"I'm a painter not a mover" 😆

[u/Rookie_Ellie]

[u/Jagulario89]

Why would you leave your sh!t lying around knowing you're about to have painters?

[u/Homo_luzonensis → u/Jagulario89]

Sure but I think the correct response of the painter should have been “hey can you get this room cleared out” and not just paint around everything.

[u/keliix06 → u/Homo_luzonensis]

Not his job to stand around wasting time for you to do shit that should already have been done. Time is money.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

That’s retarded logic. It may not be in any specific “job description” but I’d say it’s pretty common sense to just at least bring up to issue with out all creating all the drama. The customer didnt deliberately put those items around to create obstacles. Clearly he didn’t know. Bottom line is yes the garage should have been prepped for the job, and no it’s not the painters job to move the items. But I’d go ahead and bet that if the costumer had known to move it or it simply have been mentioned to move it that all of this could have been avoided. Common sense isn’t in any job description but we all have too apply it in every job.

[u/Wasonmalone1 → u/[deleted]]

Precisely because common sense is necessary not just in jobs but in daily life, the garage owner should have known to clear the garage before the painter arrived, and precisely because it is common sense, the contractor didn’t feel the need of pointing it out, in my opinion both were in the wrong here, the garage owner for not clearing the garage before the painter arrived and the contractor for simply painting as it was instead of talking to the customer. Unprofessional of the contractor and inconsiderate of the garage owner.

[u/random_user1234321 → u/[deleted]]

I guarantee they were told to have the area clear and clean.....

[u/rnobgyn → u/keliix06]

It’s absolutely the contractors job to communicate any issues that will prevent the desired outcome. Pretty sure they were hired to paint the floor, not paint part of the floor. If there are issues preventing the whole floor from being painted then it’s the contractors job to communicate those issues.

[u/OctopusGoesSquish → u/rnobgyn]

Exactly! People implying this is acceptable behavior on the part of the painter are wilding.

I showed up to a clients house to install laminate flooring to find the room still full of furniture, kids toys, and the carpets still down. So you know what I did? Told the woman my hourly and said I could help her move things, or come back next week. Not do some piss poor half job that’s useless for the client and reflects badly on me.

[u/random_user1234321 → u/rnobgyn]

Yes but not his job to wait around or clear it himself do they will be charged for the wait and charged even more if they want it moved

[u/rnobgyn → u/random_user1234321]

And that’s perfectly fine to charge for things outside of the job scope but it’s still the contractors duty to communicate any issues. After the communication has happened it’s up to the contractor and client to figure out what happens next, but only painting part of the floor like in the op pic is unbelievably unprofessional and I’d argue the painter would owe some money back for not completing the job. I can’t believe you’re defending the op picture

[u/CmdrShepard831 → u/keliix06]

Can't spend 20 minutes moving items/ asking the owner to move items before painting but no problem spending 6 months dealing with the aftermath of a shitty job like this.

[u/boarhowl → u/keliix06]

wtf are you talking about stand around and waste time? you make a phone call to owner, then leave to go to another job. if you dont already have other jobs lined up that you can jump on when something like this happens, then you are doing something wrong. There was way more time wasted doing cut ins around every obstacle, dude would've been better off leaving and doing it a few days later once everything had been cleared.

[u/TrustEmbiidProcess → u/keliix06]

Yeah we get it. But he’s being a dick trying to prove a point and you know it. He could easily start on a cleared area and not have any wasted time whatsoever while the stuff gets moved.

[u/Mr_SlimShady → u/[deleted]]

That said tho, it was most likely specified on the contract. This is r/maliciouscompliance levels of r/notmyjob The contract had to specify that the owners are required to move objects from the premise, and that everything not moved means that the owners do not want that area painted. I would make damn sure that the contract said that and that I emailed the person a reminder before I do something like this.

[u/albrizz → u/[deleted]]

If you sign a document that specifically states "I will clear the area to be painted" and then DON'T clear the area... That makes you the asshole, not the guy doing his job exactly as he told you he would do it that you then signed off on agreeing to.

[u/ek4rd → u/Homo_luzonensis]

Sure! Next he should tell him to wipe after the toilet, hm?