Stupid ass contractors

And I say that as a former employee of a general contractor. Look, I get it, you got an emergency call and couldn't show up at 9:00 this morning like we agreed....would it be so fucking hard to pick up the phone and call me to let me know? Seriously, am I the only fucking person on the planet who still thinks it's a good idea to show up on time, and if not, to call and let someone know?

Shit.

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How much should the salespeople make?

And that kids, is the question of the day. I've been discussing this for a while with our PE owners, we are in the midst of a new sales comp/incentive plan and we don't agree about the dollars involved. The PE guys want to create large incentives (incentivize, didn't use it cuz I'm not convinced it's an actual word) for the sales personnel to sell their little butts off. I'm not sure they should be making for than the CEO even if they do hit their stretch targets.

Just a thought.....

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the good and the bad....

• Well we have new plumbing, but half our freakin' driveway was broken out to fix it and the ass-clown concrete guys have not showed up yet to fix it.
• We've moved all of our stuff, but a bunch of it is sitting under the carport open to God and everyone.
• We've moved all our stuff, but most of it is still in boxes in the house waiting to be unpacked/assembled/put where it belongs.
• Work is good, but I need to push myself to get involved more. I'm sort of in a dead spot at the moment.

Anyway, that's enough of that foolishness. I thought it might be interesting to list some of the good things with the corresponding bad, but I don't feel like listing for another hour.  Plus, I think the good outweighs the bad in general, although it seems like every good thing has a corresponding bad. I guess that's just the way it's going right now, but I would really like some unfiltered "good".

Pretty fair amount of crap going on, got sick relatives on my wifes side of the family, worried about one in particular. Hope that his hip heals well and he's back up and around soon, but I'm worried about his pneumonia.

Waiting on the electrician to get his ass out to the new LFT house and start working. He's been delayed on some other jobs, and it's been pushed back a week.

Really need some good weather so we can have a decent month at work. High winds = high seas offshore, and that's not good when you are working offshore. We need this to stop  for a couple of weeks so we can get to work.

Had some really sad and kind of strange news last week. Woman I used to work with called and told me that one of our co-workers (former co-workers actually) committed suicide. I was really surprised because although I haven't seen him since I left that position (about 4.5 years now), he was always pretty positive and upbeat, so for him to do that tells me that things were not good. Anyway, it's very sad and I wish the best for his family and friends.

That's all I have time for now...

Later

Back in the saddle

So to speak anyway. Spent a couple of days in Durham, doing some volunteer work, and I'm glad to be back. Now, on to some bitching and moaning about things......

Not as tired as I was, and things are winding up to some extent. We've made some command decisions, mostly driven by my honey. I'm glad of these, as I was afraid she was going to have a f-ing stroke if she didn't relax. Not sure if pharmaceuticals were involved or what, but it's better. So, we've finished the bedrooms and the master bath. The plumber is there today working, and the we've been in discussions with the electrician....(fucker). He keeps moving the target date back, but I know he has other clients he's trying to finish up and I'm trying to be understanding and paitient. It's not working extremely well, but I haven't started yelling or anything.

Work is, well it's work. It's going good, and I feel I'm making some progress.

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Tired

I am tired, both physically and mentally. Physically, it's been a long weekend and Monday. As I posted earlier, we closed on the house, so we spent Friday afternoon/evening there working, then all day Sat and Sunday. Then, I worked yesterday and spent about 3 hours sanding and cleaning at the house until after 9:00pm. This morning I got up and walked a couple of miles, then I'm working, then I plan to be at the house until 9 or so again tonight.

The list of projects is long, and we keep finding shit things to work on. So far the list is as follows:

• Plumbing-pro coming to do the work, scheduled for late this week or early next.
• Electrical-pro coming, probably late next week, possibly early the next.
• Paint in GC #1 room. (this is mostly done now after 3 days)
• Paint in GC #2 room. We had to replace a piece of the wall that was broken in, so there has been some major sheetrock mud and sanding going on. Hope to be done with that part tonight so we can start putting color on the walls. Also need to sand down the trim I had to remove and then get it back on the wall to be painted.
• Spare bedroom - has holes in the wall that were hidden by furniture. Going to mud over them and hope it holds for a year or 2 until we can gut that room and sheetrock.
• Master Bath-tear down crappy late 70's or early 80's wallpaper, sand smooth and paint. Spray clorox or equivalent on the slight buildup of mold on the trim. Re-caulk all the joints to keep the water IN the tub. Fix the shower door handle and rollers. Replace one of the light fixtures.
• Paint in the dining room-there are exposed beams at the top of the roof that are literally half painted. Needs to be repainted.
• Clean the windows in the dining room and paints. That wall portion consists of french doors and 2 windows. It pretty much all needs to be painted.....asshole PO couldn't finish anything.
• Clean out junk left by PO (previous owner) and put in trash. Organize inside storage room and both outside storage rooms.
• Steam clean all the nasty carpets.
• Replace various light bulbs.
• Clean pine straw off of roof, clean gutters.
• Mow, weedeat, trim bushes, dispose of old lumber and other trash, rake, power wash patio area.

Damn, I'm tired just thinking about all this crap.

I'm also tired of reading the news and hearing nothing but bad.....earthquake/tsunami induced nuclear meltdown with radioactivity hitting the West Coast already - check.   Continuing bad to middling economic news, with no real sign of any change soon - check.  Oil over $100 barrel, with continuing unrest in the Middle East and North Africa?  - check.   Silver, gold and other commodities hitting mildly insane highs?  - check.

Basically, I need to stop reading, watching or listening to the news. Don't think it's going to happen, but I may need to take a break this weekend and focus on home improvements and drinking beer.

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Done Deal

So yeah, it's done. I'm the proud new owner of a home here in La.  I'd also like to offer a fuck you comment to the previous owners. Holy crap, learn how to paint and/or finish a freaking home improvement project. What a mess.

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