gone but not forgotten

I must apologise for not blogging for a while. It's all been a bit hectic since me and the welsh wonder had a major falling out three weeks ago. I have blogged previously about the temperamental welsh fitter I have had the misfortune to work with for the last ten year. Well off and on over the years we have had a few fall outs and he has decided to not speak to me. Some how or another this has usually worked itself out and we have managed to rub along. However this time he managed to tip me over the edge. The Monday morning started out much the same as always. He wasn't speaking we were communicating if you can call it that through a third party. Something had gone wrong with a plan for a hall stairs and landing, but because he wasn't speaking to me I didn't know. The third party had told a fellow co. worker "idiot?" to sort it out and deliver the carpet all cut ready to the house they were working at. The fellow co. worker "idiot?" omitted to tell me so I was oblivious until lunch time when they rolled up. In came the third party whilst the welsh wonder sat in his van. "Have you finished already?" I enquired. "NO you didn't sort the carpet out so we're going home" was his reply. You can imagine my astonishment. I flew up in the air dashed across the show room shouting "That's it I've had enough . I went to the van swung the door open and dragged the welsh wonder by his arm into the warehouse. Stomped into the office dragged the "idiot?" who had planned the carpet out to him and threatened to bang there heads together. All the time I was ranting on "It takes a bloody woman to sort you lot out all the time, you should all be ashamed you act like bloody kids." I then made a cup of tea plonked it on the floor and went back to work. The problem with the plan was sorted out and off they went and the job was finished. At some point I had told the welsh wonder I would phone him the next day to discuss matters. As I always do what say I will I picked up the phone thinking we could have an adult conversation and sort things out. BUT NO he wouldn't speak to me. All I got was the third party and he foolishly asked me what work they would be required to carry out. That was red rag to a bull and I was off again it went like this. "You tell that bloody ***hole to ring me and then we'll see until then there isn't any work. That was all three weeks ago and I've not heard a thing since. I was absolutely sure he would turn up for the wages I owe him. But no not a word not a visit nothing all is quiet. If he's waiting for me to ring him he'll wait I tell you because I'm a great friend and a terrible enemy. Of course this left me with a problem too much work and not enough workers. So I needed to fill the void. This went well for the first week or so, not so well this week. In came the replacement walking a bit gingerly his knees were paining him so he had spent a night on the sofa. This had fixed his knee problem but now he had a serious back problem. He struggled out and did the first job the rest of the day had to be cancelled. I'm hoping next week is going to sort itself out better.