My daughter has a boyfriend who has been out of a job since January when he was laid off from his in-house tech technician at Portland Gas & Electric. I had a lot of things that needed doing. He offered to do some of them for me in exchange for meals while he was working. I told him I would feed him and pay him because I would be paying someone else to do the work. He agreed and we came up with a list of things he would do for me.
He means well. He works well. However, he is not prompt.
The latest job was painting my kitchen. The paint sat in my kitchen, along with the roller, pan, brushes, drop cloths, tape, etc., for FOUR months. Finally, he started doing it and said he’d have it done in one day. He worked on it for one day then didn’t come back for three days then worked for one day then didn’t come back for a week and a half. Last night, he was here at 8 PM to start painting. He discovered that when he stacked the cabinet doors, they weren’t quite dry yet and so they will have to be sanded down and re-painted. The five cabinet doors that he painted last night sat on my pack porch, with the light on, and got bugs all over them so they will have to be sanded down and painted all over again, too. He has at least another day left of painting. He was supposed to come today but didn’t. Now my daughter says she will come and finish the job tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, I have my kitchen stuff all over the dining room, living room, and stuffed in closets. I have no doors on my cabinets. The blue tape he put up for the detail work has come off several times because we’ve had 90 degree temperatures.
Oh, and the best part…my kitchen was supposed to be yellow walls with the cabinet doors and drawers painted red. However, he started when I was not here so I have yellow on one wall and red all over the kitchen with yellow cabinet doors and drawers.
If it ever gets finished, I’ll post a picture. Of course, it might be in a different decade so be sure to come back!
well i would have to say under the circumstances your stress level seems to be under control.. i know i would be a raving lunatic by now….
Oh, I really want to see that picture. You must be a saint is all I can say.
My gosh. What a nightmare for you Corina. I too, look forward to seeing the picture(s).
I’d probably have a talk with your daughter too regarding him…..eek.
I think he has officially given up and my kitchen is torn apart. I guess I have to find someone else to fix what he did and finish the job. And I don’t think I’ll be giving him any more work or bailing him out when he runs into money problems!
Maybe the next time he comes over you should helpfully paint a portion of his car. Young men just love surprises like that. Purple, I think. Or Puce.
Good idea but he doesn’t have a car. He has my daughter chauffeur him all over.
*sigh*
No good deed goes unpunished, as I often say.
Sheesh! Sounds like a nightmare. Hope the job has since been finished up and your home back to normal.
Not finished yet. I painted the cabinet doors. Most have been hung but there are still some that I can’t do so they are waiting to be hung. Then the trim has to be finished. In the meantime, there is painter’s tape all over.
I’m hoping by the time I get back from my Baltimore trip on the first, it’ll be done. However, I am not holding my breath.