catjac1975
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It's hard to fire someone that you already paid. Many years ago I hired a kitchen company to redo our kitchen. One of the workers was a former colleague that I taught with in school. His work was questionable.I found him using my phone when I got home from work-this was a time when you paid for every long distance call. And I could tell it was a personal call. There was a great carpenter along with this guy I knew. They left the man I knew alone on some days. A few years later some of the cabinets were beginning to fall off the wall. The good carpenter came to repair them and we had a little discussion about the other guy. The final straw came when I got home from work and there was some sawdust left on the new counter top. They were usually scrupulously clean about cleaning up after themselves. Of course there was a reason. He had dinged my brand new counter top and was hiding it until he left. The company tried to say the plumber did it. I was there when the plumber worked and there was no damage. Fortunately they were able to patch the formica and it has held up fine for all of these many years. We told them Crosby was not allowed back in our house. It was hard to do as he had quit teaching to do carpentry and I knew him pretty well. I think they may have fired him.
At this point you have to try the nice route when you confront him or he may not do the work you paid for. As for the kitchen company, they kept asking for the last payment at the end of each day, and I kept putting them off. I was young and too polite at the time but I finally said, "Not until the last nail is in place."
A guy we have used for all of our work since is a weekender who does fabulous work. He and my husband have become friends over the years. He always says when he hires helpers he does not pay them until the job is done. Otherwise they don't come to work for a few days, as they drink or drug all the money away.
People who cheat others alway have a justification for their actions.
At this point you have to try the nice route when you confront him or he may not do the work you paid for. As for the kitchen company, they kept asking for the last payment at the end of each day, and I kept putting them off. I was young and too polite at the time but I finally said, "Not until the last nail is in place."
A guy we have used for all of our work since is a weekender who does fabulous work. He and my husband have become friends over the years. He always says when he hires helpers he does not pay them until the job is done. Otherwise they don't come to work for a few days, as they drink or drug all the money away.
People who cheat others alway have a justification for their actions.
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