Thursday, September 13, 2007

Fixing a window more or less


Poor Dani, the fishmonger. Kids, who had too much to drink fought outside her shop, and one pushed another through the glass pane. The kid survived, but is in trouble with his parents and police as he should be. He had run away (break and run?) but a good neighbour had heard the glass break, saw what happened and identified the kid.


Meanwhile Dani hired the men in the photo to replace the glass providing as much entertainment as a Laurel and Hardy film fest. Although they allegedly knew what they were doing, they couldn’t figure out how to remove the glass. When they did finally go into the store and hammer the pane onto the street, they didn’t put anything down on the pavement to reduce sweeping up the glass, which became a greater problem. They had nothing to pick up the glass with, no broom, no dustpan, no shovel. This was okay too because they had nothing to put the glass in. Dani had to give them a Styrofoam container that previously had held her smoked cod.None of these steps in glass replacement were accomplished without much consultation that led to more consultation and head scratching.


One can't help but appreciate the entertainment factor in the process while supplying sympathy to Dani for going through the extra work. Never once, however, did she not smile at a customer, share a recipe or a piece of gossip.

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