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I Smacked Him After He Paid Me!!!
A true and funny story.
A few years back I bid a small restaurant remodel for table tops and counters. The one condition to my getting the bid was that it had to be done in one week. A general contractor was in charge of this job and I collected the first of three payments upon signing the contract on a Friday. The second payment was to be made on Wednesday, while into the work and checked out by the contractor. The third and final payment was to be made on Saturday, the day of installation.
I finished the installation on Saturday afternoon, and received the third check. At the beginning of the next week, my bank calls me and tells me all three checks bounced. After many calls and runarounds, I finally arranged an afternoon to meet with the contractor in his office to collect cash for the checks.
That morning I had scuffed up my right hand pretty good and had it in a bandage. When I met with him that afternoon, he apologized for the problem and handed me an envelope with the cash and I gave him the checks. He asked me about my bandaged hand. I told him that this day was my collection day, and earlier I had met with another contractor that was an SOB and owed me money for a long time. I told him after I collected the money that I smacked him. The look on this guys face was priceless.
A few years back I bid a small restaurant remodel for table tops and counters. The one condition to my getting the bid was that it had to be done in one week. A general contractor was in charge of this job and I collected the first of three payments upon signing the contract on a Friday. The second payment was to be made on Wednesday, while into the work and checked out by the contractor. The third and final payment was to be made on Saturday, the day of installation.
I finished the installation on Saturday afternoon, and received the third check. At the beginning of the next week, my bank calls me and tells me all three checks bounced. After many calls and runarounds, I finally arranged an afternoon to meet with the contractor in his office to collect cash for the checks.
That morning I had scuffed up my right hand pretty good and had it in a bandage. When I met with him that afternoon, he apologized for the problem and handed me an envelope with the cash and I gave him the checks. He asked me about my bandaged hand. I told him that this day was my collection day, and earlier I had met with another contractor that was an SOB and owed me money for a long time. I told him after I collected the money that I smacked him. The look on this guys face was priceless.
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