Work: Today, I finally finished painting a house that took me 3 weeks...

By Anonymous - 02/08/2010 05:05 - United States

Today, I finally finished painting a house that took me 3 weeks to complete at 10 hours a day, including weekends, due to my dedication to perfection. When I went to meet with the homeowner for pay day, which was supposed to be $2000, he gave me $200, 5 tacos and then told me to "get the f*** off my lawn." FML

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By canabana - 11/04/2009 08:42 - Canada

Today, I spent 3 hours trying to close a simple $400 deal with a homeowner. He spent 3 hours telling me about his life story including his marital problems, his philosophical views of the world, AND he read me 20 pages of haiku poems. Only 3 hours later did he tell me he couldn't accept my deal. FML

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Mike1313 0

Monday 2 August 2010 12:09

throw the tacos at the wall u painted and ask for the money ur supposed to get!

maskedman 9

Monday 2 August 2010 12:39

I can't wait to see this on Judge Judy.

Comments

perdix 29

Monday 2 August 2010 13:23

At $360 a pop, I hope you were referring to tuna tacos -- and nice, clean, good-looking ones, not the typical trailer-park ****** that service most of Florida's needs. Taking over 200 hours to paint a house seems awfully long and inefficient. He probably recognized your "dedication to perfection" was merely incompetence.

TheDrifter 23

Thursday 2 February 2012 0:30

That's what I was thinking. 200 hours to paint a typical florida house is about 150 hours longer than it should be. The homeowner should have given op a bill for late completion penalties, or called immigration and watched to see how long it took op to convince them that his id wasn't stolen and that he is american.

sports_chic 6

Monday 2 August 2010 13:40

that really sucks!

skylineGTR 0

Monday 2 August 2010 13:46

WHAT?! That sounds like a hell of a deal to me. What I would do for 5 tacos. :P

MitchellK 3

Monday 2 August 2010 15:09

zoidberg

Criminal58369 0

Monday 2 August 2010 13:49

burn his house down :-D

hotz4u 0

Monday 2 August 2010 13:54

get things in writing!!! ydi

boredinjp 15

Monday 2 August 2010 14:10

The guy was probably pissed it took you so long to paint it - either you were sleeping on the job or you're in a wrong profession.

Ray9889 8

Wednesday 24 August 2011 5:46

That or it wasn't a small job. Depends on the size of the house and the previous color. Also some houses may need 2 even 3 coats of paint.

TheDrifter 23

Thursday 2 February 2012 0:34

Op took 4 times the usual 2 coat painting time for a 2200 sq ft. house. If it was a mansion I'm sure he would have mentioned it. It's far more likely op is either incompetent, lazy or both.