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Todays lovely homeowner is also his own contractor, as well as doing much of the work on the house himself. Of course, most people can`t do everything involved in building a house, so he calls in professionals for some of the work, which is where we come in. However not being an experienced contractor this guy doesn`t have the best jobsite to work in.
1 - the place is filthy. There are literally no clear places on the floor, we are walking on piles of wood, shingles, siding, bricks, pvc, pex, wire, you name it. Every time we go to move a ladder we AGAIN have to clear four little holes in the debris to put the legs on firm ground. I can`t even think in this place let alone work.
2 - the guy is a chatterer. I now know why he is building a house, how long it took him to save the money to build the house, why he choose to buy a green sofa instead of the brown one, how he met his wife, what his third car was, the way he choose what brand of front door to buy, the...... I officially care about none of these things
3 - the guy is a hoverer. Every two minutes he asks what I am doing, why I am doing it that way and offers suggestions on how to do it better. Look I get that this is your house, if you have specific requirements feel free to let me know, but honestly this is one of the simplest houses I have ever seen, and I know what I am doing, please just trust the professionals.
4 - he was doing the above to my crew. Even worse than bothering me all day, these guys would much rather talk to you than to do any work. Please leave them alone, if you must interrupt all day, I`ll take the bullet. We didn`t get a ton done today.
5 - despite laws requiring one, there was no bathroom on site, which, because I won`t pee on a truck tire like my coworkers, meant I had to run to town at lunch, which didn`t go well (more on that in sightings if I get it written)
So I am in a pretty foul mood by mid afternoon, which is when bad goes to terrible. I am working in a bedroom, and homeowner is nearby in a bathroom, installing blocking, asking questions, and getting in the way. Well he is not very good with a nail gun, he kept splitting his blocking, and then BAM he split his blocking, missed the stud entirely and shot me in the arm with a nail all in one go.
I`m usually able to stay pretty calm with customers, but every once in a while my red headed temper gets the better of me, I yelled `ouch`, saw red, turned around, opened my mouth and
my coworker threw me over his shoulder, covered my mouth, called out `she needs first aid` and carried me to the truck, saving me from saying something very regrettable to a customer. Because the nail had gone through a 1x6 before me it didn`t go in far enough to even need tools to get out, I could just pull it out with my fingers, so other than having a purple bicep for a week or two I am fine. Overall it could have been worse, but still......
Not a good day or a good customer.
1 - the place is filthy. There are literally no clear places on the floor, we are walking on piles of wood, shingles, siding, bricks, pvc, pex, wire, you name it. Every time we go to move a ladder we AGAIN have to clear four little holes in the debris to put the legs on firm ground. I can`t even think in this place let alone work.
2 - the guy is a chatterer. I now know why he is building a house, how long it took him to save the money to build the house, why he choose to buy a green sofa instead of the brown one, how he met his wife, what his third car was, the way he choose what brand of front door to buy, the...... I officially care about none of these things
3 - the guy is a hoverer. Every two minutes he asks what I am doing, why I am doing it that way and offers suggestions on how to do it better. Look I get that this is your house, if you have specific requirements feel free to let me know, but honestly this is one of the simplest houses I have ever seen, and I know what I am doing, please just trust the professionals.
4 - he was doing the above to my crew. Even worse than bothering me all day, these guys would much rather talk to you than to do any work. Please leave them alone, if you must interrupt all day, I`ll take the bullet. We didn`t get a ton done today.
5 - despite laws requiring one, there was no bathroom on site, which, because I won`t pee on a truck tire like my coworkers, meant I had to run to town at lunch, which didn`t go well (more on that in sightings if I get it written)
So I am in a pretty foul mood by mid afternoon, which is when bad goes to terrible. I am working in a bedroom, and homeowner is nearby in a bathroom, installing blocking, asking questions, and getting in the way. Well he is not very good with a nail gun, he kept splitting his blocking, and then BAM he split his blocking, missed the stud entirely and shot me in the arm with a nail all in one go.
I`m usually able to stay pretty calm with customers, but every once in a while my red headed temper gets the better of me, I yelled `ouch`, saw red, turned around, opened my mouth and
my coworker threw me over his shoulder, covered my mouth, called out `she needs first aid` and carried me to the truck, saving me from saying something very regrettable to a customer. Because the nail had gone through a 1x6 before me it didn`t go in far enough to even need tools to get out, I could just pull it out with my fingers, so other than having a purple bicep for a week or two I am fine. Overall it could have been worse, but still......
Not a good day or a good customer.
Just that he did the first aid part of the job perfectly. 
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