they could have narrowed the time frame for starting down to a week or so instead of "sometime in the distant future when the chicken entrails and the stars line-up and there's nothing good on tv." 

ROFL, you're probably right. However, that doesn't negate the fact that, had they started it, the rest of the work may have been delayed and your stuff would still be sitting inside for ages.  We do try to communicate any long delays to our residents, if we have been given another start/finish date. I guess after five years in this business and a long time since our last vacation, I'm a tad cranky and tired of dealing with it all.


If I had told her the other choice was to take the money to the head office (wayyyyyy in the SE), she would have had a hissy fit anyway. I can refuse to take cash in this office. My two other properties had signs in the office stating that.  Besides, these are not considered goods or services, as such. There are no sales taxes assessed. ha!