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bucolic_frolic

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1. Nothing works the way it's supposed to.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Oct 8, 2025, 06:10 PM

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Get more bids. Here at least it has always been the owner or site manager knows what he's doing. The labor could be long time employees, or scab, or temporary, or foreign, or newbies. The skill varies.

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Requested proposals for a fairly major project on our house. Specified that only contractors with valid licenses, [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday OP

Nothing works the way it's supposed to. bucolic_frolic Wednesday #1

Fortunately during my career I oversaw hundreds of projects worth millions of dollars. Blows my mind how stupid these Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday #2

In STLMO, we have that same requirement on contractors too. I guess too many instances of bad repairs... SWBTATTReg Wednesday #3

Nightmares! No recourse except court. Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday #4

Yes, and that's a pain in the you-know-what. I had a fit trying to get one particular rogue contractor served SWBTATTReg Wednesday #5

Bastard! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Wednesday #6