Innkeep
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2 pm, I'm finishing up the second of 2 rooms I needed to flip and the shower door falls off in my hands! It looks like a tiny little metal piece made to hold the top attacher thingy broke in two. I'm sure this little piece is specific to this particular shower door. At first, before careful inspection I put all the little odds and ends that fell off the hinge back together and tried to line up the door with the tiny little holes in the frame. I ended up breaking off 2 fingernails, putting a divot in a window sill and almost breaking a window.
Since I'm here by myself, I decided I needed to call for help, knowing that guests were scheduled to arrive at 3 pm. One of my neighbors came over, and he agreed that the little metal piece was broken. We decided to try to make a repair to the metal with silicon caulk, since if the repair is incorrect at least we can dig it out, and super glue is forever. But now caulk has to dry. Guests are here, I'm sweating, door is still off, and my neighbor is now headed home.
I think I'll go to Wally world and find a shower rod to stick up there as a temporary solution. But I have to wait for the last room to check in first. And this is the first really busy stretch I've had. I've been so happy because I feel like the B&B is finally becoming a going concern and now it's falling apart.
Not asking for advice, just commiseration
Since I'm here by myself, I decided I needed to call for help, knowing that guests were scheduled to arrive at 3 pm. One of my neighbors came over, and he agreed that the little metal piece was broken. We decided to try to make a repair to the metal with silicon caulk, since if the repair is incorrect at least we can dig it out, and super glue is forever. But now caulk has to dry. Guests are here, I'm sweating, door is still off, and my neighbor is now headed home.
I think I'll go to Wally world and find a shower rod to stick up there as a temporary solution. But I have to wait for the last room to check in first. And this is the first really busy stretch I've had. I've been so happy because I feel like the B&B is finally becoming a going concern and now it's falling apart.
Not asking for advice, just commiseration