
Nothing annoys me more than people who promise things and fail to deliver. If you're one of those people, listen up. Don't mess with me. I've just about had it with empty promises and half-baked commitments. Today, I got so annoyed that I just may have gotten someone fired from his job. That was not my intent. I just wanted the folks in charge to know that you don't make promises you can't keep -- and if there's a problem, let someone know!
My 92-year old mother is getting twice-a-week visits from a nursing agency tending to a wound on her leg. On Tuesday, the nurse promised to drop some supplies off the next day. He forgot. He showed up on Thursday, but without the supplies. He then said he would drop them off on Friday between 10 and 11 a.m.
I went to my mother's and waited. And waited. And waited some more.
At 11:30, he called, saying he would be there in a half-hour. Still nothing. At 12:20, he called and said he'd be there by 1:00 p.m.
Tick-tock, tick-tock.
At 1:20 he called .... now he said he would be there by 2:30.
I told him to FORGET IT, but he insisted he would be able to make it this time. I told him "fine," but told him to leave the materials on the ledge next to my mother's door and we would retrieve it (she was not going to be home).
Guess what. He never came.
So I called the main office today and spoke with a supervisor. They offered to send someone out today or tomorrow, but I said that was not convenient. Someone will now be coming Monday.
We'll see.