Rug Burn Junky on 19/10/2006 at 05:17
Quote Posted by The inscrutable pussy
Not so easy. It's four against one and they are, by the nature of the job, more physical people. They're intimidating. The guy throwing the bricks is the oldest of the bunch and the guy in charge, but I could sense they were all a little afraid of him. And then, believe it or not, I don't want to hurt his feelings. He's doing a dirty job for me. I need him to be on my side. It just kind of hurts that he would act like this when it would have been so easy just to move a few light objects and avoid all the trouble and that's assuming it was an accident.
I'm not convinced it was an accident that he hit the only three objects in the back yard within about ninety seconds when he thought I wasn't watching. I'm thinking psycho. A guy who goes through life domineering through subtle intimidation. A guy who's not so happy inside and this is how he takes it out on people, by pretending to accidentally damage things in the course of his work. Maybe he felt it wasn't his job to move my things. Maybe he thinks I'm a slob. I think it doesn't matter if I'm a slob or not but contractors are their own bosses. Often they don't have much formal education. They're looked down on by a lot of people so in general when you call them they know it's because now you need them. It's their chance to get their rocks of by treating your stuff like shit.
Wow. You're a wuss.
The inscrutable po on 19/10/2006 at 05:31
And you're a troll.
Turtle on 19/10/2006 at 05:37
I must be trollin', too, cause you're coming off like a pussy here.
They broke your shit.
Tell them they need to compensate you for it.
The inscrutable po on 19/10/2006 at 05:46
It's a shame the mods don't do something about the abusive trolls on the forum.
Turtle on 19/10/2006 at 05:54
No, it's a shame the mods don't do something about people who come here and whine about their problems and then whine some more when people chide them for ignoring practical advice.
ercles on 19/10/2006 at 05:58
Quote Posted by Turtle
I must be trollin', too, cause you're coming off like a pussy here.
They broke your shit.
Tell them they need to compensate you for it.
Practical advice my ass, Turtle.
Scot's advice was practical, considering that po has already said the big boss man is intimidating.
Scots Taffer on 19/10/2006 at 06:03
While po is displaying what some could term as cowardice, intimidation is intimidation. We're living in a physical world, and I am a physical girl.
As many of you can tell from my photos, I'm not the kind of guy who intimidates people - but I do not shy away from confrontation even with types who can easily tell they'd put me away with one or two punches, because I often hold a totally different but equally strong collateral. There are ways, but those ways are highly dependent upon the type of person you're dealing with.
Turtle on 19/10/2006 at 06:06
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Practical advice my ass, Turtle.
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They broke your shit.
Tell them they need to compensate you for it.
There you go.
I posted it again because you obviously missed it the first time.
If he's going to be a pussy because he's afraid to stand up to the guy, that's fine.
But don't come in here expecting people to care while he 'stays quiet so he doesn't upset the guy.'
ercles on 19/10/2006 at 06:06
Hey Po, why don't you contact Stronts? He'd be able to beat up those contractor dolts!
EDIT: Here, Turtle, I'll quote this seeing as you missed it the first time:
Quote Posted by The inscrutable po
Not so easy. It's four against one and they are, by the nature of the job, more physical people. They're intimidating.
It'd seem that the not wanting to upset people would be a product of being indimidated by them...
