- frustration...such a big word -

frustration doesn't even begin to say how i feel right now - going back a bit... right before we closed on our house, we began looking for a contractor to do some work for us between closing & moving in - we wanted some more cabinets hung [above toilets], a stained glass window inserted in a wall & a couple french doors hung - not making light of the fact that it was going to be a job, but that's what a contractor does...right? - well, we'd gotten prices for a few in the area & narrowed it down to one we'd chosen [due to affordability & time he could get the job done in] - we had him set up & he was ready to go - we then found out from a family member of a guy 'robert' that had a company that went to their church that really needed the work - spike went ahead & called him & robert agreed that yes, he did need/want the job, but it took him a long time to get back to us on the price [he'd originally priced in not only the contracting work, but also the painting of the house too & we wanted only the contracting price as we already had a painter lined up]
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finally, he got the figures back to us & he was the same price as the contractor that we'd already decided on, so due to robert being a family friend, a christian man & us wanting to help him out, we hired him [oh, how i wish i could take that decision back!]
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robert & co. [what's what i call them as he brought to 'helpers' named jeffrey & michael with him] showed up to begin & they had 1 week to finish [they knew this before they got the job] before our painters & then movers would be showing up - they began planning on how they'd do whatever it was they were preparing to do - that's fine, but they planed forever & i thought they'd never get started - about the time they did get started, they'd stop & say, "well, we're gonna break for lunch now" or something like that & they'd not done anything up to that point!
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they took the entire week & didn't get hardly anything done! - then, when it was time for the painters to come in [little mexican crew of about 1 million workers that work very quickly & efficiently], robert & co. weren't finished & got very mad [making comments about how the painters were rushing them, etc.] - the painters worked circles around robert & co., making them madder by the minute - the painters were finished & robert & co. were still where they were before the painters showed up - the painters couldn't finish what they had to do until robert & co. were done, due to the them having to paint around the french doors, etc., so after robert & co. got the french doors finally hung, the painters came back to finish their job, but we'd to pay a bit more for having the painters come back extra day [which i think robert & co. should've had to pay
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well, robert & co. were supposed to only be here for 1 week, but they took 2 & still weren't done - robert had ordered the wrong cabinet for in brit's bathroom [which we didn't make him change out as he'd already painted it & we knew he couldn't return it...thus saving him $$], he then forgot to order the bathroom cabinets for above the other 2 toilets & he also had to come back to hang/insert the stained glass window in spike's office wall
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we've been in our house 4 week & it was 2 weeks prior to that, that robert & co. began this work, so he's been at this for 6 weeks [what he agreed would only take him 1 week to complete!] - they were supposed to come last weekend one day & we got a call the morning of, saying robert had an unexpected surgery & couldn't come [don't know why jeffrey & michael couldn't come, but...], so they were rescheduling it for today [saturday] - we've been preparing for the to finally be done as of today & i couldn't have been happier
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i got up this morning & was getting the girls up, so we could all be dressed & presentable for when robert & co. showed up - after waking all the girls up [brit loved that!], i find out that robert & co. called & they're not coming today!!! - michael woke up sick, so none of them are coming!!! - i'm not kidding this' such a joke now - they're not doing anything they said they'd do - something that was supposed to take 1 week has gone into 6 weeks & they're still not done! - i'd not recommend them to anyone!! - they're nice guys, but they're not interested in working at all - they're slow & ½ the time, don't even show up!
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spike thinks i'm being too hard on them, but i sure don't know anyone else that would put up with what we're putting up with & not think what i'm thinking...this' ridiculous! - it's cost us more money in not only paying the painters more for them having to come back an extra day, but also robert & co. were to remove all their trash before they left & didn't - we couldn't leave it here as it filled our garage, so spike & my dad had to remove it [which was a lot of work] & it cost $80 to do so
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if you can't tell, i'm beyond frustrated, but at least now i know why robert & co. were begging so, for the job saying how much they needed work, etc...it's because they don't keep working & so no one wants to hire them!!!
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i'll get off my soapbox now - thanks for listening