Volatile business enviroment
It’s been a weird couple of years here. To try and keep ahead of materials we have stocked up more than usual since the lag time from placing an order to getting the product has mostly doubled. So last week on Tuesday I noticed we were about out of 30″ aluminum rods we use to set 3″ brass and aluminum caps. All that was left was in the trucks which should get us through the next month.
So ordered 50 more Thursday and Tuesday this week they were dropped off.
We all looked at each other, can’t get mail across the street that fast!!!
I have a client that cuts checks each Thursday, they are 30 miles from my office. I billed them on the first week of April, the second week of May and I’m wondering if the email got to the correct address, or if I even sent it. Sure enough I did. I was about to call them when the check showed up. It was postmarked April 12th, didn’t get to the our mailbox till mid May.
I had a new client come in Wed. this week needing an easement staked on a parcel we worked on. They were flying back east the next day and were in a huge hurry to get the centerline because they needed to clear line for construction on their new house. Back east they were renovating their house to sell and move here. They called yesterday evening in a big panic. Seems while they were away their renovation hit multiple snags due to material delays and they can’t even think of starting the one here. They will probably need to wait now till late fall. Glad they called, I was going to have it done Tuesday since we had a project down the street from them.
This kinda stuff keeps happening.
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