On the tiles?

I discovered that there is a cracked slate in the roof of Cooke Towers; annoying but one of those things one might think.  So I called the roofing guy back to fix it, assuming it had happened when the other roofing repairs were done. “No problem gov“ was his initial response. a little while later he was telling me that “It couldn’t ‘ave been us gov”.  What can you say?  The tile needed fixing and I had spares (or so I thought!)

It turns out this called for a special tile and half size and I didn’t have those. never mind he would come back in a week or so and fix it for me for ?100.  Seemed steep, but it had to be done didn’t it?  A week on I got a text saying he was too busy for this tiny job.. “sorry“ .

I did a little more research, and got in another recommended roofer and now it appears that:-

• As all these tiles interlink, they have to take off all the tiles above to the (newly repaired!) ridge line, and
• Those tiles are scarce as they are no longer made!

I’m now looking at ?200 or so!

It seems life is a bit like my tiles.  All these interlocking components that in order to repair one bit you have to disturb other (apparently) perfectly good elements of the greater whole, bits that are very securely locked down.  Small wonder most of us have little appetite for disturbing the status quo.

Has anyone been rattling your tiles recently?  What choices did you make?

“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconscious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character…”   Stephen R. Covey

 “All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”  Bruce Lee

Tags: Change, disruption, patterns, status quo

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