The Wall and other boxes shipped out today
Actually it's a trade show display in a case. When it is assembled it's something like 8 feet tall and 10 feet wide, and is the backdrop for a trade show booth. On it hangs about $2,000 of custom graphics. How the wall got here is a long story.
Back in July the wall was shipped from Ohio to a trade show in Texas. It arrived with the lid torn off. The boss called me up and asked me to make a damage report. After the trade show it was picked up for inspection. Then it was lost. So the claim had to be escalated. I had to gather a paper trail of receipts and explain over and over again why 69 pounds of poles, fasteners, lights, stands, panels and graphics were't removed from the case and carried on the plane so only the empty case could be turned in (DUH!!!). As the days wore on, the wall obviously wasn't turning up, and since the shipping company lost it after they picked it up for inspection, any bird-brain should know they were responsible and better pay up!! (they kept denying the claim).Finally the boss had to order another $1,000 wall and $2,000 worth of custom graphics for the trade show in October. THEN the old wall was found. So again the shipping company didn't want to pay up. Finally after two more weeks of phone calls, faxes and letters, the claim was approved and paid (and yes, I got paid to hassle the shipping company). Now that the company owned two walls, the old one was getting a new home. So that's how it ended up here, so Dad and I could figure out how to securely attach the lid so it could be shipped to North Carolina.
In other news, I was real happy to receive my replacement AVSA magazine (the Sep/Oct issue never turned up). Lots of good articles and pretty pictures. I also went shopping and picked up ingredients for tomorrow's dinner. I'm cooking and I'll tell you tomorrow how it turns out.
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