It feels like a while since I last sat down to post anything. Life took over. I found a job. Don't get to excited because today I quit said job.
Last week I responded to an add for a Carpenter. Met up with the owner of the buisness and knew straight away that he would employ me. I got the call Friday afternoon to start Monday. So I turned up for work and my first impressions of the owner being a reasonable man very quickly changed. He immediately started barking about this and that. We were putting a deck on the side of a Queenslander. (a wooden house sat on posts) The preparation work had already been done. I started to inspect what we were to do and immediately called his attention to some problems that I could see. His responce was to skirt round the issue with we can fix later. I started to point out how once the deck was in place you would not be able to fix these problems. He quite agressively dismissed my fears.
I took a deep breath and decided to play it his way. Head down and arse up I got to work on the outside bearer. Making sure it was at the correct height and distance. Owner left me to it while he started working under the house. I put the end and middle joists into place single handedly. Not easy when your talking 3 meter lenths of hardwood. Owner came and went throughout the day leaving me to my own devices. So I fixed the earlier problems as I went to ensure things got done properly. Owner came back just in time for knock off. I by now had all the joists I needed cut to size and more than half in place. I considered it quite an acheivement considering the size of the deck and the fact I was left to do the work alone. Owner didn't agree. What about this and that. When I have all the joists in place I'll tie that down and do this Blah Blah. I felt like telling him to wake up to himself but decided tomorrow was another day.
I arrived tuesday to find I was on my own. I got straight into it anyway. Putting the rest of the joists into place. I worked through morning smoko to lunch to ensure that all were in place and secured properly. Owner turned up looked around and started to ask questions about things under the house. It was becoming obvious to me that this guy did not have a clue. I basically had to show him what to do. Whilst I was giving him the benefit of my knowledge he continued to complain about this and that. Not about me or my work but about other things unrelated. I decided I didn't like him during that conversation. Apparently my daughter would be better off with her mother, I didn't have certain things he thought a man my age should have. This idiot had an opinion on everything. I kept my mouth shut and got on with my work.
Today I turned up at work. Alone again. I noticed that the owner had made a real hash of things under the house. He wasn't there so I decided to start fixing his F ups. He turned up about an hour later. He took immediate offence to the fact that I was fixing things. I had enough. I was calm but explained my opinion on the quality of work and how I with 20 years experience would not except that quality of work if it was my house. Then he made the mistake of his life. Instead of questioning work pratices he went after my personal life as he saw it. Once he mentioned my daughter that was it. I let him know exactly what I thought of him and his quality of work. I didn't hold back. He retreated backwards as I all puffed up let him have it. I still do not know how I resisted the urge to punch the bloke but I did. It all ended with stick it where the sun don't shine. I told him how much he was going to be paying me for my 2 days work and that I would be there tomorrow for my money. Packed up my tools and left.
I will return for my money tomorrow. I am also going to put a call through to council. They really need to keep an eye on this arsehole. I want a job. There is no way however that I will do a half arsed job on anyones house no matter how desparate money is. (it's not real desperate by the way which made the decision easier)
There it's gone finished with. **deep breathes**
I know these arseholes exsist. I for one will never allow myself to be poisoned by them.
Yep I feel good now.
