Homeowners Suck!

[bankworking]

He really did expect you to be able to work around piles of wood. *headshake* Wonder how long it's going to take him to figure out you aren't going to finish the work until the room has space to move safely about within?

[EricKei]

So I'm guessing he doesn't understand the fact that he was being disrespectful?

People like that never do -- they just start from the ASSumption that, however they're acting, that's "Normal" -- it's everyone else who are the weirdos and assholes.

[strawbabies]

What the heck is the guy doing with his own wood in a house that's still under construction?

[Ironclad Alibi]

What the heck is the guy doing with his own wood in a house that's still under construction?

You need to ask that in THIS forum?

[MoonCat]

I would have told him, "OK, sir, YOU set up the scaffolding around the wood and let us know when it's done." After he fumbled around a while and couldn't do it, maybe he'd get the point.....although I doubt it.

[Mikkel]

I would have told him, "OK, sir, YOU set up the scaffolding around the wood and let us know when it's done." After he fumbled around a while and couldn't do it, maybe he'd get the point.....although I doubt it.

I'm sure he would get the scaffolding up, just not in a safe way.

[dalesys]

I'm sure he would get the scaffolding up, just not in a safe way.

See! It stands up just fine with only three legs and the end piece sloping! And this cigarette butt keeps the wheel from rolling, see!

[Grendus]

I wonder if the guy wasn't a little bit OCD. The wood HAS to be in a certain place and HAS to be in a certain order. Doesn't make me feel bad for him, but might explain his particular stain of crazy.

[NecessaryCatharsis]

What the heck is the guy doing with his own wood in a house that's still under construction?

Who knows. Probably waiting to build a deck/shed/dock/tribute to whatever god assholes worship/whatever.

I've been in houses in various states of being built, without even sheathing on the roof sometimes, yet with things in them worth thousands, or even tens of thousands, including: antique milking equipment, a grand piano, a lambourgini and hundreds of glass cases filled with a coin collection. We are always told the same thing - be really careful around the whatever, and even though I always say we will try our best I'm always thinking the same thing - GRRRR! One tool dropped from above and I'm in shit. Just part of the job I guess

[NecessaryCatharsis]

I'm sure he would get the scaffolding up, just not in a safe way.

See! It stands up just fine with only three legs and the end piece sloping! And this cigarette butt keeps the wheel from rolling, see!

You would be amazed at what people expect us to do. There is only an average of one fatal fall per day in construction in Ontario, so it's not like its unreasonable that they ask us to fudge the equipment that keeps us from falling to ground right.

I will admit this is my biggest pet peeve; people who don't get how important it is for us to set up scaffolds, ladders, platforms etc safely.

[42_42_42]

Just tell him that you needed to trade some of the wood for sheep to finish the settlement.

He must've been saving it waiting to amass the right amount of brick so he could build the longest road.

[Jay 2K Winger]

whatever god assholes worship

That's an easy one.

Themselves.

[VenomX]

I read the first post and just KNEW he would have put the wood back before you all got back there. Then I read the update and found out I was right. Sad.

[bankworking]

People who don't want to let you put up the proper safety equipment should go *** themselves.

I have a friend working in construction who took a job in a space too small for the proper safety scaffolding. He was lucky. When the metal beam fell, it only landed on his foot, cutting off the front third. Fortunately, workman's comp got him a prosthetic that allows him to almost do the same level of work. He's not the type that would sue, even if he's being screwed.

[protege]

Whenever I'm having work done on Protege Manor, I always try to make sure that the room or area is clean enough that it's actually possible.

For example, when I had some wiring work done in the basement, I actually went to the trouble of putting all of my model train stuff back into the boxes...and moved the entire layout. Pain in the ass, since I had to not only take the table apart, but disconnect wiring and track...but then move all the crap that I'd stored under the tables.

The only time I asked people to be careful, was when I had a new water heater installed some months back. I cleared a path in from the garage, but I couldn't move the car. Ignition problems meant that the bloody thing wouldn't move! Even with the car sitting where it was, there was more than enough room to get the cart/water heater inside, and the old one out.