What the HECK does it take to get a pond? - 06/27/07 09:43 PM
Hi, all. I've read here off and on for over a year hoping to join. Here is our situation...
A year ago (June or July 2006) we called the local NRCS pond guy because we wanted to build a pond. We had met him a few years ago when he came to tour the home we were building, as he and his wife were preparing to build.
NRCS guy scheduled a time to come but doesn't show. Came a week or so later unannounced to look our site over. Shot elevations, put out flags, then talked to us about clearing trees. (We wanted the wood so we told him we'd do it.) He recommended a contractor and told us they normally build ponds November-January, so we told him we'd call him when we finished clearing trees.
Because we had to wait until we got out of the burn ban to get rid of all brush, it was early December when DH called him. He (NRCS guy) made an appointment to come out, didn't show (again) and didn't call, didn't answer or return DHs phone calls. A few weeks later, he shows up unannounced and again does elevations and flags. Said he'd follow up a week later with our drawings. We never heard from him.
Fast forward a few months to spring 2007. DH called NRCS guy again (several times) and left messages but he wouldn't return our calls. ?? Finally, out of frustration, DH just called the pond contractor and asked him to come out. He did and was surprised the NRCS guy hadn't called us back and/or given us drawings. Pond digger said he was really busy but promised us a "hole" by July 4 and said he'd get with NRCS guy to see what was going on with the lack of communication.
A few months later (about 6-8 weeks ago), DH called pond digger to be sure we were still on the calendar and we supposedly were. Now that we're down to a week from July 4 and we haven't heard from the pond digger, I suppose DH will call him and see when - IF EVER - we will get a pond. DH will NOT call the NRCS guy again, as he is peeved by the guy's failure to do his job.
(As an aside, we have a friend who works at NRCS with the guy who won't return our calls. Friend has mentioned to this guy several times that we're waiting on our drawings, waiting on a phone call, waiting on our pond, etc. These casual mentions by our friend have fallen on deaf ears. *sigh*)
MY QUESTION IS THIS: Is there a magic word or secret password that we don't know about? *grin* What the HECK does it take to get a pond?
A year ago (June or July 2006) we called the local NRCS pond guy because we wanted to build a pond. We had met him a few years ago when he came to tour the home we were building, as he and his wife were preparing to build.
NRCS guy scheduled a time to come but doesn't show. Came a week or so later unannounced to look our site over. Shot elevations, put out flags, then talked to us about clearing trees. (We wanted the wood so we told him we'd do it.) He recommended a contractor and told us they normally build ponds November-January, so we told him we'd call him when we finished clearing trees.
Because we had to wait until we got out of the burn ban to get rid of all brush, it was early December when DH called him. He (NRCS guy) made an appointment to come out, didn't show (again) and didn't call, didn't answer or return DHs phone calls. A few weeks later, he shows up unannounced and again does elevations and flags. Said he'd follow up a week later with our drawings. We never heard from him.
Fast forward a few months to spring 2007. DH called NRCS guy again (several times) and left messages but he wouldn't return our calls. ?? Finally, out of frustration, DH just called the pond contractor and asked him to come out. He did and was surprised the NRCS guy hadn't called us back and/or given us drawings. Pond digger said he was really busy but promised us a "hole" by July 4 and said he'd get with NRCS guy to see what was going on with the lack of communication.
A few months later (about 6-8 weeks ago), DH called pond digger to be sure we were still on the calendar and we supposedly were. Now that we're down to a week from July 4 and we haven't heard from the pond digger, I suppose DH will call him and see when - IF EVER - we will get a pond. DH will NOT call the NRCS guy again, as he is peeved by the guy's failure to do his job.
(As an aside, we have a friend who works at NRCS with the guy who won't return our calls. Friend has mentioned to this guy several times that we're waiting on our drawings, waiting on a phone call, waiting on our pond, etc. These casual mentions by our friend have fallen on deaf ears. *sigh*)
MY QUESTION IS THIS: Is there a magic word or secret password that we don't know about? *grin* What the HECK does it take to get a pond?