>be me, working boomer's house
>boomer comes up behind me and points at white wire sticking out of outlet box
>"Whoa, what's that?"
>"That's the neutral wire."
>boomer looks at me with a mixture of disgust and anger
>"Excuse me? The what?"
>"The neutral."
>boomer starts huffing and puffing
>"That doesn't make any sense! What is it doing in there?"
>"It's necessary for the circuit to work."
>"No it isn't! Is this why you're so expensive? You're charging me for extra wire I don't need?"
>I begin packing my tools up
>"Where are you going?!"
>"I'm leaving."
>"WHAT?! But you aren't finished!"
>"Sir, I don't understand what you're doing right now. I'm packing up and leaving. Call our office if you have any questions."
>boomer shouts and screams at me all the way to my van
>as I try to drive off, boomer jumps in front of van, forcing me to stop
>"WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING?!"
>"I'm going home. Please move away from my van."
>boomer slaps hood of van and continues to shout and scream about how I'm a wall pirate or something like that
>I take out my phone, type 911 into the keypad, and show it to him
>he instantly sobers up and backs away from the van
>I put my phone down and he's immediately back at my window, screaming and slapping the vehicle
>I roll away slowly and drive out of his neighborhood
He already paid his bill too
in related news that also didn't happen
OP confesses that he doesn't actually suck wiener, but only pretends to
Wow, what a contribution. Here's a lollypop, now run along.
Very believable. Ameriboomers are severely brain damaged.
Anon, why is this lollypop wet and smell like ass?
>Wow, what a contribution.
Just like this garbage thread, how cool is that
When did everybody clap? Was it during the hood slap, or once you started dialing 911?
>see OP's image
>google "unpopular opinion"
ahh, it all makes sense now
You’re actually claiming the phrase “unpopular opinion” caused you to google it because it’s so curious of a phrase and that’s the only reason you knew it was a subreddit?
>knows everything is performative
>feigns ignorance
>I was only pretending to be a twat
Yes, you’re all just “performing”.
As You Like It. You know, like when Jacques says it.
>PrepHole is only for incel virgin school shooters to ruminate about how feminism stole their bike and kicked their dog
Frick yourself, election tourist.
>He already paid his bill too
c'mon, you're not even trying
I had something like this where a guy got mad I wouldn't use the 12-2 he bought for relocating a stove and told me I didn't know what I was doing like you called me bud
A guy tried to have me use a cable type I had never seen before, to wire his lamp posts. Told him it's the wrong kind and he needs NMWU instead. He complained when he saw the price of the NMWU considering he had this huge spool of that other type.
I searched online and figured it's some twin-lead wire that the manufacturer recommends for the internals of appliances like heat pumps. Think of the black cable going from the motor to the relay. It's rated for outdoor use and water exposure, but not direct burial, and it has no ground wire.
I never understand why those people don't just do the job themselves. They act like they know everything they need to do it already. Why bother hiring a professional, just to insist they do things the wrong way?
If you want to run ungrounded Chinese outdoor hookup wire to some lamps, by all means do so. Just don't ask me to risk my reputation, license, or lawsuit when a fault develops and someone gets shocked.
This is kind of the thing I shit on people on PrepHole for when they b***h about mechanic prices and bring their own ebay parts and act like “Ohhh it’s easy but I just don’t have the tools or knowledge to do it the right way”. Just let the people do their job, and I always tell the people on PrepHole that unless you’re bringing some expensive performance brake pads or something the shop can’t supply quickly, they’re never going to guarantee their work on the ebay parts for a dumb cheap ass kid.
and everyone clapped
the end.
I'll take bullshit you made up for $2000.
I know this is fiction but why TF would anyone even conceive this instead of simply explaining how circuits work?
Similar things do happen though. When you work residential repair you find out real quick that people are so moronic that you wonder how they remember to breathe.
When a moron like that calls you dumb and questions your ability because they can't comprehend what you're doing, you eventually stop explaining yourself and excuse yourself. If they know better than you do, they can figure it out themselves.
You can't make money acting like a mentally deranged child
I make >$100 in people's homes and have never reacted when someone said something like this. I just explain the neutral is like the red wire in a car, the ground is extra safety
You're moronic, emotionally stunted and need to work on YOU before posting here again
That boomer you're fantasizing about threatening with a 911 call knows super obscure shit you have no idea about but wouldn't sperg out like you did in your little tall tale.
It might be the pre-workout talking but I want to beat the duck out of you in hopes you wake tf up
> I just explain the neutral is like the red wire in a car, the ground is extra safety
The easiest trick to deal with a difficult customer is to take the blame for that thing they don't understand and are whining about, and shift it to a higher authority. Taking the thing they're angry about and re-framing it as a struggle between the customer and the higher authority. And placing yourself on the customer's side. They instantly see you as beleaguered allies suffering under "the man".
With most trades your higher authority is built in, you can just blame everything on the code.
>Gotta do it this way, it's code. If I don't I'll lose my license. It's out of my hands.
But it works in other fields, and the higher-authority being blamed doesn't even have to exist. For instance if you're tech support in a large institution you can blame a lot of things on nonexistent "admins", or "policy".
Yeah, you see, I wage slave for a pretty decent salary. If I deem the location that I'm working as 'not safe' because a customer is becoming aggressive, I can just leave. The company I work for is great because they know how moronic customers can be, so it's my word against theirs and fortunately they will take an employee's word over a customer's nearly 100% of the time.
Regardless I'm getting paid. I have a resentment towards customers like OP has described and just don't deal with them anymore. If I have to spend more than 15 seconds to talk then down, see you later. We'll try it again when you're ready to let me do my job.
That type of situation is extremely rare anyway. It's only happened twice in recent memory. Most of the time customers are real happy to see you, respectful and polite.
OP clearly made his story up
What are you talking about
This also works but I'm all about education. When everyone is in the know, everyone gets along
>You can't make money acting like a mentally deranged child
You're talking about the customer right?
>That boomer you're fantasizing about threatening with a 911 call knows super obscure shit you have no idea about
I almost exclusively get along with boomers, but they don't know half the shit they claim to. People probably think I come across as stupid, but usually when they give me advice I've already thought of it
I’m with you, maybe I come across as dumb but I just can’t trust people with absolute certainty because they’re so often full of shit. And boomers are the worst at it in general.
>I’ve been doing this for 30 years!
Then why can’t you just explain why you want to do it that way? I don’t understand all the ego in being right on a hunch, if people just loaded their statements less that wouldn’t happen at all.
>oh I know why it broke!
No, you have a suspicion why it broke. Now when there’s evidence that wasn’t it we have to do this whole song and dance where you cope and misremember things and frick around fixing the wrong thing just so we can half resolve the problem and you can be right… again, I don’t get why people act this way.
>I don’t get why people act this way.
You are not charging enough. Charging more gets you only clientele that are worth the added bedside manner and soothing of neuroses that all technical jobs require when interfacing with the non-priestly class. Maybe let your hair down and bullshit them back in a very clinical manner, they wont remember half the shit you tell them about the turbo encabulator anyway.
>when isn’t it worth it
Everyone has their line I guess. The beauty of having some power or being in demand is you can set your line where you like. For me.. I absolutely refuse to work for the entitled Karen types who have no sense of honesty outside of their own consumer preferences. And I use the word “Karen” but mostly they’re men in my experience. Mostly older boomer guys who had a semi-successful career and so they believe they’re right about everything. Example:
>guy was screaming at the girl who answers the phone that whoever had done his hvac had fricked it up and causing water to leak everywhere
>said he knew what was going on bc he “worked on actual REAL construction (commercial)” and would be documenting the leak and all the damage and they could pay to fix it or talk to his lawyer
>that someone had BETTER be out there to fix this hack shit TODAY
>so I do them a favor since I had time and stop by to see what was going on
>guy tries to buddy up to me while he talks shit about everyone else he has interacted with so far
>goes to the HVAC closet to show me the leak where the guys “hadn’t soldered the joint properly and it was leaking everywhere now”
>points to the hvac lineset which had a little condensation on it
Took me like 15 minutes to explain to him there wasn’t even any water in that line, and that air handlers don’t need a water supply at all. The whole time he’s lying and bullshitting but with less and less conviction as he realizes how dumb he sounds. I found the actual problem… he had stuffed a bunch of stuff in the hvac closet for storage and had smashed the drain line. The second I showed it to him he was quiet… walked away… then came right back and lied that he knew that’s what it was the whole time and that the hvac techs had done it. I was polite but I just walked away from that one, people like that just aren’t worth dealing with at all.
You just deciding to leave without any explanation is psychotic
This guy
Handled the situation correctly by walking out but he explained plainly the situation
The old dude being stressed out about paying some child $800 to replace an outlet is normal. The child threatening to call 911 instead of calmly talking to him is not normal
"I'm smart" as you said in your post is all the proof we need to know you're one concussion away from being moronic
>You just deciding to leave without any explanation is psychotic
>You
First of all, not OP
Old fogey was clearly being moronic, and being moronic, he cannot understand that he is in fact moronic, so telling him that he's moronic and doesn't know circuitry resulting in him becoming even more upset would be a waste of time
>an adult is a child because the other person is a senile freak
Get over yourself.
>>I take out my phone, type 911 into the keypad, and show it to him
>>he instantly sobers up and backs away from the van
You're a cuck, and this is the best fantasy that you can come up with?
Noone will ever respect, value, or fear you in your entire life because you're a homosexual, effeminate, man-child.
YWNBAW
>brings up cucking and trannies in a diy thread out of nowhere
Nothing to see here. I’m certainly not questioning your sexual proclivities.
>out of nowhere
You will never be a woman. I'm sorry, but that's just the way it is.
I've been a contractor for 10 years, and I also have some insane stories. Let me tell one:
> Guy calls me from a rich neighborhood. To get into this neighborhood there is a guard and I have to be allowed through the gate. Homes start at $1.5 million
> Guy says he needs some tile work done. Ok no problem.
> This guy travels for work and is never home
> I arrive at the guys house and this guy neglected to tell me he would not be there. His daughter answered the door. This should have been a red flag, but I was less experienced then and didn't see the danger signs.
> So this guy needs his master bathroom floor replaced and the floor of his shower redone. But the rest of the shower is fine.
> I go over things with the daughter, and the daughter tells me to email her dad the quote, so i do.
> the dad calls me after seeing the quote and books the job. I say OK, sounds good. I ask who will be home during the work and he says his wife will be home.
> So work day comes and me and my assistant arrive at the house
> Once again daughter lets us in to get started. I ask about the wife and the daughter says she is upstairs.
> My partner and I start on the demo work. Master bath floor and shower floor only
> wife walks into the bathroom. Keep in mind at this point I have not even met this woman once.
> Without saying hello, she looks at us working and says "you are tiling the whole shower right?"
> I say "no ma'am we did a quote for your husband and we are only doing the shower floor".
> She raises her voice and says "I don't care about the quote! I want my whole shower done!"
> In this moment there is this awkward pause. My coworker and I are just standing there in shock at how this woman is yelling for no reason and we didn't even know her
> I try to calm it down and say "ma'am, even if I wanted to do the whole shower, we can't, it's not in the time budget, I don't have the time to do it, we have to stick with the quote"
> At this point she just starts screaming at full volume. And we are only 3 or 4 sentences into conversation.
> "I don't care what your estimate says! I want my whole fricking shower done, and I want it done now!"
> It's like a scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
> I try one last time "Ma'am we went over the quote with your husband and he approved the plan here"
> She says "This isn't my husband's house, this is my fricking house!"
> This is the ONLY time in all my time as a contractor that I have walked off a job site
> I looked at her, looked at my coworker, and said "we are leaving"
> without hesitation she goes "FINE GET THE FRICK OUT OF MY HOUSE"
> we pack up and leave
> So I'm just in shock about this crazy lady. But I still want to get paid for the demo work we did
> I text the husband "please call me immediately"
> He responds saying "I'm on a business trip will call you later"
> Finally he calls me later
> I tell him the entire story
> He says "that doesn't sound like my wife"
> Basically I go over it again, and say I expect to get paid for the work that was done
> He says he will let me know
Never heard from him again. I have more insane customer stories. That above story is insane, but it happened exactly like I typed it.
I thought you would frick the wife and the daughter
Im disappointed
Cash upfront. You might think those are nice people because they live in nice homes, but unless you see in front of you the person who will be paying you, you should never accept to do the job. Another red flag is when the owner says "I have to leave for work, I'll be back in an hour. You will still be here, right?" It's almost guaranteed he won't come back and you'll hit his voicemail when you call him. Especially if you're doing work outside like rain gutters or building a shed.
I've never had anyone do work for me that wanted cash up front. I think a plumber wanted enough for parts once (a bathroom install), but that's it. If a tradie hit me with wanting cash up front that's all I'd give, too: parts and supplies. If he seemed cool and I'd heard good things, maybe I'd go half on labor, but probably not. Ex wife had uncles that would take jobs (siding, roofing, etc.), get half the total, "work" a couple of hours, then skate and never come back. There's scum on both sides.
Thanks anon. This was like 5 years into being a contractor and I had a little growing up to do. The person calling me for the job, not being there when I showed up, was a huge red flag and I didn't catch it.
Lesson learned.
But even then after all these years once in a while a customer will take advantage a little. It's just part of the game
I work commerial as a sparky and we had building manager sneak up behind one of our techs while they were working in a board, film him for a few mins like a fricking weirdo, then proceed to yell bloody murder at him for 10 mins for apparently "working live". Even though he had locked out and tagged the board in the MSB, showed him using a meter that the board was dead and was even handling the main chassis at the time without dying. The guy just wouldn't give it up even after all the evidence. Some people are just nuts.
>The guy just wouldn't give it up even after all the evidence.
every /misc/ discussion
I don't know what it is, but a ridiculously large portion of building/facility managers I've met have had some serious ego issues
This guy has it in spades. Funnily enough, has never gone off on me personally, only to my supervisor behind my back. Same with a few other dickheads we work for. I must give off some vibe that I will just tell them to go frick themselves in front of everyone and walk away so they can't have their little power trip with me. On the other hand, some FMs are total bro's and I would go out of my way to help them.
Security c**ts on site can make or break my day depending on who is on. Had this one homosexual at the cool FMs building who I would always clash with because he was a snarky fat douche. Had a job to change all the foyer lights off a special boom that would fold up to fit through the front glass doors for the job. Middle of the night and I'm driving the boom through the doors. They had a section cordoned off for me to work in in case anyone needed to walk through. I stop just through the door and start to move the bollards to drive into zone, fatty walks up and starts abusing shit out of me for blocking the walkway as if it wasn't the only fricking way to get the thing inside, and is yelling at me to move. I'm trying to explain that I can't just drive over the bollards for very fricking obvious reasons and if he shut up and left me alone I could park up and get out of the way. Long story short manager gets called at 1am and proceeds to yell at him over the phone for 5 mins to leave me alone and go secure shit. He was even more sour to me after that and I gave him endless shit.
They're frauds and they know they are. The building manager at my work is known for constantly stealing things from the company as well.
>"That's the neutral wire."
>boomer looks at me with a mixture of disgust and anger
Completely understandable
While this story is BS, I did have a boomer EXPLODE once that we were using WAGO connectors instead of wire nuts in his kitchen. Kicked us off the job site while screaming about how WAGOs would burn his house down. He ended up paying some meth'd out junkie to do it all with wire nuts only (including some multi-splices that are the textbook use for a WAGO). A friend of mine who works for another sparky got a call like 6 months later to gut the junkie's work and re-do it Boomer flipped out again on them over WAGOs.