relationship.
“Well,
it’s nice to see you sparkling this early in the morning. Did someone get you
this way?”
I
smiled and ignored him as I went to the conference room to make some calls.
By
the time I made my calls and drank half of my coffee, I heard the crew come in
the door. I headed off in search of Parker after I started a second pot of
coffee. I found him in my office with his feet on my desk. I sat down across
from him and stared sternly at his feet. He quickly slid them back to the floor,
while the disgruntled look stayed on his face. I patiently waited as he
finished his call.
“Yes,
I understand and I’ll call you back this afternoon.”
He
hung up and slumped further in the chair.
“I’m
guessing that was bad news. Go ahead and throw it at me while I’m still in a
good mood.”
I
kept sipping my coffee, refusing for him to take away my pleasant morning.
“We
don’t have the equipment to bring the new dock parts in plus our permit didn’t
go through,” he said as he rubbed his face with both hands.
“Why
do we need a permit?”
“We’re
making structural changes on an old building, so we have to get everything
approved. When the improvements are made it’ll be inspected to make sure we
followed code. That includes the support that was damaged. Before you ask, the
other problem is that the driver hauling our supplies had to take a few
personal days off.”
He
leaned back in my chair and started rocking, he looked quite perplexed.
“Can
we get someone else to deliver the supplies?”
“Because
of the size of the door, frame, metal plate and the equipment to install it, we
need a tractor trailer to deliver it all. The only one they have in service is
owned by the driver and goes home with him. I have been told that he hurt his
back and has to be in bed for a few days. We either have to wait for him to get
better or find another company to deliver the same goods. Either way, we only
have one day of work left before needing those supplies to be on the dock,” he
said without taking a single breath.
“Okay,
we’ll see if someone can deliver it tomorrow and if not we’ll just concentrate
on tearing down the whole dock in the spare time we have.”
I
swallowed the last bit of my now cold coffee.
“With
the way things are going, we’ll have the dock torn down in a day and a half
then still not have the truck here.”
“We
can call a few of the companies that come here to see if they are available to
haul the items already ordered. We can also talk to Ramirez about our options
for the next few days if we can’t get anything here on time.”
I
threw my empty cup away and reached for my rolodex.
“I
knew there was a reason I work so well with you.”
He
ruffled my hair before walking out the door to see Ramirez.
I
got into my warm chair and kept flipping threw my contacts until I got to the
one I needed. Almost an hour later and I was looking for Parker again. I had
gotten a driver who could pick up the supplies and deliver them back to us by six
o’clock tomorrow night. The permits were the next on my list to conquer.
I
found Parker passing in front of the coffee station.
“I
think I have a way into the permits office. Chastity use to date this guy. He’s
second in command and she happens to still have his phone number. She’ll call
him this afternoon to see what the hold up is on the permits we already applied
for. She’ll call us later to let us know what happens.”
“I
don’t know if I should be happy or jealous.” Parker said.
Chastity
would sweet-talk her friend into handling our little problem. She had done this
kind of thing before and it always worked.
“I
can tell what you’re thinking. Yes, she can get us what we need and no jealousy
is needed.”
We
went over work details until lunchtime. I got a call from Conrad just as I was
driving to the deli and filled him in on my hectic day. Thankfully, his day was
better than mine. He hung up with me just
“Well,
it’s nice to see you sparkling this early in the morning. Did someone get you
this way?”
I
smiled and ignored him as I went to the conference room to make some calls.
By
the time I made my calls and drank half of my coffee, I heard the crew come in
the door. I headed off in search of Parker after I started a second pot of
coffee. I found him in my office with his feet on my desk. I sat down across
from him and stared sternly at his feet. He quickly slid them back to the floor,
while the disgruntled look stayed on his face. I patiently waited as he
finished his call.
“Yes,
I understand and I’ll call you back this afternoon.”
He
hung up and slumped further in the chair.
“I’m
guessing that was bad news. Go ahead and throw it at me while I’m still in a
good mood.”
I
kept sipping my coffee, refusing for him to take away my pleasant morning.
“We
don’t have the equipment to bring the new dock parts in plus our permit didn’t
go through,” he said as he rubbed his face with both hands.
“Why
do we need a permit?”
“We’re
making structural changes on an old building, so we have to get everything
approved. When the improvements are made it’ll be inspected to make sure we
followed code. That includes the support that was damaged. Before you ask, the
other problem is that the driver hauling our supplies had to take a few
personal days off.”
He
leaned back in my chair and started rocking, he looked quite perplexed.
“Can
we get someone else to deliver the supplies?”
“Because
of the size of the door, frame, metal plate and the equipment to install it, we
need a tractor trailer to deliver it all. The only one they have in service is
owned by the driver and goes home with him. I have been told that he hurt his
back and has to be in bed for a few days. We either have to wait for him to get
better or find another company to deliver the same goods. Either way, we only
have one day of work left before needing those supplies to be on the dock,” he
said without taking a single breath.
“Okay,
we’ll see if someone can deliver it tomorrow and if not we’ll just concentrate
on tearing down the whole dock in the spare time we have.”
I
swallowed the last bit of my now cold coffee.
“With
the way things are going, we’ll have the dock torn down in a day and a half
then still not have the truck here.”
“We
can call a few of the companies that come here to see if they are available to
haul the items already ordered. We can also talk to Ramirez about our options
for the next few days if we can’t get anything here on time.”
I
threw my empty cup away and reached for my rolodex.
“I
knew there was a reason I work so well with you.”
He
ruffled my hair before walking out the door to see Ramirez.
I
got into my warm chair and kept flipping threw my contacts until I got to the
one I needed. Almost an hour later and I was looking for Parker again. I had
gotten a driver who could pick up the supplies and deliver them back to us by six
o’clock tomorrow night. The permits were the next on my list to conquer.
I
found Parker passing in front of the coffee station.
“I
think I have a way into the permits office. Chastity use to date this guy. He’s
second in command and she happens to still have his phone number. She’ll call
him this afternoon to see what the hold up is on the permits we already applied
for. She’ll call us later to let us know what happens.”
“I
don’t know if I should be happy or jealous.” Parker said.
Chastity
would sweet-talk her friend into handling our little problem. She had done this
kind of thing before and it always worked.
“I
can tell what you’re thinking. Yes, she can get us what we need and no jealousy
is needed.”
We
went over work details until lunchtime. I got a call from Conrad just as I was
driving to the deli and filled him in on my hectic day. Thankfully, his day was
better than mine. He hung up with me just
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