So... I've had people ask, for example, on some of the items on the webstore, it says that items may take two weeks to ship (noticeably the houses and other larger wood items), and people have asked, why this is the case.
Well, I can give you a hint... it's not because I spend all my days writing blog posts (haha), but rather... because it is so rare for me to get help at the rescue.
Case in point. Last week, Joel told me his cousin and the cousin's girlfriend were looking for work, and asked if I would try them out. Sure! I can always use help. So, they come over and work for 3 hours, and they did just fine, so I told them, I'd be contacting them again. Also worth mentioning, that day, I met a friend of these two, and also got that person's number because they also wanted the opportunity to work.
So there I am, thinking, great! I'll actually have help! Yeah...that was short-lived.
So, two days from then, I message the cousin and ask if they wanted to work on that day. He said sure and asked what time, as he mentioned that he and the gf were out doing something right then. I told him, the time didn't matter much, no rush, just when they were finished, come over. He said ok.
Hours pass, until the point where I send a message asking if they still were wanting to come by that day. Again, no response, so about an hour later, I send a message to the friend, asking if he wanted to work. No response from him either.
Now... before you start thinking, ok these people have lives, what do you expect?... keep in mind that when they were here at the rescue, I specifically told them, along the lines of, even if they can't come, please message back and let me know, so I know if I'm expecting them or not. They said sure, and of course, assured me that they would not be like the previous people who had just not showed up and not gotten back to me.
Yeah, about that...
So needless to say, I had no help. All that day, I had left various tasks -- note, that I easily could have done -- for them, because I figured, ok, when they got there, they would work on those tasks, and I would work on the more difficult or harder to teach stuff, and them doing the simpler stuff would free up more time for me. Well, fast forward to like 11 pm, and I still had none of that done, because stupid me, I kept thinking I'd get a text.
And while I acknowledge that something may have come up... I sent a reminder message, AND, keep in mind... I was expecting them. I asked them to show up when they were done, and they said ok. To me... this was acknowledging they'd show up... so I anticipated them showing up... which never did happen. Maybe I'm old school, but if I told someone I'd show up and then wasn't able to show up, I would send them a short message saying, hey, something came up, can't come. Takes a few seconds, and then I would have known not to be waiting on them. So simple...and yet apparently, so difficult.
Ah well, those orders will have to wait for tomorrow, I guess....
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