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Anonymous
I pull up to the job this morning for a builder. Pressure wash the entire exterior of house.
I start on one side and the next door neighbor pops his head out and asks what im doing and what im spraying. I tell him preasure washing, and spraying chlorine at 4% rate.
He goes ballistic and tells me im killing him, his plants and every Person hes ever known and i must stop.
Yeah right. I explain to him that after breathing this stuff in for the last 20 yrs im still alive and his plants and relatives will all be just fine. So he goes inside.
5 minutes later he hollers at me to stop, tells me hes calling the cops, and
WALKS OVER TO MY EQUIPMENT AND SHUTS IT OFF!
Now im peeved and i proceed to tell him that if he touches my equipment again hell need an ambulance too. Then he tells me the FD is on its way to speak to me as well.
So, they get there and tell the guy im 100% legal, all is safe, etc.
They leave and crazy f er goes back in. Them cops get there. The dude gets an attitude with the cops and gets his azz arrested for interfering with a contracted job ( a chargeable offense).
As he is led away he says hes going to sue me.
This is a good time for me to mention the homeowner whose house i was working on is a trial lawyer. A good looking one at that. She tells me that if anything comes of it she will represent me no charge and file countersuit against the neighbor for wasting my time and hers.
Builder, cops, homeowner all asked me why i didnt clobber the guy. Cop looked at me and i said, you guys are here so my hands are in my pockets. Safest place for em and for the crazy guy. Cop laughed, took my card and now i have to do some work for him next week too :mrgreen: overall id say it was a great day. But i sure was tempted to rearrange the dudes face.
I start on one side and the next door neighbor pops his head out and asks what im doing and what im spraying. I tell him preasure washing, and spraying chlorine at 4% rate.
He goes ballistic and tells me im killing him, his plants and every Person hes ever known and i must stop.
Yeah right. I explain to him that after breathing this stuff in for the last 20 yrs im still alive and his plants and relatives will all be just fine. So he goes inside.
5 minutes later he hollers at me to stop, tells me hes calling the cops, and
WALKS OVER TO MY EQUIPMENT AND SHUTS IT OFF!
Now im peeved and i proceed to tell him that if he touches my equipment again hell need an ambulance too. Then he tells me the FD is on its way to speak to me as well.
So, they get there and tell the guy im 100% legal, all is safe, etc.
They leave and crazy f er goes back in. Them cops get there. The dude gets an attitude with the cops and gets his azz arrested for interfering with a contracted job ( a chargeable offense).
As he is led away he says hes going to sue me.
This is a good time for me to mention the homeowner whose house i was working on is a trial lawyer. A good looking one at that. She tells me that if anything comes of it she will represent me no charge and file countersuit against the neighbor for wasting my time and hers.
Builder, cops, homeowner all asked me why i didnt clobber the guy. Cop looked at me and i said, you guys are here so my hands are in my pockets. Safest place for em and for the crazy guy. Cop laughed, took my card and now i have to do some work for him next week too :mrgreen: overall id say it was a great day. But i sure was tempted to rearrange the dudes face.
