It's Just What I Do

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It's Just What I Do

Be gentle with people. We all make mistakes. Help if you can. It’s what we should do.

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joea99

All you say is true. But.

What was the ultimate resolution? Did the contractor fess up to the homeowner? It is not simply a "technical issue" to be solved. There are other issues, which might end up in court, if he makes converts to a steam system without including the home owner in the decisions to be made.

Larry Weingarten

"Help if you can. It’s what we should do." ... Thanks for this. It's golden!

Yours, Larry

JohnMansolf

My first reaction is, "how can this happen?" But I'm basing that statement on my knowledge and experience, not theirs. None of us knows everything. It is better to share our knowledge and experience without judgement. Believe me, I struggle everyday as an old business owner

DanHolohan

@joea99, we don't know the ultimate resolution. The point of the tale is at the very end, as Larry was nice enough to point out.

But you got me thinking. I once wrote a novel called, Milkman. It's a coming-of age story about two young people, one of whom, Hannah Kepler, sees so deeply into human nature that it becomes more than she can bear.

She said this in the story: "Books never really end. You can imagine whatever you’d like after you get to the last page of any book. That’s the nice thing about books. They become a part of you when you reach their end. They sit and wait for you to continue the story for them.”


So, please do.

joea99

DanHolohan said:

@joea99, we don't know the ultimate resolution. The point of the tale is at the very end, as Larry was nice enough to point out.

But you got me thinking. I once wrote a novel called, Milkman. It's a coming-of age story about two young people, one of whom, Hannah Kepler, sees so deeply into human nature that it becomes more than she can bear.

She said this in the story: "Books never really end. You can imagine whatever you’d like after you get to the last page of any book. That’s the nice thing about books. They become a part of you when you reach their end. They sit and wait for you to continue the story for them.”

So, please do.

Not sure if your closing line was an invitation to continue this thread or . . .

Anyway, I did get the point was to help when you can and certainly agree with that.

I just felt too many where down on "that guy" (a homeowner apparently) who was pointing out an important issue, albeit rather indelicately, or just without any empathy. And rightly so perhaps.

Most replies were no doubt well intended, to help the hapless contractor find a way out of his immediate problem, but did not give thought (apparently) to his potential liability in that matter.

So, in the spirit of you message, I will "continue the story", to envision the contractor approaching the homeowner, describing the various options and arriving at a mutually satisfactory resolution that leaves both reasonably "whole".

Dang, maybe I have a future are a novelist . . .

mattmia2

I'm curious how often this happens. There were 2 posts about 2 different systems where this happened, one from the contractor, one from a homeowner within a month, but I haven't seen any since.

DanHolohan

Thanks, @joea99. It’s fun to think up the rest of the story. Could go so many ways. Are you a reader? If so, I’ll send you Milkman. PM me. 

joea99

DanHolohan said:

Thanks, @joea99. It’s fun to think up the rest of the story. Could go so many ways. Are you a reader? If so, I’ll send you Milkman. PM me. 

I'd be happy to give it a read. Too bad I did not have a proof reader for my last post, a couple spelling errors and lack of a clear meaning to the "rightly so" comment. Could be taken either way.