Today, my crew and I were berated by a client for not installing her new hardwood floor on time. We were only halfway through the day, but apparently it should have only taken "like, an hour?" because "The guys on the TV shows do it that fast." FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a coworker sent a last-minute request for a highly complex custom report based on a spreadsheet. It took most of the weekend and Monday to get right because he'd screwed up most of the calculations. The client was pissed; they'd wanted it done by 5PM GMT that Friday. He'd sat on the request until 5 EST Friday. FML
Today, I got some lumber delivered to site and that shit was so bent and warped I could've cut it into foot long pieces and sold them as boomerangs. My boss is breathing down my neck about finishing on time to a high standard of work, yet he keeps buying subpar materials on the cheap. Tosser. FML
Today, a customer filed a complaint against me because my coworker took too long to do a price check. I hate my job. FML
Today, we're in the middle of remodeling our bathroom and the hallway of our apartment. We hired a great guy and he does a really good job, but there's a lot of dust and no way to clean properly until everything is done. My wife is pissed with me because I work from home and don't clean everything every day. FML
Today, I had a huge amount of work to get through. Two colleagues offered to help, because one had nothing else to do, and the other couldn't work until I was done. My boss got really pissed at me for "making" them do my job and wasting their time. FML
Today, I attempted to assemble a piece of furniture that claimed to be "easy to build in minutes." Four hours and multiple arguments later, I realized I had misread the instructions, and half the parts were upside down. I'm pretty sure the furniture won this round. FML
Today, my wife got home from a 8 day vacation with our daughter. She was instantly angry and yelling at me for not setting the new lights she asked me to install to the correct settings; mad at the paint job I spent hours on in our shower being “not professional enough”; irate that I got a Roomba. One hour down. FML
Today, after days of my wife nagging me, I started working on the flat pack furniture she ordered. Every twenty minutes, she interrupted me to demand I stop and help her with something trivial and irrelevant. Now I remember why I postpone projects as long as possible. FML
Today, my crew was called out to do some house maintenance. We were nearly done, when someone had the goddamned fucking brilliant idea of washing plaster off their hands in the kitchen sink, which clogged the pipes. Instead of getting paid, we now owe for damages. FML
Today, I was scolded by my boss, all because I can finish most tasks in a quarter of the time it takes him, and he doesn't want to be shown up. FML
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tiernang 21
some people need to do research before they do shit like this.
Nolimit2217 32
You can't fix stupid!
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Vilsitior_93 12
Here's a few reasons behind her attitude: Either.... 1. she seduces every guy that does house work for her and expects to not pay or get a discount. 2. She's so blonde that she doesn't realize that it's either (a) a commercial, or, (b) she doesn't get that it's ****** TV. 3. She was just a bitch 4. She wanted every reason in her little mind to get a discount or thinks it has to be done right to accommodate for her OCD 5. She doesn't know shit about flooring 6. She owns every season of 'Home Improvement' and her psychotic obsession with Tim Allen is equivalent to that of Tween bitches obsessing over Justin Bieber 7. Maybe she has tourrets syndrome? 8. Her boyfriend or husband broke up/divorced her Or.... 9. She just didn't like you. Period.
grumpybr 13
I know the pain. I was once yelled at by a client because "my house does not look as clean as it did two weeks ago when you sent your crew over". I swear to God I wanted to scratch her eyes out
kelsey_loo 12
Wait, are you saying stuff on tv isn't real??? Does this apply to everything?? If I get shot, I won't re spawn? I can't solve crime in a roughly 45 minute time frame? Oh dear lord what is this madness???
hghrider123456 9
So she likes it when guys finish quickly. ......
neverfear 6
She probably didn't wanna pay
dread514 11
Next time use the fast forward button to speed things up...
calipilot227 16
Stupid should hurt.
Omniprism 15
What an idiot.
wobbley 9
Some people are just idiots
blue4d 5
Ydi, you have to manage customers expectations. During the quoting process, time of completion should have been discussed.
grunt_fml 17
Sure. But people should still show some common sense. Whoever has STILL not realised that TV and reality are not exactly the same things is kind of unfit for life.