I'll Say She Is!
Wednesday, 4 December 2002
O Carpenter, Where Art Thou?

The carpenter stood us up last night. He told me that he'd be here around 6 PM to continue work on the disaster area formerly known as the living room, which has now become the repository for his air compresser, ladder, a bucket of stuff, and a couple rolls of insulation.

This is what we get when Landlord Man hires someone for whom home repair is a sideline business. At least we can hold the guy's stuff hostage, if need be.

Posted by ginevra (link)
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Actually, that's pretty standard, especially in sunny FLA. When my dad was doing remodeling down here, he would pay his guys, and they wouldn't show up for a couple of days. Have you ever seen that commercial, I think it was for cranberry juice of all things, but it was "if everyone was honest" with a contractor doing a remodel:
"I'm going to come in here, tear a big hole in the wall on the first day. Then I'll disappear, inexplicably, for 3, maybe 4 days. You won't be able to contact me, so don't even try. Then I'll come back, put in all your new appliances, and it'll look so nice you'll want to kiss me full on the lips."

It's funny because it's true.