Reflections : You want me to do WHAT?

The following conversations all took place last week in our new apartment which is still under construction..

conversation #1

me: I want you to make me a gypsum square 1.2m*1.2 m that drops from the ceiling in the middle of the entrance.

Gypsum board/false ceiling guy: A square with what on its sides?

me: A square with nothing on its sides!

him: But that's a box.Yu want me to hang a box from your ceiling?

me: Yes I want a box hanging down from my ceiling.

him: No decorations or "corniche" parts on the sides ..no dome carved in the middle ?

me: no..nothing on the sides,nothing in the middle..

him: ok..bass ya madam..I tell you ...from my own experience that it will look ugly

me: yes I want an ugly box hanging down from my ceiling.

him..murmuring to himself..well its your house and your money..(meaning waste it as you please!!)

conversation #2

me: This cupboard with the water pipes,I want it to open from the other side of the wall ,from kitchen,not from the entrance.

Building Foreman:why?

me: I don't want it in the entrance greeting my visitors!

him: well you know you can make a nice decorative thing out of it..

me: Why?is it a problem to change the location of the door..can it be done or not?

him:yes it can no problem but it can look really nice with a wooden cover that goes..

me:No..

him:just let me tell you how it..

me:No..I am having the whole entrance cladded in stone..doesn't work..

him:You can also cover it with stone !!

me: tell me again can it be opened from the kitchen..

him: yes..

me:then change it please.

him:bass ya madam..

me:no....

him:bass..

me:no..no..no!

conversation #3

me:why are there six tiles missing in the middle of the bathroom wall?
tiles guy: ths is where you will hang your built -in mirror on top of the sink.
me:but I already have a mirror and I want to hang it on a tiled wall !!
him: but everyone is doing that nowadays.do you want me to leave it like this..
me:yes they are but no thank you!Do you have extra tiles..
him: yes I do..
me:then?
him..ok I guess..if you insisit!!
me- to froeman now:and why is the bath tub white when the tiles are beige?
him:you know bash mohandiseh..el abyad malek el alwan..it suites everything.
me:yes it does..but do you have a beige tub?
him :yes..
me:so can you put it in here instead of the white one?
him:yes no problem but i still think white looks better.
me:yes it does ,but I still want a beige one..thanks.