Well, all hell broke loose at work today. The bloke running the car wash business phoned and delivered a tirade of abuse at Mel, and has threatened to get his lawyers on to Stuart. Apparently, over the weekend Stuart went to Plan B and had a fence erected around the bloke’s car wash business. He locked out the bloke, his workers and his customers. Imagine the bloke’s surprise when he arrived to open up this morning.
When Stuart came in and was told about the phone call, he shrugged his shoulders and went to his office. I think he was smiling.
By the end of the day, we did hear from the bloke’s lawyers. They had transferred all rent owing and what would be owed up to settlement into our account. Stuart graciously had the fence removed and didn’t charge the bloke for the trouble. Stuart said the bloke phoned Stuart after it was all settled to ask why did Stuart always have to bring a gun to a knife fight. Stuart just replied that people shouldn’t start knife fights in the first place.
I’m thinking that Stuart’s solution was in line with Susan’s advice to me. He knew what the bloke really wanted, and that was not to lose money by not being able to operate. Stuart would have the fence removed if the bloke paid what he owed. Not sure if I would have had the guts to do that, but I’m beginning to think that maybe I would.
Also, I’ve noticed that Plan B always seems to be a more effective plan than Plan A. Maybe we should rename the plans.