| Author | Message | ||
     Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1124 Registered: 5-2001  |
Thanks to the OLD BLIND BITCH that drove over a 12 ft x 23 ft section of brand new carpet around noon today. We're having new wall to wall carpet installed and the 3 installers were on Elmwood, in front of our house cutting piece to cover our livingroom. An old driver drove over the carpet and large cardboard core tube. Thank GOD the blind bitch didn't hit the 3 guys! Old people shouldn't be allowed to drive! | ||
| upondaroof Citizen Username: Upondaroof Post Number: 534 Registered: 4-2003 |
She drove through your living room??!!!!! | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 2803 Registered: 12-2004  |
They were cutting carpet in the street? | ||
| Shanabana Citizen Username: Shanabana Post Number: 159 Registered: 10-2005 |
Why were they in the street? In my opinion, teenagers shouldn't be allowed to drive. | ||
| Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1125 Registered: 5-2001 |
It was on the street, at the foot of the driveway and behind their van. You could clearly see them and the carpet! It wasn't across the entire roadway! We watched her do it from upstairs. | ||
| Fight the power Citizen Username: Tookiew Post Number: 52 Registered: 12-2005 |
As I've said, the old endanger us all. | ||
| Scrotis Lo Knows Citizen Username: Scrotisloknows Post Number: 539 Registered: 10-2005 |
Yeah, lets just take em all out... | ||
| Cynicalgirl Citizen Username: Cynicalgirl Post Number: 2272 Registered: 9-2003  |
Logan's Run, anyone???? Wait, I'd have to go, too... | ||
| upondaroof Citizen Username: Upondaroof Post Number: 535 Registered: 4-2003 |
"It was on the street, at the foot of the driveway and behind their van." Then how did she not hit the van or workers, or did she just "buzz" them? | ||
| george H Citizen Username: Georgieboy Post Number: 103 Registered: 8-2005 |
As my wife was walking this A.M.,she noticed the carpet out into the street and mentioned that it was probably a car length into the street.They should of had one man directing traffic for the short time it took to rough cut it prior to carrying it inside.Hope you got the stainguard type. | ||
| Scrotis Lo Knows Citizen Username: Scrotisloknows Post Number: 542 Registered: 10-2005 |
Maplewoody- Awww, blindy, bitchy old folks are people too, where is your "diverse" spirit?  -SLK | ||
| greenetree Supporter Username: Greenetree Post Number: 6647 Registered: 5-2001  |
Well, my opinions on elderly drivers aside, are you holding the installers repsonsible? Seems it was in their "custody" and they should not have laid in in the street, or should have done as George suggests and directed traffic for a few minutes. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12149 Registered: 1-2003  |
I'm with greenetree. I can't tell, from your description, if the woman endangered the workers or the van, but even if she did, she didn't hit them, so she committed no crime. It's also not a crime to roll your car along the street, even when it's carpeted. "This is the only thing my signature says." | ||
| Virtual It Girl Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 3891 Registered: 5-2001 |
I just hope it wasn't orange shag. | ||
| susan1014 Supporter Username: Susan1014 Post Number: 1319 Registered: 3-2002 |
If the installers were cutting carpet in the street, I'd say the installers/carpet company are liable for any issues, and have to be held to it. (my father in law sold furniture, and more than once had to make customers whole for mistakes made by his delivery crews -- it is a cost of doing business) It's a shame the driver didn't manage to miss the carpet, but the street isn't the place for trimming carpet. | ||
| Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1126 Registered: 5-2001 |
Susan, they had a 12 ft by 101 ft roll. Where would you suggest they unroll and cut the damn carpet? Were you the one who drove over it? 3 of them WERE in the street when she drove over the thick plush Ralph Lauren carpet we bought! | ||
| upondaroof Citizen Username: Upondaroof Post Number: 537 Registered: 4-2003 |
Of course! What were we all thinking? Stupid old biddy should have stopped and turned around, or waited patiently while your airhead installers used the street as their workshop. Wonder who gets it less, the installers or you? | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12154 Registered: 1-2003 |
101 foot roll. Hmm. I see the problem. Not sure where they should have cut it, but that's a problem for the installers to solve, not the people who drive on Elmwood Ave. Aren't the installers responsible for delivering the carpet? They haven't done it yet. "This is the only thing my signature says." | ||
| Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1127 Registered: 5-2001 |
On the roof and Tom, the carpet roll wasn't entirely rolled out so she had no choice but to drive to drive over it! They cut a room at a time as they needed it. It was along the curb until they were cutting each room's section. There was enuff street for the OLD •••• to drive around it! Plenty of other considerate dirvers did! | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12159 Registered: 1-2003 |
Perhaps it was inconsiderate or clumsy of her. That is a shame. Still, it does seem that the ultimate responsibility is with the installers. I don't know what they could have done, but that doesn't mean it's everyone's duty to make sure the street works. That's not what the street is for. We have no assurance that we can do handiwork in a street. "This is the only thing my signature says." | ||
| upondaroof Citizen Username: Upondaroof Post Number: 539 Registered: 4-2003 |
Why didn't they roll it out in the driveway or on the lawn? It's truly amazing how some people don't hesitate to inconvenience others, so that they themselves are not inconvenienced. Maybe the "OLD ••••" should have driven over your lawn to avoid the rug! Fact is, they should have a flagman to direct traffic. | ||
| susan1014 Supporter Username: Susan1014 Post Number: 1320 Registered: 3-2002 |
Maplewoody...no I am not the "old blind bitch" who drove over your carpet, but thanks for asking. Ralph Lauren carpet...how nice for you, but you should of bought it from someone who can figure out how to install it without laying it in the street. My husband, whose father did this sort of thing for a living (as part of the furniture business), points out that the right method is to premeasure, cut at the warehouse, and deliver, if you can't readily do it onsite. He used to ride with the carpet guy to do premeasurements sometimes. Maybe you need a new carpet dealer. (as well as a better tone in your postings...) | ||
| Scrotis Lo Knows Citizen Username: Scrotisloknows Post Number: 548 Registered: 10-2005 |
or just get over it and buy more carpet.... Listen, I would be more sympathetic to your case if you didn't lash out at the elderly like you did Maplewoody (and I think alot of others feel the same). Yes, many elderly people problems driving but I doubt she did it deliberately. I am surprised you didn't yank her out of the car and lynch her right there (your tone sounds like you would of)...But hey, it was Ralph Lauren carpet so maybe you should of.... Remind me not to walk my "aged" step-mom up your block.... | ||
| susan1014 Supporter Username: Susan1014 Post Number: 1321 Registered: 3-2002 |
Actually, let us know who you used, so that I can avoid them if I ever buy carpet... | ||
| tom Citizen Username: Tom Post Number: 4277 Registered: 5-2001 |
Don't forget she drove over a cardboard tube, too. Aren't those BIG by the way. Nobody who was paying attention would drive over that. | ||
| GlassJoe Citizen Username: Glass_joe Post Number: 76 Registered: 6-2005  |
Keep yo carpet out 'da street! | ||
| Just The Aunt Supporter Username: Auntof13 Post Number: 3757 Registered: 1-2004  |
I can understand you're upset. But, I think you should be mad at the installers. | ||
| Parkbench87 Citizen Username: Parkbench87 Post Number: 3425 Registered: 7-2001  |
I say you let bygones be bygones. Invite the Old Blind Bitch over for drinks and talk it over and make up. Make sure you roll out the Red Carpet for her. On 2nd thought maybe not. By the way I was passing by when the incident happened and I snapped the below picture.  | ||
| Shamrock Citizen Username: Shamrock Post Number: 13 Registered: 10-2005 |
Mapewoody: You said that you were "watching them from upstairs" while they were cutting your carpet in the street, duh, this didn't set off an alarm in your head?? Your very expensive, Ralph Lauren carpet could be in jeporedy, and you didn't even bother to go out a say something to the jerks who had it extending out into the street?? Did you ever hear of trouble shooting? Someday you might be the old blind bitch too, driving, not expecting to see something in the middle of the street that clearly shouldn't be there, like a carpet? Kids ya' watch out for, but carpet??? Or, perhaps, you have found the fountain of youth...and will never get old! | ||
| Ligeti Citizen Username: Ligeti Post Number: 563 Registered: 7-2002  |
This is a bizarre story. You should be mad at the installers, I agree. But I don't understand your surprise and outrage that someone would run over your carpeting while it's in the middle of the street. What's next? Furniture? Clothing? Your home theater? She's not a bitch. Reject people who throw their personal belongs into the middle of the street then whine about the consequences. | ||
| Ligeti Citizen Username: Ligeti Post Number: 564 Registered: 7-2002 |
PS: I'm not an old person, and if I saw someone pile their carpeting into the middle of the street, I'd INTENTIONALLY run over it several times, back and forth, back and forth... | ||
| us2inFL Citizen Username: Us2innj Post Number: 1414 Registered: 5-2001 |
Ligeti, I sure hope you have a bulletproof vest for that kind of action. You never know when the person looking from the upstairs window might take that personally. | ||
| Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1128 Registered: 5-2001 |
Shamrock, You should watch out for whatever is in the roadway, carpet, thick cardboard tubes, kids, critters and potholes... Ligetti, it probably was your Mother! | ||
| Bob K Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 10458 Registered: 5-2001 |
Maplewoody, look at the bright side. With the tire tracked carpeting you have a leg up on a NASCAR theme. | ||
| CFA Citizen Username: Cfa Post Number: 1558 Registered: 5-2001  |
I'd run over Ligeti back and forth, back and forth just for being an a-hole | ||
| Meandtheboys Citizen Username: Meandtheboys Post Number: 2804 Registered: 12-2004 |
Yeah, that's right. Maplewoody calls some poor elderly woman an "old blind bitch," and Ligeti is the a-hole! I agree Maplewoody should be pitchin' a bitch with the installers who were stupid enough to put his/her precious Ralph Lauren carpet in the street in the first place. Particularly since that street, being Elmwood, is very heavily traveled. No excuses are really good enough to cover that little bit of stupidity. And I agree that some elderly people are a menace behind the wheel, but I sincerely hope Maplewoody is lucky enough to die long before s/he reaches a ripe old age where s/he's old enough for someone to call him/her an "old blind bitch!" Although, you know what they say, what goes around comes around. Happy driving. | ||
| Bailey Citizen Username: Baileymac Post Number: 155 Registered: 3-2005 |
um.. I think this falls under the category "accident". I don't know that age was a factor at all, except that this particular driver was apparently elderly. Have you noticed how many people drive with one hand holding a cell phone to their ear? Yeah, I know they're not supposed to do that, but lots do. Do you think drivers can get distracted and have/cause accident's? Are all accidents caused by the elderly, or teens? The fact is, the carpet should NOT have been where it was, and at the very least, the installers should have had someone directing traffic. This was an accident. Had the driver stopped the car, this would have been reported to insurance companies. How do you supposed insurance companies or the courts would have decided? | ||
| Lucy Supporter Username: Lucy Post Number: 2690 Registered: 5-2005  |
Maplewoody sorry about your carpeting. When you buy something new you would like it to look new for just awhile. The fault lies with the installers and you should make them either clean or replace it. Sorry  | ||
| Maplewoody Citizen Username: Maplewoody Post Number: 1129 Registered: 5-2001 |
Luckily the carpet is fine. It's just inconsiderate that an idiot drove over it when everyone else drove a few feet out of their way while the guys were working on it! I do not fault the installers one bit! By the way, I got them from many positive referrals posted on MOL... | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 12179 Registered: 1-2003 |
We all make mistakes. You'll want forgiveness when you make your next one. "This is the only thing my signature says." |
