Today, I finally finished painting a house that took me 3 weeks to complete at 10 hours a day, including weekends, due to my dedication to perfection. When I went to meet with the homeowner for pay day, which was supposed to be $2000, he gave me $200, 5 tacos and then told me to "get the f*** off my lawn." FML
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Last call, bad decisions and 3 a.m. texts you'll regret until noon. Cheers.
Today, after spending 5+ hours of my life painting a portrait of someone's cat for them, I finally finished it, perfect condition, no mistakes. I was supposed to be paid 300 bucks for it. Got 50 bucks because it was too "vibrant." FML
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Today, after weeks of slaving away, I finally wrapped up the last house project on the backlog. I decided to take a day to relax around the house in celebration. My wife spent all day following me around, moaning that I never go anywhere, and that she never gets any space. FML
Today, after spending two weeks renovating my room and $1000 on paint and a new floor, my landlord told me that he's sold the house. Also, he was kind enough to inform me that unless I paint the walls back to white, I won't be getting my $500 deposit back. FML
Today, I finally finished a drawing that someone had asked and said they would pay me for. I worked on it for multiple hours and was very proud of it. When it came to discussing payment, I asked what his best offer was. A pack of cigarettes. FML
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Today, my husband has been painting our house all weekend and plans to finish the job after work today. I decided to surprise him by completing the job myself. Painting the last window frame, I dropped the open tin of white paint, right onto our car roof. FML
Today, I was painting my mom's house, which so far had taken 12 hours over two days. All of a sudden there was a wind storm. All of the leaves stuck to the wet paint. FML
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Mike1313 0
throw the tacos at the wall u painted and ask for the money ur supposed to get!
maskedman 9
I can't wait to see this on Judge Judy.
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dl_zook 6
first off, taking 21 days to paint a house is more than excessive, he was probably pissed you took so long. regardless, you SHOULD get paid for the work you did, regardless of how long it took you. do the right thing and take him to court, please do not listen to more than 1/2 of these posts and commit vandalism because then you are not only out the money, but that gives him the right to press criminal charges against you, which is a loose loose situation for you. i hope both parties learned a lesson in all of this. for you, get it in writing and suggest some sort of 'good faith' payment in advance(usually 1/3 the estimated bid is a good start) and on his end, he should ask for an estimate on the time it will take to complete the job, if he is unhappy with the length of time it will take, then he will know in advance and not try to pay you in tacos.
TheDrifter 24
Exactly. In Florida the homeowner also has the legal right to penalize for loss of use and late completion. Last time I was down there (visiting my grandparents winter home) the standard was $100 a day late completion penalty, more if the honeowner cannot use their house and needs to pay for accomodations during the renovation.
weerdgirll 0
so true! go to court!!!!!
trippin10 0
hahaha I'd get all my paint supplies and pour it over front porch or the front walls where everyone can see and just **** shit up hahahaha
coltclay 0
176 win!!!!!
Spoily 0
Disgrace.
CaptaiNiLL 0
just spray paint a huge dick on his wall see how he likes it
anyone918 0
hope you had some kind of contract that he signed. if not, lesson learned.
Jsalcedo23 0
don't tell me you were a pussy and actually walked away.
Evilreeve 0
That's what you get for being here illegally.
barosp 4
YTD for being a dumbass and having rednecks as clients. Dedication to perfection my ass...