[Chat] need opinions

[jberlin]

can  u  ask the contractor how to get the stuff cleaned?    Judy
like your opening line.    judy

On Aug 22, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Christine Gray wrote:

> Dale, yours was the only response I got--maybe because you're in 
> California.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Approaching it that way had not occurred to me
>
> That is what I'll do.
>
> Again, thank you,
>
> Christine
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info
> [mailto:chat-bounces at charlesvillage.info] On Behalf Of Dale Ghent
> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 8:16 AM
> To: The Charles Village Chat List
> Subject: Re: [Chat] need opinions
>
> On Aug 21, 2007, at 7:19 PM, Christine Gray wrote:
>
>> I want to stay on good terms with my neighbors, of course; I don't
>> know them really well at all but they are nice people.
>>
>> What would you do?  Go to the neighbor?  Find the mason/worker?
>> Shut and clean?
> It's good that you want to stay on good terms.
>
> My suggestion is, whatever you do, is to be as diplomatic as
> possible. Although their contractor may have known how messy the job
> would be, they themselves probably never realized that the scenario
> you find yourself in was a possibility.
>
> You should mention it to them, but don't come across as accusatory.
> What's done is done, so I would say something to the effect of "Hey
> guys, when you had your breezeway wall repointed, I unfortunately had
> my windows open and lots of cement dust blew in. If you're going to
> have anymore such work done, just let me know with via a note on my
> door. I'll certainly do the same for you if I have a similarly messy
> job done on my house."
>
> /dale
>
>
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