Just about every Tuesday is sushi Tuesday for me but it’s never better than when I get to buy it at Itsu.
Which is what I did this morning as I made my way to the flat.
It was a very early start (though not as early as Terry) in order to meet the Sliderobe guys for 9. I easily slept all the way to Waterloo courtesy of South West Trains and despite Stephenson and his stupid narrow gauge, before joining the morning crush to Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line.
Starbucks and sushi in hand, I headed against the human traffic to the flat.
Before
I thought I’d better get a photo before they started in order to record in perpetuity how it originally looked.
In the interests of fairness, I’ve also included a photo of the old cooker as we had a new one of those installed today as well.
Another before
As usual Sliderobes did a fantastic job. They were also finished by 1pm. I was shocked. When I booked the date I was reliably informed it would probably take a day and a half. When I rang up today in order to pay, I was told they like to factor in a buffer of long-time proportions.
She asked me if I was pleased with the job. I told her I was jubilant. And I was.
After
I was particularly pleased because I could start moving everything back into the bedroom…which I started as soon as the guys had left the flat.
Then the cooker arrived at about 2pm. Another couple of chaps (these two from Premier Electric) whose training has obviously included ‘How to really please your clients by giving great service’ arrived, removed the old cooker, installed the new one and were gone by 2:45pm.
After
Okay, this doesn’t look very different but it is because it actually works.
Premier Electric is another company I’ve used before, was very pleased with the service and consequently used them again. If companies are interested in return business, they could learn a lot from both of these organisations.
Anyway, I applied myself to the mammoth task at hand and was finished by 3:15 and on a train home by 4pm. This was a very good thing because I really don’t want another ridiculously early start tomorrow.
