04-21-2004, 02:43 PM
Okay, so I'm having some work done on my house. Converting to gas heat from electric, installing central air and having vinyl siding/new gutters/new leaders installed. I took 3 vacation days to be here while the work was being done.
Everything was great with the heating & a/c guys. Not one problem (other than one minor boo-boo).
Completely different story with the siding guys. They were supposed to be here Monday. Monday mornng, the salesman called and said that they were finishing up some stuff on another job and would be at my house either Monday afternoon or first thing Tuesday morning. Well, Monday afternoon came and went, Tuesday morning came and by 11:30, still no siding crew. Brokenjaw called the company, they made some calls and determined that the crew (subcontractors) were still finishing up the last job and then had to eat lunch and would be here by 1:00. I asked what time they work til (figuring we've seen the Mexican crews working til dark). Her response to me was, "Oh, on a nice day like this? At least til 4:00"
Anyway, they show up about 12:40 and they left at about 4:30. They messed up one side of my fence and left a huge mess, all their tools, etc.
This morning it was raining, but it stopped by about 7:10. About 8:15, one of the siding guys shows up and says, "Were any of the other guys here?" I said no and he asked to use my phone to call his boss. One boss doesn't answer his cell phone, the other boss tells him it's raining and they're not working. The guy tells him it's blue skies here and that he'll come pick him up. When he was leaving, I gave him the phone number here and asked him to call if they weren't coming back.
That was about 2 hours ago. Brokenjaw just called the company, and then the company called me to tell me that they'd be by today at some point to secure their stuff, but they won't be working today. Seems since they woke up this morning and saw rain (which ended quickly), they decided to just call it a day. What the fuck kind of company works like this?
Now I get to look forward to these guys coming by with an attitude. I can hardly wait.
Everything was great with the heating & a/c guys. Not one problem (other than one minor boo-boo).
Completely different story with the siding guys. They were supposed to be here Monday. Monday mornng, the salesman called and said that they were finishing up some stuff on another job and would be at my house either Monday afternoon or first thing Tuesday morning. Well, Monday afternoon came and went, Tuesday morning came and by 11:30, still no siding crew. Brokenjaw called the company, they made some calls and determined that the crew (subcontractors) were still finishing up the last job and then had to eat lunch and would be here by 1:00. I asked what time they work til (figuring we've seen the Mexican crews working til dark). Her response to me was, "Oh, on a nice day like this? At least til 4:00"
Anyway, they show up about 12:40 and they left at about 4:30. They messed up one side of my fence and left a huge mess, all their tools, etc.
This morning it was raining, but it stopped by about 7:10. About 8:15, one of the siding guys shows up and says, "Were any of the other guys here?" I said no and he asked to use my phone to call his boss. One boss doesn't answer his cell phone, the other boss tells him it's raining and they're not working. The guy tells him it's blue skies here and that he'll come pick him up. When he was leaving, I gave him the phone number here and asked him to call if they weren't coming back.
That was about 2 hours ago. Brokenjaw just called the company, and then the company called me to tell me that they'd be by today at some point to secure their stuff, but they won't be working today. Seems since they woke up this morning and saw rain (which ended quickly), they decided to just call it a day. What the fuck kind of company works like this?
Now I get to look forward to these guys coming by with an attitude. I can hardly wait.
<center><img src="http://members.hometown.aol.com/_ht_a/oabrokenjaw/images/plutogrowl.gif" border="0"></center>