perfect example of some bullsh*t!! What would you do?

kushKrawlin · Aug 10, 2015

Ok. So many of ya know, I own a small, tiny, profit less lawn care buisness. Here's what happened. I agree to a board member in the neighborhood to cut her yard until it sells... Keep in mind she has helped out a lot , and been on my side every time the budget was discussed ... But now she's moving back to Canada .. We maintained her place for two months .. She has a light post in the front yard .. its made from some kind of potted aluminum , hell I don't know what it is. All I knows it's Thin and fragile .. And Apparently rots overtime..
So I get a call over the weekend about the light being broke at the base and laying over in the yard, all of the glass busted.. Long story short , my helper said when he was there that it fell over as he went around it with the mower . The thing was rotten and old so I do believe him.. Plus he will tell me when he ****s up, which is often. But that's why he's been with me for 5 years. He's honest and loyal.
So after talking to her, her and her husband want me to replace it .. With a 150$ solar one from Home Depot! Motherfukin kiddin me!!??? Some horse ****! Man that bitch wAs **** to begin with... Cheap ass metal looked liked it had rotted :dunno:

So I was wondering what would you fellas do? Tell her to "eat a booger ay" ( in a Canadian accent ), or replace it? Which my dum ass is doing??
Pics of the breakage coming :smoke:

zukimaster · Aug 10, 2015

If its only a 150 bucks to make them happy, do it, if you raise hell about it, I'm sure it would cost you a lot more in the future.

muddinmetal · Aug 10, 2015

Replace it & move on.... just be glad it's only $150. My rich ass boss buys broken "antique" garbage all the time for 10x that

kmcminn · Aug 10, 2015

Fix it. Then go turn her off her water and **** on the cutoff valve.

patooyee · Aug 10, 2015

Kind of sucks but if it fell while your guy was cutting it I would say that you should replace it with something equivalent. If an equivalent lamp is $50 then that is what you should pay. If she wants some $150 solar hi-fi BS just tell her you'll apply your $50 to that for her. I imagine that you would replace something else in someone else's yard if your guy damaged it, right?

GT_Buggy · Aug 10, 2015

Re: perfect example of some bullsh*t!! What would you do?

Send her the bill for mowing the yard for 2 months and tell her when she pays that you will replace the light.

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5BrothersFabrication · Aug 10, 2015

Get her to burn one with you. In 5 minutes, she'd be like, "Maaaaaaaaaaan... **** that gawdamn light. You ever really look at your hand?" :smoke:

Neal3000 · Aug 10, 2015

You gots fab skillz brah, Put that bitch together somehow and stand it back up

TBItoy · Aug 10, 2015

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I'd just dig the hole out and put the old **** back up. It'll just be a foot shorter

smbroady82 · Aug 10, 2015

Think about this.. She is a board member or the HOA or whatever.
You tick her off, she runs and tells everyone in the neighborhood , you potentially lose some yards, how much is that gonna cost you vs the $150?

It's unfortunate, and it happens to us all the time. Pay it, move on, tell your dude to be careful

clutchee · Aug 10, 2015

JB weld it back together….. :dblthumb:

kushKrawlin · Aug 10, 2015

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TBItoy said:
I'd just dig the hole out and put the old **** back up. It'll just be a foot shorter

Haha man I told her I could fix it. Her husband laughed. Now I know why.. Someone was nice enough to pour a concrete footing with 3 bolts that it mounts on. So the base needs to match it up. I wanna order one off eBay but that bottom part has to be 3 bolts 8" apart in a triangle.
Now that I think about it this is gonna be a nightmare. Fawk.

GT_Buggy · Aug 10, 2015

perfect example of some bullsh*t!! What would you do?

kushKrawlin said:
Haha man I told her I could fix it. Her husband laughed. Now I know why.. Someone was nice enough to pour a concrete footing with 3 bolts that it mounts on. So the base needs to match it up. I wanna order one off eBay but that bottom part has to be 3 bolts 8" apart in a triangle.
Now that I think about it this is gonna be a nightmare. Fawk.

Can always just cut off the bolts and drill in new anchors.

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kushKrawlin · Aug 10, 2015

I think I will go looking for one in somebody's yard .. If anyone in the West Georgia area knows where one is let me know ... Haha kiddin. I'm buyin one..

GT_Buggy said:
Can always just cut off the bolts and drill in new anchors.

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I don't even want to go to the store to buy it Ant, damn sure don't want to have to do all that .. No way Jose.

85buggy · Aug 10, 2015

1 of my guys ran over one of those fake rock well covers. Bastard was
400 bucks I had to buy it.

money_pit_yj · Aug 10, 2015

Fix it and act like a grown up and move on. Then use her phone number every time you sign up for anything. Inquire about attending a Jehovas Whitnes church or a Morman temple and leave her number for the contact number, the suicide hotline, run a Craigslist ad for random things and leave her number, etc.

highrange · Aug 10, 2015

Tell your employee to pay for it since it fell over as he went around it and he will quit screwing up as much. Naw just messin with ha. Spend the money n fix it and keep her on your side. Hehe

johneddie · Aug 10, 2015

money_pit_yj said:
Fix it and act like a grown up and move on. Then use her phone number every time you sign up for anything. Inquire about attending a Jehovas Whitnes church or a Morman temple and leave her number for the contact number, the suicide hotline, run a Craigslist ad for random things and leave her number, etc.

Hmmm...thought that was a Bible scripture in your signature??? :dunno:

muddinmetal said:
Replace it & move on.... just be glad it's only $150.

This...
I'm self employed as well. It happens...

Eddyj · Aug 10, 2015

Measure inside diameter of post. Find tube to slide inside.

kushKrawlin · Aug 11, 2015

i Guess the weather finally killed it. The entire thing that I'm holding weighs maybe 10 lbs. I don't know wat the metal is but dam it's cheap.. The look on my face pretty much describes how I feel bout the situation and the 845 degree heat. Fawk. Still say horse ****! :woot:

johneddie said:
Hmmm...thought that was a Bible scripture in your signature???

It is, he was totally bullshitin.. Legit dude. :****:

smbroady82 said:
Think about this.. She is a board member or the HOA or whatever.
You tick her off, she runs and tells everyone in the neighborhood , you potentially lose some yards, how much is that gonna cost you vs the $150?
It's unfortunate, and it happens to us all the time. Pay it, move on, tell your dude to be careful

2950.00 a month broady. That's exactly the same thoughts I was having. Just always something. Every dam week. Always could worse, I know I know.. But it could always be better too. :smoke:
Now to the 150 dollar horse **** light. Made of potato chips. Ha, weld it.. Be like welding a rolling paper. Ha!
Start the bidding at 150 ...