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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
Today, it was my last day decorating a customer's house, I had one room to paint and that was it. I sat down on the stairs to check my phone before starting and woke up four hours later to the customer shaking me to see if I was alive, and then yelling at me for getting paid to sleep. FML
Today, after shoveling one guy's steps, sidewalk, and driveway for two hours straight, I went to ask for my money. He said, "Work is its own reward!" and shut the door in my face. FML
Today, I finally summoned the courage to ask my dad to pay me as he promised, after I cut the lawn and cleaned all the house windows last week. His response was, "Get fucked." FML
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
Today, after three weeks of hard work, I finally finished painting my room. Apparently my 6-year-old brother thought I wasn't done and that he should help me out. I now have little red handprints all over my white walls. FML
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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Jimboom 12
Next time get your payment agreement in writing. Doesn't take 2 minutes to write a quote for the job, which you get them to sign. Then at least you have something to take them to court with, instead of just his word against yours.
Vita_1 30
Actually a verbal agreement is still a contract and is valid for an year (statute of limitations). He could have taken this to a small claims court.
jrgr 6
hahaha he did that because ur a BEANER..u beaner. lol jk I'm Mexican too
maskedman 9
I can't wait to see this on Judge Judy.
heyfuq 1
$2000 for 21 days of work? Your the most underpaid painter I've heard of. what's that like $96 a day or something. You definitely list on that deal. find a new profession
starile 20
Most likely he wasn't working on it every single day
ddlovatolover 23
He was. It says in the FML that OP painted it for three weeks, "including weekends". Learn to read, geez.
PYLrulz 17
if you had a contract, or that's what was advertised, fyl.
_RobotInDisguise 0
Didn't you have a contract? If not then YDI for thinking a spoken agreement would be enough. If you do have a contract then FYL for having to drag this arsehole through the courts to get your fee!
ronelee 0
I'd love for someone to do that to me... lol take them to court!!
trmntr 4
really? you can come paint my house then.
starile 20
trmntr: then he'll sue your ass, if you came up short. I'm pretty sure that's the lesson learned here, and what this commenter meant.
knypny 0
you were already ****** before you began...2000 for 21 days of painting seems really low... at least you're not hungry
ChromeDome 5
If I were in your position, I would have said to him, after him saying to get the **** off the lawn, "OK, but I'm going to court over refusal to pay the amount we agreed in the contract (verbal or written, it's just as binding - or at least it is in the UK, I'm not sure about Florida) and you're coming with me, fatass. Oh by the way, I don't like tacos."
tigercoon 12
Taco boy lmao :p But for real. I know they're not as binding, but it's still worth taking that douchebag to court. He's a rude ******* bastard. But save those tacos, so if you don't win, you can always go back and smear them on his walls.
Lisa89 3
Did you not get them to sign something to say they would pay you $2000? Give them a invoice/statement? If so, use that as hard evidence when you take them to court. You really have to :-/ .. get your money!