dendawg
09-28-2006, 05:01 AM
My wife and I were going through some hard times recently, and after a little delibiration (sp?) decided to have someone mow our lawn for us. My brother-in-law knew someone in our mobile home community, (trailer park, for those of you who absolutely must pigeon-hole.:p ) also a casual friend of his, whom he thought might help.
Boy, was he ever wrong!:rolleyes:
So we arranged for him to use our mower and weed whacker, so long as he mowed our lawn as well. He also agreed to keep them at his house. (can you guys see where this is going, or what?) Well, after keeping our mower and weed whacker since about april, he has mowed our lawn a grand total of three times, one when the park threatened to mow our lawn for us and charge us $41.00. Well, the park again made that threat to us just last week, after our lawn had gone about a month and a half without being mowed.
We decided enough was enough. We went to his trailer and asked him if he was going to mow our lawn or pay the fee the park was going to asess us. He basically said neither and slammed the door in my wife's face after she said we want our mower back. So what did the asshat do?! He left the mower in his driveway, and left it for us to come and get it!
To our regret, we had forgotten to ask for the weed whacker back, and were almost willing to forget the whole thing, when he called while both of us were away, and left a message with my sister-in-law, saying he was billing us $20.00 for mowing her mother's yard.:eek: That pissed me off to the point that I fired off this little letter to him:
Hello, (name deleted to protect the asshat)
It is our understanding that you called our house Monday evening, with the intention of extorting money out of us that you are not entitled to. Before we address this issue further, let us set the record straight on a few matters:
1. YOU borrowed the mower and weed whacker from US…actually not us, but from, (brother-in-law) but the mower and weed whacker was still ours.
2. The mower and weed whacker was lent with the understanding that you could use it, so long as you mowed our lawn as well.
3. When asked to mow before (trailer park) did the job for us and charged us, you flat out refused to live up to your obligation.
4. To date, you have failed to return the weed whacker.
Now that that matter has been settled, let us lay it down on the line, so to speak. You have until noon, Friday, September 29 2006, to return our weed whacker, or we will call the police to discuss filing theft charges. If you persist in attempting to bill us for your “services,” extortion may be considered as well. If you are smart, you will return the weed whacker without complaint, and we will forget that you ever tried to extort us. The next move is yours.
Dendawg and Wife
Let me tell you, you have to have me pretty pissed off to write a letter like that.(My grammar and spelling are usually a little sloppier when I write a normal letter.)
So far, the weed whacker has not been returned. We shall see what happens come Friday.:devil:
Boy, was he ever wrong!:rolleyes:
So we arranged for him to use our mower and weed whacker, so long as he mowed our lawn as well. He also agreed to keep them at his house. (can you guys see where this is going, or what?) Well, after keeping our mower and weed whacker since about april, he has mowed our lawn a grand total of three times, one when the park threatened to mow our lawn for us and charge us $41.00. Well, the park again made that threat to us just last week, after our lawn had gone about a month and a half without being mowed.
We decided enough was enough. We went to his trailer and asked him if he was going to mow our lawn or pay the fee the park was going to asess us. He basically said neither and slammed the door in my wife's face after she said we want our mower back. So what did the asshat do?! He left the mower in his driveway, and left it for us to come and get it!
To our regret, we had forgotten to ask for the weed whacker back, and were almost willing to forget the whole thing, when he called while both of us were away, and left a message with my sister-in-law, saying he was billing us $20.00 for mowing her mother's yard.:eek: That pissed me off to the point that I fired off this little letter to him:
Hello, (name deleted to protect the asshat)
It is our understanding that you called our house Monday evening, with the intention of extorting money out of us that you are not entitled to. Before we address this issue further, let us set the record straight on a few matters:
1. YOU borrowed the mower and weed whacker from US…actually not us, but from, (brother-in-law) but the mower and weed whacker was still ours.
2. The mower and weed whacker was lent with the understanding that you could use it, so long as you mowed our lawn as well.
3. When asked to mow before (trailer park) did the job for us and charged us, you flat out refused to live up to your obligation.
4. To date, you have failed to return the weed whacker.
Now that that matter has been settled, let us lay it down on the line, so to speak. You have until noon, Friday, September 29 2006, to return our weed whacker, or we will call the police to discuss filing theft charges. If you persist in attempting to bill us for your “services,” extortion may be considered as well. If you are smart, you will return the weed whacker without complaint, and we will forget that you ever tried to extort us. The next move is yours.
Dendawg and Wife
Let me tell you, you have to have me pretty pissed off to write a letter like that.(My grammar and spelling are usually a little sloppier when I write a normal letter.)
So far, the weed whacker has not been returned. We shall see what happens come Friday.:devil: