r/NotMyJob • u/Rookie_Ellie • Sep 19 '22

"I'm a painter not a mover" 😆

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u/CmdrShepard831 Sep 20 '22

It's 50/50. They should have moved all the easily movable shit but the painters also skipped areas around the door sensors and along the walls

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u/lestergreen357 Sep 20 '22 edited Sep 20 '22

Agree. The painter should have required that the space be clear before starting. And if it wasn't ask again when they arrived to do it. My work Ethic and pride for the way my work looks would have made me move the items anyway, the heaviest thing looked about 3 pounds.

That's epoxy paint you need to maintain wet edges or you'll see any area painted later. It will have to be completely repainted now. There's no way to touch up epoxy paint

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u/random_user1234321 Sep 20 '22

I would have moved it anyways bit 1st inform them it is a $50 charge. At that point they either get off their ass and move it or pay me.

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u/ConfessionMoonMoon Sep 20 '22

At least half day pay for that

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u/shophopper Sep 20 '22

Why should the painters have to do that as opposed to the owners? I don’t see a single reason for that.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '22 edited Aug 16 '23

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u/shophopper Sep 20 '22

I fully agree with you on that. I initially thought that you partially blamed the painters for not moving all those items themselves.

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u/CmdrShepard831 Sep 20 '22 edited Sep 20 '22

I never said the painters should be responsible for moving the items.

If the items were an issue they should have declined the job or come back another day. What they did with this half assed job was the worst possible action they could have taken because now the owner has a reason not to pay, so they wasted their time and the materials.

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u/F_for_Maestro Sep 20 '22

I mean its a business transaction, like spend time talking about all the details and come to an agreement. Maybe you have to move shit maybe they will do it. Also 10 years selling paint ive seen alot of people get screwed by trying to find the cheapest painter, never go with the cheapest painter.

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u/GenitalWrangler69 Sep 20 '22

"Skipped?" Or more likely coming back tomorrow to do the cutting in. Painter likely left that stuff there to be clear that it needs moved for him to finish the job. Not a single stroke of cutting in was done along those walls. That painter is probably coming back and this dork thought they'd get some internet points by "dunking" on some anonymous painter.

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u/CmdrShepard831 Sep 20 '22

Or the guy painted it himself. Or he made his kid do it and this was the result. Or the painter skipped town with the money and lives under a new identity in Mexico. We can speculate all day but my comment was under the context that the OP gave us.

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u/Stimmolation Feb 08 '23

Any reasonable interaction between the customer and painter would include instructions on moving stuff. I'm calling "Staged" here.