#3: General Contractor
Homeowner: “Don, you know that back stairway you just fixed up?”
Contractor: “Yeah …”
Homeowner: “Well, I just put my fist through the wall at the top of the stairs.”
Contractor: “You must have missed the stud, or else you’d be in the hospital.”
Homeowner: “Didn’t think about that. There’s just a big hole. Wife is really pissed.”
Contractor: “Well, what happened?”
Homeowner: “I found out my brother-in-law was sleeping with my best friend’s wife.”
Contractor: “Oh, we do those for free. I’ll be over first thing in the morning.”
—Photo rick/Flickr
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About Tom Matlack
That made me laugh, but high 5 to the contractor.
Good for him
As a professional painting contractor, I have patched scores of fists through walls in my time, and yes, I include such repairs for any interior paint job we do. Virtually every vacated rental has at least one, usually in what was the teenager son’s room, and foreclosed properties are often riddled with them. In the old lathe and plaster days people found other things to hit. The advent of sheetrock made such venting pandemic.
Question about this series: are these all vignettes from Tom’s actual life?
http://www.swcommconnection.com/features/story.php?story_id=132199425596493900
No Mark. Just stories I picked up along the way. And starting this Friday we are going to open up to submissions from anyone who wants to participate.
What a great idea.
Its amazing how telling stories of men doing good, without apology is now almost a revolutionary act.
I love this story and that is definitely my kind of contractor…and man.
Is this a true story??????
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