First Post

As they say," all things start at the beginning".

So I might as well get started.

I'm a General Contractor, and I must tell you that , of all the horror stories you hear about us there are a hundred more we could tell you about clients. I just did a estimate for a client that wanted a deck built. Simple deck, 18' x 18', 324 sq. ft. right. Two feet off the ground, two stairs. Easy deck. I first go to her house which is 45 minutes away, on a Saturday. I got to her house 7 minutes late. No one home. I call her. She says she just left the house, forgot I was coming. Then starts getting on my case about why I didn't call her to let her know I was on my way. WHAT!
Trying to be nice I refrained from saying " You stupid bitch, why didn't you pick up the phone and call me to make sure I was coming before you left? The phone works both ways". People like that only think of themselves.
So, still trying to be nice, I quickly get her info. and she asks me to e-mail the estimate because " she doesn't have time to wait on contractors.

I do the estimate. It comes to $4,500.00. I e-mail it to her and wait. The next day I get an e-mail back..........now listen to this.
She writes: " Hello, the deck is only 324 sq.ft, at 4500 that's 138.00 per foot. I can get a top of the line house in Slidell for 62.00 per foot. Thanks but no.
Now can you do the math? WHAT AN ASSHOLE! The dumb bitch can't divide.
So politely inform her that her calculator is broken and that it's $ 13.88 per foot. Which is a dam good price.
Here's a person who thinks she is SO smart, acts better than other people, and is a complete imbecile.
I bet after she sent me that e-mail she probably patted her self on the back and thought she told me off. "Boy, I told him! He didn't know who he was messing with"
Man I wanted to tell her off, but I stayed the professional, gave her a math lesson and said good luck.
People need to realise that not all contractors are out to steal you blind. We would just like to do our job and get paid for it. It's that simple.