On Aug 9, 1:57*pm, "
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On Aug 9, 11:46 am, Charlie Self wrote:

Reminds me of a boss I had maybe five or six years ago. She asked me
to talk another writer out of a deal she'd made with him, because, "it
wasn't a contract, just a letter." Ah, the blessings of having leaders
with MBAs!

And we shall be blessed even further. *Many of these self serving
nitwits deem it necessary to procreate, so we will have even more of
their offspring among us that don't understand what a contract
actually means.

It seems to many these days to simply mean a tacit agreement, molded
to their advantage as needed.

What happened to the good old days about being ****ed off because
someone lied to you and didn't do what they agreed to do?

Man do I feel like a dinosaur.

Robert

In the solid surface business, shipping is, was, and always will be a
nightmare. 30" wide by 12 feet long, on a skid that no ordinary
forklifts can handle, unless you have a side-curtain trailer and you
can scoop it from the side...which never happens.

So, hand-bombing it is, was, and always will be.
At an average of 160 pounds per sheet, those flappy windcatchers
sometimes feel a lot heavier.
Carrying them 'on the flat' in the summer is a hoot, as the middle of
the sheet almost drags the ground and in the winter too risky due to
cold/brittle issues. So on their side, we carry them.

To make matters worse, I pay a premium for the 'unused cubes' above my
material, as truckers aren't allowed to stack anything on top.

Now, lucky for me, I am serviced by 3 companies who know my needs well
enough now to advise their driver, that he better eat his Wheaties
before he shows up at my shop with a lift ( 8 sheets) which, including
the skid, weighs over 1300 pounds. And a hydraulic platform lift is
useless. (Guys with air-ride do drop their trailers.)

NEVER a complaint, as some of the drivers WANT to come to my shop as I
often slap the driver a 50 if it is a full skid. I call it grease.
Makes the job go better. A 20 if it is only a few sheets.
I need these guys, and as granma used tell me, it is easier to catch a
bee with sugar than with vinegar.

r