Sorry, I just can’t get over this yet. I wasn’t really planning on writing about this again, but on the day my handyman was supposed to come back and finish fixing my fence, he no-showed on me, citing that he was going over on another job he had, which is understandable, but the objection I have is the fact that he had stated that he was going to make it by a particular time.
I’m okay with the need to reschedule and adjust, but don’t leave me hanging and make me have to be the one to get some fucking answers when it was probably very clear that the job was going to be going long, and I wouldn’t have had to feel like a hostage in my own house waiting all day, because I wanted to talk to this guy before he got to work to point out some things.
Alternatively, the title of this post would’ve been “To blow up, or not to blow up,” because I’d been thinking about this a lot over the last day, about whether or not I should light this guy a new asshole on the internet for the absolute putrid way he’s running a business. There’s a part of me that just wants this to all end, and leave things civil, and let an up-and-comer not get obliterated on the internet, but there’s another part of me that’s sick and tired of constantly waiting for this guy to show up, the fact that when he did show up, he fucked me harder than Andy Dufresne probably did in Shawshank Redemption, and that I’m practically waiting on him to cut-and-run on me, leaving me at more than just a $450 loss.
Originally, I figured I wouldn’t bother, because as shitty of a business this guy is running, I have reservations of blowing up a guy with a million kids and clearly in need of a job, because a bad reputation isn’t just going to cost this guy a few projects, but could very well be the difference with him being able to provide for his family.
But seeing as how he’s clearly got other projects, ones that he prioritizes over mine, which he royally fucked up, I’m a little less piteous of his situation, and I’m feeling pretty steamed over the fact that he left me out to dry.
The thing is, I’m so over this guy now, that I’m willing to let him off the hook for taking care of my yard, because although he and his wife have stated that they’ll cover the cost of any lawn repair costs, I don’t believe for a second that they’ll actually hold through with it, and the last thing I want to get stuck with is another multi-hundred dollar invoice that I’m on the hook with because they’re apparently some shady motherfuckers. So I’ve been thinking I just want this guy to get my fence panels back up, have him fill in the giant holes in my yard his fucking rental lift caused, and call it a day, because I don’t want to deal with this guy ever again in my life, I just want this fucking chapter of my homeowner’s life closed, so I can get back to a place where I’m happy with things again.
In all honesty, it’s been so difficult to find any sort of landscaper/lawn service that is willing to do basically a patch job, that I’m willing to concede and just settle for holes filled in, and maybe $50 for some turf builder, since I’m not exactly someone who cares that much about landscaping to begin with. Frankly, I bet trying to get $50 from him is going to be pulling teeth, considering his wife had the audacity to ask to be reimbursed for lumber they purchased, but never had the opportunity to use, which I acquiesced like a fucking clown because I have a bleeding heart, and then promptly returned all of it, to which I ended up getting shorted a few bucks because of course they quoted me for more than they actually paid.
The bottom line is, I reiterate the fact that I’m only in this hellacious mess, because I apparently have too much faith in people, and in this particular case, it has fucked me pretty royally. And I ask myself, if I should stop being so naïve and give so much benefit of doubt to every random stranger out there, when it’s been proven time and time and time and time again, that there are just so many incompetent, unreliable and just plain shitty people out in the world.
I know it sounds like “just” $450 that I’m out currently, but I’m not super rich by any stretch of the imagination. I’ve literally taken $450 and set it on fire, because there was absolutely zero return in that expense, and it actually has resulted in more expenses for all parties involved, that could’ve so easily been avoided if this bozo could actually have been honest with his abilities or had a fucking brain.
I’m still super pissed over everything right now, and like I said, I just want all this bullshit to be done with, so that I can close the book on ever having to deal with this piece of shit ever again, and move forward. But every day he postpones it just drags it out further, and I just remain madder and madder because of it all, and I most definitely don’t want to be wading in negativity when I should be having the time of my life with my daughter instead.
