Had a week where literally every mitre cut came out perfect, but then the flooring guy backed into my stack of finished trim

Last Tuesday I had this weird lucky streak where every single 45 degree mitre on some crown moulding for a living room in Portland just snapped together with zero gap. Got all 22 pieces cut, sanded, and stacked by 2pm. Then the flooring guy comes in with his dolly hauling a pallet of hardwood, turns too sharp, and crashes right into my pile. Scattered half the pieces across the garage floor and chipped two corners. Had to recut those two pieces from scratch and spent an extra hour re-sanding everything. Has anyone else had a job where one bad moment wrecked a perfect day of work?

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noaht1513d ago

Bet the guy didn't even offer to help fix em either right

jake98612d ago

Not only did he not offer to help, he just looked at the mess, shrugged, and walked away to get his next load. I stood there holding a chipped piece of crown like a complete idiot while he acted like nothing happened. That stack was my entire afternoon's work and he just treated it like garbage he had to maneuver around.

wells.olivia12d ago

I mean, I get why you're mad, but I kinda see the other side of it. Loads fall, it happens on site. Guy's probably just trying to keep his own rhythm going and didn't want to stop and break his flow. If he's on a deadline too, stopping to help you reorganize could cost him half an hour. I've been the guy with the rug snapped over a pallet before, it sucks, but I didn't expect the forklift driver to jump off and start stacking bricks with me. He's paid to move stuff, not to babysit your piles.