Funny stories: The tiles
Alright I did promise you a funny story or two so here is my first one. Ready? Ok! It involves tiles but how funny could that be? Stop asking questions please! Let me tell my story :(
As part of a new defined period in my life, I had promised my long suffering wife Petya that I would put her up some tiles in the new house's bathroom. The existing tiles were pink and had a rough texture like they had been made by someone for a school child's art project. They simply weren't good enough for Petya, highly strung as ever and during her pregnancy they caused her much distress which I promised to resolve for her by buying new tiles. I decided on cream tiles in the end, that I managed to source online for a good price. It is worth noting that neither of us had a credit card at the time, and when it came to purchases we used Petya's father's who owned a catering business. I thought nothing of these tiles until a week later when a huge truck arrived at my door. They enquired if I was Marek, I said yes of course and was ready to welcome in my 60 tiles. What happened next made my stomach go weak, the men in the truck carried out 6 pallets of tiles to my house. I told them that these must be the biggest 60 tiles I had ordered. I was politely told that my order was 6000 wasn't it? Oh dear, I'd made a mistake on the order form and when they showed me the bill to sign I could have died. Thankfully I got them to return the tiles and today the bathroom is re-tiled successfully. Petya and her father don't know about it though!