh?
oldgreypoet // September 4, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Taunton is abt 15 miles, or 45 minutes on British roads, centre-to-centre. It’s the centre that takes the time.
Nobody listens these days, but in this instance the guy in the shop took the measurements, which were correct because we checked. Then he farmed the work out…
I suspect it was probably a typo, Wilma, but I love that ‘pride in their wok’. Got me to thinking, did that!
Kate & Jim // September 5, 2008 at 2:17 am
Oh yeah - I hate when that happens, also.
And Kate - yes, I like to measure in time too. But around the area I do use mileage. Seems every thing we do here locally is within a 15-20 mile radius. Nothing is really closer than that. To work is roughly 15 miles, to shop is roughly 12-15 miles. Now - to visit Gary the Potter…that would be 3 hours!
louphoria // September 5, 2008 at 12:28 pm
I just burst out laughing, the thought that you could cover such a massive piece of earth in 2 hours and such a piddley distance like that of the trip to Taunton in 45 minutes. Something about that juxtaposition really, really tickles me. Being Irish I totally sympathise with John’s experience of trip times, it’s not much different here (clogged towns and windy routes and badly managed traffic/traffic signals, oh, and let’s not forget shit drivers).
Mage Bailey // September 5, 2008 at 2:23 pm
Yes, what pride in what work.
gary // September 5, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Ugh.
Maureen // September 5, 2008 at 5:26 pm
How annoying.
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