Two Sisters And Their Moving Tale
Moving day is never pleasant for anyone. After notifying the gas and electric companies, and transferring the phone service, there are still a thousand things left to do. Change of address notices need to go out, movers need to be hired, and boxes have to be packed. Then there is the headache of coordinating it all so that you are out of your old place before the new tenant arrives. Sometimes there is also the frustration of arriving at your new home, only to discover that it isn’t vacant yet. You’re left cooling your heels at the nearest coffee shop, with the hourly costs for the rental mounting, while the person who was supposed to be out hours ago scrambles to finish loading his or her own van.
Moving can be a disaster waiting to happen, and Annabel wanted no part of it. She wanted it done quickly and smoothly, and she wanted it done in the right way, by professionals.
In order to make certain that she got a good mover for the date and time that she wanted, Annabel made the arrangements several months in advance. Before settling on one, she checked and double-checked its reputation and reliability, as well as whether or not it carried insurance. She did not want to take the risk of her valuable armchairs and collection of crystal glasses being damaged during the move. As her moving day approached, she began packing the things that she did not have an immediate use for, making certain that each box was neither too large, nor too small, and that it was clearly labeled. Lastly, on the day before her move, she called ahead to make certain that the apartment would be vacant when she arrived.
Annabel’s older sister Julie also happened to be moving. Unlike Annabel, Julie did not believe in doing things the right way. Julie moved almost every year, and experience had taught her that it was better to do things her own way. Julie took her paintings and drawings off the walls and from their easels, and wrapped them bedding quilts. She then yanked the drawers from her dressers, and lying them on their backs, stuffed the paintings into the empty drawer slots in much the same way as files were put into a filing cabinet. She found it to be a handy technique that usually did not result in too much damage to her valuables. They were not, after all, Picassos. She threw her remaining possessions into whatever was handy. Her only consideration in packing her boxes was that they didn’t become too heavy to lift.
She didn’t call ahead in order to make certain that her new apartment was ready for her. She didn’t need to. Whenever she rented a new place, she tried to find one that the previous tenants had already vacated, or would be vacating at least one month before she moved in. That way her new landlord would already have cleaned and fixed it up by the time she arrived. Sometimes, she even got to move in early. She never rented places when she was not certain that the previous tenants would be long-gone by the time she got there. She’d heard too many stories about people ending up putting their boxes, luggage and dining sets in storage for weeks on end, while their new landlords tried to get the former tenants to move out. That was definitely not Julie’s style.
Julie never bothered with professional movers, nor did she care if the movers that she hired had insurance. What she wanted in a mover was someone who got the job done, and did it cheaply. The movers that she could find by simply opening her newspaper to the classified section suited her just fine.
In the end, both Annabel and Julie had moves that went smoothly. They arrived at their new homes and settled in without incidence. Despite the positive experience, Annabel hopes to never have to move again. Julie, on the other hand, is hoping that maybe next year she’ll finally be able to find an apartment with a perfect southern exposure.
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