I just posted a picture of a completed and functioning bathtub in the house that we are building , jets and all, and there were enough oohs and ahs that it was time to tell the complete and bizarre story.

There were only a few things I had to have in our new house; two really. One was a separate shop which is heading toward completion and the other was a bathtub. I have always liked bathtubs and had one in most of the places I owned or rented over the years, but none of the places we have lived here in the Philippines had one and I deeply missed it. Also, as age is creeping in, I find my desire to simply lay in warm water has increased exponentially. At my age it’s better than almost anything. In fact when I go to a pool or into the ocean here I rarely bother to swim; mostly I lay or sit with a smile on my face.

In short the tub was pretty damn important. Before Janet and I started building our house we saw a nice modern bathtub in Citi Hardware that we both liked and wanted. Coincidentally when our contractor presented us with sketches of the proposed house the master bathroom sketch included that very same tub. So we agreed that was the tub for us; one less thing to worry about. Yeah, right!

Three months after the house construction started we were in Citi Hardware and I noticed that particular tub was not on display. We asked the salesman and were told that not only were they out of that model, no Citi Hardware in the country had one left and they had no idea when or if they would get more.

We were annoyed and the salesman went off to confirm what he’d told us. I went around the corner and saw the same tub made by the same manufacture. The only difference was it had jets and was only a tiny bit more expensive. I had no interest in jets but what the hell. We messaged our contractor. A couple hours later he messaged back that he had ordered the tub.

Of course I was dumb and naive at that time. I still thought like an American and assumed “ordered” meant that it had been paid for or a deposit put down or something like that. Um, not quite.

A few weeks later I got another message from the contractor, “The tub is in.” Great, I thought.

Two weeks later we were again in Citi Hardware looking for other items and I happened to see a tub in its box sitting on the floor of the bathtub area. I said proudly to the salesman who was helping us, “I think that is my tub!” He replied, “The tub has not been paid for, Sir, and has been here for two weeks. If it’s not paid for soon, it might get sold to someone else.”

Hearing this Janet and I were pissed at our contractor. While I was tempted to just buy the tub right then, I thought (naive moron that I was) that I should make the contractor do it; that was his responsibility. He acknowledged that he didn’t have the cash. We met him an hour later, gave him the cash with the instructions to get it done! Later that afternoon I got the bad news. “The tub has been sold and there are no more to be bought at any Citi Hardware!” I was furious and ranted and raved. I went online and started looking for comparable tubs. Oh did I mention the real problem? They had already cut the hole in the concrete for the tub pipes so I needed a tub with the dimensions and set up of the one we’d lost.

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Janet tried to calm me down. “Let’s go to Citi tomorrow and see if there is anything else we can find out.”

The next morning we went to Citi Hardware. As we entered the warehouse-style store, the salesman we’d been dealing with saw us and immediately turned ashen. He apologised profusely, explaining that another salesman had sold the tub. I told him, “I understand. It was my contractor’s fault for not buying the tub and you told me that it could get sold. Can you contact the vendor and see if any more might be coming?” He went off to do that and Janet and I stood in the bathtub section wondering what to do. I walked around the corner and came face to face with the display model of the tub that we had lost, the very tub I was told was not available anywhere in the Philippines. “Janettttt,” I yelled. We examined the tub for cracks and imperfections.

The salesman returned and I pointed to the tub. “What’s wrong with this one?” “Nothing, Sir.” “Does it have its motor and jets?” “Yes Sir. It’s brand new. It’s only been out for display for a little while.” “Then why can’t I buy this one?” I asked trying to remain patient. “You can, Sir.” “Well then why…” I ran out of words.

Janet took over. “So what discount will you give us for a display model?” The salesman went to check and then told us 5%. “So how will you prove to us that the tub is in perfect working order?” I asked. No problem. They took it outside the store, filled it with water, plugged it in and showed me that the jets worked.

I called my contractor with the news. “I will come over in a couple of hours and pay for it,” he said. “No way,” I said. “I’m paying for it now.”

This is how easy it is to get a tub with jets in the Philippines!