First, free advertising is the norm these days. Most contractors leave the sign on your property as long as they can. Why not call the guy and ask how long he would like to leave that thing? And, tongue in cheek, maybe he could sue your for time-loss, cost of sign you threw away, and hmmm what else? Anyway I'm sure the post about small claims was a joke.[i hope] And now, our remodel is going not so smoothly at this time due to an enormous leak that developed under the house during some pipe replacement, darn. More about that on my blog...with some pics of the water damage and susequent removal of same from under the sink. Rose hamilsense.blogspot.com
> First, free advertising is the norm these days. Most contractors leave > the sign on your property as long as they can. Why not call the guy > and ask how long he would like to leave that thing? And, tongue in > cheek, maybe he could sue your for time-loss, cost of sign you threw > away, and hmmm what else? Anyway I'm sure the post about small claims > was a joke.[i hope] > And now, our remodel is going not so smoothly at this time due to an > enormous leak that developed under the house during some pipe > replacement, darn. More about that on my blog...with some pics of the > water damage and susequent removal of same from under the sink. > Rose > hamilsense.blogspot.com
Yes, it was a joke. The old, old emoticon was there at the end of the sentences. Used to be this: :) Threw in a wink later: ;) (that's what I used) Added a nose after that: ;-) At least that's the way I remember it.
Builder of my house tried the free advertising sign by the street. I, without hesitation, removed the sign and burned it with their wooden trash. Nothing was said as a result, nor a new sign erected. -- Dave
Parkinson's disease, not easy to define. Much less cure.
> Yes, it was a joke. The old, old emoticon was there > at the end of the sentences. > Used to be this: :) > Threw in a wink later: ;) (that's what I used) > Added a nose after that: ;-) > At least that's the way I remember it.
> Builder of my house tried the free advertising sign > by the street. I, without hesitation, removed the > sign and burned it with their wooden trash. Nothing > was said as a result, nor a new sign erected. > -- > Dave
I never used a sign but if you couldn't just ask him to remove the thing so you don't have to mow around it would have been better than being a a**hole about it. I was extremely lucky, I never got but one of your kind in my whole career. You just revealed more about yourself than I would think you would want to.
> > First, free advertising is the norm these days. Most contractors leave > > the sign on your property as long as they can. Why not call the guy > > and ask how long he would like to leave that thing? And, tongue in > > cheek, maybe he could sue your for time-loss, cost of sign you threw > > away, and hmmm what else? Anyway I'm sure the post about small claims > > was a joke.[i hope] > > And now, our remodel is going not so smoothly at this time due to an > > enormous leak that developed under the house during some pipe > > replacement, darn. More about that on my blog...with some pics of the > > water damage and susequent removal of same from under the sink. > > Rose > > hamilsense.blogspot.com
> Yes, it was a joke. The old, old emoticon was there at the end of the > sentences. > Used to be this: :) > Threw in a wink later: ;) (that's what I used) > Added a nose after that: ;-) > At least that's the way I remember it.
> Builder of my house tried the free advertising sign by the street. I, > without hesitation, removed the sign and burned it with their wooden trash. > Nothing was said as a result, nor a new sign erected.
Not much room for goodwill in your world, eh? If I trust a guy enough to work for me, I don't mind him using me as a reference and sticking up a reasonably sized sign while he's working. Funnily enough, I also don't mind buying the guys lunch and don't expect them to reach for their wallets. Guess there is such a thing as a free lunch after all.
Polite behavior is the grease that makes the world's wheels turn smoothly. I cannot think of a worse idea than to be antagonistic to people working on your house.
RicodJour wrote: > Polite behavior is the grease that makes the world's wheels turn > smoothly. I cannot think of a worse idea than to be antagonistic to > people working on your house.
On May 16, 5:38 pm, Matt Whiting <whit...@epix.net> wrote:
> RicodJour wrote: > > Polite behavior is the grease that makes the world's wheels turn > > smoothly. I cannot think of a worse idea than to be antagonistic to > > people working on your house.
> How about being antagonistic to your surgeon? :-)
>> > First, free advertising is the norm these days. Most contractors leave >> > the sign on your property as long as they can. Why not call the guy >> > and ask how long he would like to leave that thing? And, tongue in >> > cheek, maybe he could sue your for time-loss, cost of sign you threw >> > away, and hmmm what else? Anyway I'm sure the post about small claims >> > was a joke.[i hope] >> > And now, our remodel is going not so smoothly at this time due to an >> > enormous leak that developed under the house during some pipe >> > replacement, darn. More about that on my blog...with some pics of the >> > water damage and susequent removal of same from under the sink. >> > Rose >> > hamilsense.blogspot.com
>> Yes, it was a joke. The old, old emoticon was there at the end of the >> sentences. >> Used to be this: :) >> Threw in a wink later: ;) (that's what I used) >> Added a nose after that: ;-) >> At least that's the way I remember it.
>> Builder of my house tried the free advertising sign by the street. I, >> without hesitation, removed the sign and burned it with their wooden >> trash. >> Nothing was said as a result, nor a new sign erected.
> Not much room for goodwill in your world, eh? If I trust a guy enough > to work for me, I don't mind him using me as a reference and sticking > up a reasonably sized sign while he's working. Funnily enough, I also > don't mind buying the guys lunch and don't expect them to reach for > their wallets. Guess there is such a thing as a free lunch after all.
> Polite behavior is the grease that makes the world's wheels turn > smoothly. I cannot think of a worse idea than to be antagonistic to > people working on your house.
> R
Well, apparently assumption is your basis for your reply. From the git-go, the contractor at final signing failed to go over the actual plans with me and provide a copy of those plans. This was noted as part of the final sign-offs before work was to begin. I never got a copy. I did make a copy from the framers. During the building, I did note many shortcuts outside of the plans, which I made them correct. After a few weeks of this, I removed their sign and burned it.
You and your cohorts may chastize me for being discourteous. As well, as the coming reply about my failures regarding researching potential contractors. In the latter case, you are wrong again. But, won't go into the matter. Assume on... -- Dave
Parkinson's disease, not easy to define. Much less cure.
> Well, apparently assumption is your basis for your reply. From the git-go, > the contractor at final signing failed to go over the actual plans with me > and provide a copy of those plans. This was noted as part of the final > sign-offs before work was to begin. I never got a copy.
You should have stopped it right there. Allowing someone to proceed with the work before you're in full agreement on what's to be done is shooting yourself in the foot with a slow bullet. Letting someone slide on a critical issue in the early going sets up a bad tone for communication for the rest of the project. If you can't agree on things when it's just paper, you'll never agree when it's set in stone/ concrete/wood/shingles.
Your situation has nothing at all to do with the OP's situation...the OP from the original thread (Rose apparently decided to start this new thread so their blog advertisement would show up better). The OP was happy with the contractor and just objected to the advertising after the fact. You were frustrated with the contractor and burned the sign in retaliation. You also wrote in the earlier post that you removed and burned the sign without hesitation, then in your most recent post you mentioned that you removed the sign only after a few weeks of contractor friction.
> > Well, apparently assumption is your basis for your reply. From the git-go, > > the contractor at final signing failed to go over the actual plans with me > > and provide a copy of those plans. This was noted as part of the final > > sign-offs before work was to begin. I never got a copy.
> You should have stopped it right there. Allowing someone to proceed > with the work before you're in full agreement on what's to be done is > shooting yourself in the foot with a slow bullet. Letting someone > slide on a critical issue in the early going sets up a bad tone for > communication for the rest of the project. If you can't agree on > things when it's just paper, you'll never agree when it's set in stone/ > concrete/wood/shingles.
> Your situation has nothing at all to do with the OP's situation...the > OP from the original thread (Rose apparently decided to start this new > thread so their blog advertisement would show up better). The OP was > happy with the contractor and just objected to the advertising after > the fact. You were frustrated with the contractor and burned the sign > in retaliation. You also wrote in the earlier post that you removed > and burned the sign without hesitation, then in your most recent post > you mentioned that you removed the sign only after a few weeks of > contractor friction.
> R
I certainly didn't start a new thread to advertise my adverts on my blog, for goodness sakes. I have posted here a few times concerning our remodelling efforts and have always signed the posts with my blog address. Thought you might want to see the pics and read more on the job just for fun. Most blogs have adverts on them, additional revenue never hurt anybody. As for smilies and winks and all that, I never remember what to use to create them so do not use them and am never sure what they mean anyway! The sign thing is silly, really. When we were building we always had our sign out front, and our subs, too. We had an area where they could put their sign up and leave it, again,additional free revenue. And when we contracted a job, we put up a sign and left it for about a week after the job was done, generated more work for us. How are we to get work if we do not advertise? Usually homeowners allow the sign, without causing so much strife.We never had anyone complain. Certainly made for some interesting posts on here though. Happy Building! Rose http://hamilsense.blogspot.com
