Stumper
One Man Band
No offense Bri, My yelling was inspired by different circumstances. I got a call about a stump. Address sounded familiar.... sure enough it was a place where I had a deal to remove the tree a year ago. They asked How I would do it and I explained that I would piece down som live branches on the house side of the tree then fell the dead topped Cottonwood into the empty adjacent lot (which they own). Okay. The day before I was scheduled to do it it rained. The man called and asked me to delay a week because the ground might be soft. Okay, I rescheduled them for 3 weeks later. "Can't you do it sooner"
"No, I can do it now or 3 weeks from now"
"Okay"
2 and 1/2 weeks later I called to confirm the date and they said"Oh, we got someone else.":angry2:
Soooo..... I get there and look. The people who took down the tree ground most of the stump but left a 14"x 22" edge unground- flush cut it and covered it up. They also had a surface root on the other side of the stump that was sprouting. I thought-no use holding a grudge. I told the man "I'll grind the section that they left and that root, poison it and rake the grindings back in and smooth it out for $50.
He said "Let me go talk to my wife." came back and said "Okay ,When can you do it?"
"Right now"(I didn't want to come back-esp considering their past history.)
"Okay"
So I ground it out,ran over to the hardware store for some Triclopyr (which I needed anyway) came back, treated the live roots and started backfilling the hole. The man comes out and says "I thought you were going to haul that away."
I said "Nosir, I said I would rake it back in and smooth it out."
He said "Okay" and went inside. (incidentally it is raining now)
He comes back and says "My wife said that you said that you were going to haul that away."
I replied, "NO, I said I would rake it back in and smooth it out. And I talked to you I haven't spoken with your wife."
He went back in.
The wife comes to the door and hollers"You said that you would take that away".
Ye olde dander came up. "NO MA'AM, I DID NOT SAY THAT! IF I HAD SAID THAT I WOULD DO IT BUT I CAN"T AFFORD TO DO THAT FOR THIS PRICE!"
She went back inside. I finished raking the gravel over the chips and went and got paid. She acted fine.
It seems like every couple of years I deal with someone that you have to be exceedly firm (get angry) with in order to not get run over.
"No, I can do it now or 3 weeks from now"
"Okay"
2 and 1/2 weeks later I called to confirm the date and they said"Oh, we got someone else.":angry2:
Soooo..... I get there and look. The people who took down the tree ground most of the stump but left a 14"x 22" edge unground- flush cut it and covered it up. They also had a surface root on the other side of the stump that was sprouting. I thought-no use holding a grudge. I told the man "I'll grind the section that they left and that root, poison it and rake the grindings back in and smooth it out for $50.
He said "Let me go talk to my wife." came back and said "Okay ,When can you do it?"
"Right now"(I didn't want to come back-esp considering their past history.)
"Okay"
So I ground it out,ran over to the hardware store for some Triclopyr (which I needed anyway) came back, treated the live roots and started backfilling the hole. The man comes out and says "I thought you were going to haul that away."
I said "Nosir, I said I would rake it back in and smooth it out."
He said "Okay" and went inside. (incidentally it is raining now)
He comes back and says "My wife said that you said that you were going to haul that away."
I replied, "NO, I said I would rake it back in and smooth it out. And I talked to you I haven't spoken with your wife."
He went back in.
The wife comes to the door and hollers"You said that you would take that away".
Ye olde dander came up. "NO MA'AM, I DID NOT SAY THAT! IF I HAD SAID THAT I WOULD DO IT BUT I CAN"T AFFORD TO DO THAT FOR THIS PRICE!"
She went back inside. I finished raking the gravel over the chips and went and got paid. She acted fine.
It seems like every couple of years I deal with someone that you have to be exceedly firm (get angry) with in order to not get run over.