Fence Post Dilemma
We are planning to build a 6 foot wooden fence in our backyard. We had scheduled for a local guy going by the name of “The Post Man” to drill the holes and put up the fence posts for us. We had scheduled it for three in the afternoon yesterday. However, when that time came around, we found ourselves sitting in our living room, looking out the window for him, and being disappointed.
We patiently waited until four o’clock before we decided to give him a call. No answer. So, I left a message. An hour later, with no post man and no returned call, my girlfriend called the number again. This time his assistant/wife answered the phone. My girlfriend who was, at this point, already frustrated asked why we were waiting around instead of building our fence. The assistant said that we were actually scheduled for tomorrow. Bullshit. My girlfriend and I had both, in separate occasions, confirmed the date with these fucking bastards. When we told her this, she got defensive and started saying that we were wrong. We weren’t wrong. We double confirmed the date and time because we have a lot of other shit to do and so worked around this schedule. Shit that now has to wait and get rescheduled. Stupid bitch. My girlfriend hung up after neither sides showed any sign of backing down.
Ten minutes later, The post man himself phoned and I answered. He started telling me the same bullshit about us getting the date wrong. I started to get really angry when the cocksucker started calling me a liar and getting all sarcastic. I couldn’t believe it. How the fuck does this piece of shit run a business while acting like a fucking five year old kid? I decided to hang up while getting the last word(s) in; “Fuck you, cocksucker.”
After I calmed down a bit. I called a few other fence post contractors and learned that The Post Man was famous in the industry for missing scheduled times or canceling at the last minute. One guy even told me that The Post Man has a tendency to drive by the site and, if he didn’t like it, he would just keep driving. Seriously, how the fuck do you run a business like that?
Posted by Frank N. Stein
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I think I’ve seen this guys truck. Isn’t it the one with a logo of a customer bent over with a post stuck up their arse?
It’s better he didn’t do the work. You should always ask for a contractor to supply customers you can contact to not only look at their work, but to find out if there are problems like you experienced. You did this in essence, but only after you got pimped.
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