Well, today's going to be the last comfy day for a while with our high temp this afternoon climbing into the mid 70s (F). When I climbed out of bed this afternoon, our outside temp was 54 (F). This is what's called good sleeping weather. It's also keeps the cooling bills... cool. How nice it would be to not burn through my bank account in order to keep my house cool this summer.
Yesterday was good in the morning and then ho hum in the afternoon. My workout went well. But then I had to go to work. And it was slow. I have a commercial tile job in the works, and there's an issue. The tile the customer chose has a PEI of 3 (PEI has to do with the durability of the tile). PEI 3 tiles are good for households, kitchens, and light commercial use. He wants the floor installed in a restaurant which is, if it's a popular restaurant, is considered heavy use, so he needs a tile that has a PEI of 4 or 5. Those tiles are more expensive and he was looking to go cheap. This means there's a good possibility he might simply buy the tile and then find a cheap, local contractor who will do the install. The fact that in 2 or 3 years those tiles are going to start cracking and breaking is something he isn't going to think about.
And I sold my other tile job. It went well, except for one thing (key heavy dismay). After working with this couple for over 2 years on various flooring projects in their house, it turned out that they signed up for their measure with another associate. This means that even though they know my schedule, and came in to go over their quote and do the changes they wanted, the other associate is going to get the sale. There was a time when that didn't happen. Before we switched to the Order Up system, if you did changes for a quote you would get partial credit. Now, those days are history.
According to an NBC poll, very few people are proud to be an American. These are our Dour Days.

