The Day From Hell

Ok today was so horrible.. here was my day.

Ok so im doing a job for this lady.. it was a small job.. i gave her a price to rip out carpet, install laminate flooring, and install 1/4 round mold.

Ok so i had just talked with her on the phone and told her a price.. SOO..

I get to the job.. start ripping our carpet and realize.. ITS GLUED DOWN. OH MY GOD.. it should of took me 15 mins to pull out all the carpet and remove the tacks.. Ok it took me 2 hours.. OK so im like damit.. So when my guy is ripping out the carpet i tell him.. "look the carpet goes under the sliding glass door, Cut the carpet even with it and we will put molding in front of the door". Ok he just ripps it out and tears the bottom of the glass door bracket out.. ok so now i have to remove this glass sliding door. (pain in the butt) ok i get it out and tell him now we gota tapcon the new screws in and re plumb this door stupid.. So i put the doors to the side.. start installing.. get to the wall.. THE LADY DIDNT ORDER ENOUGH WOOD.!!!.. I told her make sure you get the right amount of wood (since i never looked at the job). I call her and tell her we need another box.. She says "go pick it up at the store.." Ok thats like half hour away. So i get stuck in traffic for 2 hours and finally get to the store. I call her and say "this store is closed" she says "oh that was the wrong store go to the other one" OK>> NOW IM PISSED. so i get stuck in traffic and finally get to the other store (2 hours later) traffic was bad).

I stop for lunch.. I cant drink soda due to the carbonated water. So i get a slurpie..I cant drink blue flavor cause im allergic.. So the red flavor had my name on it. I try it and its FROZEN.. so the lady days wait 10 minutes and it will un freeze and dispence the slurpie.. So i say ok give me 2 hottogs. I get them and i go to put the cheese on it and guess what? OUT OF CHEESE!!!, WTF, So i go back to the slurpie machine and the dam thing is still frozen, I settle for a gatorade instead. So im driving and im about 5 mins from her house and i reach for my planner with her invoice and my personal stuff and documents in it.. OH CRAP.. i left it at the store!!!. So i turn around and go back through traffic and get back to the store.. grab my book and head back to the job.. its now like 3pm.. I should of been done at like 11 so go figure.

I get back to the house and start drilling for the tapcons that have to be screwed to hold the metal door brackets to the concrete through the laminate and into the concrete.. ok the first one goes in.. Then the second one is starting to drill a hole and SNAP. snapped the drill bit. DAMIT.. im so fed up with this day. So i get another bit and put it all together and so on.

Now im done.. I ask the daughter to call her mom to tell her im done and i want to get paid. She says "dont worry i got the money here" I say well its gonna be that money + the money for the wood i had ot pick up + 100 dollars for floor prep and so on. So she calls her mom and her mom tells her to tell me.. "tell him ill just put the check inthe mail" LOL.. i get on the phone and say Sorry i need to get paid today. Bad enough it was a small job but i lost money paying a helper for the waste of like 4 hours, wood i had to buy and waste of a tank of gas. So she says come to my job on the beach and ill give you a check.. OK 1 hour drive in traffic i get there and finally get my check..

OH GOD DAY FROM HELL!!!. then an hour drive back home..