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Posted by23 hours ago

So about a year ago I ventured out and started my own Handyman/Home Renovation business. So far every interaction I’ve had with customers has been amazing and most of my work now comes from referrals. I had a request from Karen to come out and look at her bathroom that needed work done. From our conversation she seemed like a nice lady so I was happy to do so and fit her in last minute as she expressed she believed it was an “emergency”.

So I arrive at her house earlier today and she was initially very pleasant. She was a white lady probably in her 50’s. She made small talk about my day so far and being thankful I was able to get to her so quickly. At this point I still haven’t seen any of the issues she had told me about in person and that’s where I made my fatal flaw…I ask if she “could take me to the “Master Bathroom” so I can try to see what the issue was”

I noticed her facial expressions change almost instantly while I was saying the sentence and then she lost it on me. She began to yell at me about how “dare” I call it that and then lectured me for a solid 2 minutes about how I was essentially a terrible person. She said at one point “Wow, I had heard such great things about you but clearly those were false. I have absolutely no interest in having someone with you’re mentality work on my house.”

So far up to this point I had not been given the opportunity to say anything essentially. I begin to apologize and attempt to de-escalate the situation. I even point to my leg which has a very visible Coexist tattoo. However she is having NONE of it. She tells me to leave her house right now and that she will be telling everyone she knows to not hire me.

I apologize one last time and then head out. I hear her slam the door behind me while muttering something. I get in my truck and start to drive away, as I’m leaving I see the door opens and she starts to come outside. No idea if it was for me or if she just walked outside for something else, but I wasn’t stopping to find out. Now I’m sitting here worrying about the potential ramifications from this on my business which will be amazing to have in my daily anxiety rotation.

Thanks for letting me rant.

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379 points · 23 hours ago

Best to talk to the person who referred you to her right away

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Op484 points · 21 hours ago

So I actually ended up doing that. My original customer whom I have a great relationship with had apparently put my information on Facebook after completion of her last project. She said she hasn’t seen her in a few years, but she always seems to be causing controversial stuff the past few years.

Anyways, my original customer profusely apologized. Apparently they know a lot of the same people so my original customer said I shouldn’t worry too much.

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Go on Amazon and buy some. They are like $12 for 4-5 of them and they sell ones where the clip is slightly longer to help with support.

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3 points · 14 days ago

Yeah, being a recovering alcoholic has to be a certain kind of hell in this country, and I say this as a recovering heroin addict. I personally never really liked alcohol that much, but if I had to avoid heroin at almost every get-together or event I went to, the damn corner store displays for it, and even YouTube ads that you can't skip... I don't think I would make it. Honestly, sometimes the only thing that keeps me clean is my inability to find it in that moment, and I've kinda never realized that until recently for some reason.

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4 points · 14 days ago

That was the hardest part of getting sober from alcohol for me, was just how readily available it was everywhere.

Years before I got sober from alcohol, I had to kick a meth addiction. And I tell everyone, I’d much rather get sober from meth again than get sober from alcohol again.

With hard drugs you can totally separate yourself from them and that world. Delete numbers, get rid of certain friend groups, move, etc. However, you can not seperate yourself from alcohol. It’s everywhere.

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5 points · 21 days ago

There is a mechanism you push below the handle. Once you push this start to spin your blade manually. It will reach a point where you’re able to push in the mechanism further and that will mean it’s locked in. While it’s locked, you’ll use the Hex wrench to take off the bolt in the middle of the blade.

Do it backwards to install the blade

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2 points · 22 days ago

Out of curiosity, why a cordless compressor and not cordless nail guns?

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Op3 points · 22 days ago

So I actually have the electric versions of the 18g, 16g, and Framing nailer from dewalt. While they are all amazing, if I’m going to be doing trim or cabinets ALL day, then I don’t want to have to deal with the extra weight. While it might not seem like much, after an entire day you can definitely feel the difference.

This lets me roll around a still battery powered compressor and just use about 15-20ft of hose at a time.

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61 points · 28 days ago

I love this type of drywall ceiling because you can patch it and do the worse imaginable job and it blends right in. Same with the old “mop” ceilings.

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Op16 points · 28 days ago

Oddly it’s a wall.

157 points · 28 days ago

Thinned out wall compound that it painted on with a heavy nap roller. Basically the first step to doing a level 5 drywall finish, except you don’t back trowel it after you roll it on.

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Op29 points · 28 days ago

Thanks so much! Exactly what I needed

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