{"id":47264,"date":"2020-09-04T09:24:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=47264"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:24:21","slug":"when-the-day-is-over-you-just-have-to-do-the-shit-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=47264","title":{"rendered":"When the day is over, you just have to do the shit yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8727.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-47275\" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8727.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8727-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8727-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Because my mental being can\u2019t handle loose ends, I decided to take it upon myself to put back up my own fucking fence, so that it\u2019s one less thing that I\u2019ll have to dump money into when it comes time to (hopefully) finding someone competent to fix shit around my house.\u00a0 As mentioned before, in the process, I fucked up my finger pretty bad, but fortunately it wasn\u2019t in a state where I couldn\u2019t just bandage it up, wear gloves and not be able to continue working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To summarize, among the shit that the clown of a \u201chandyman\u201d I \u201chired\u201d to fix my window did, was not just remove several fence panels,\u00a0 but also damage the posts in in the process of fishing the $450 scissor lift rental I made on his request, off of my backyard, which also tore the shit out of my turf (photos below).\u00a0 He claimed that he would take responsibility for the damages, but shocking nobody, he\u2019s been as evasive and vague as an extreme cheapskate when the bill shows up, about when he\u2019s actually coming to do anything, and frankly I don\u2019t actually believe he\u2019s going to do anything, and I\u2019m going to light him up on the internet and hope it hurts his future business, because an asshole like this doesn\u2019t need to be out there pretending to be a respectable handyman.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-47264 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1467.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1467-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1555.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1555-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3291.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_3291-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_9707.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_9707-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">During the days of ghosting, I would step outside and just look at the unfinished job of the fence, and get madder and madder, and I realized that this was not good for my mental state.\u00a0 Just because I didn\u2019t want to do it didn\u2019t mean that I wasn\u2019t capable of doing it, and considering the sloppy nature of this guy in the first place, it would probably be in the best interest if I did it myself, to ensure that it would be done well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So janky finger injury aside, I assessed where things stood, and came to the conclusion that this was one of those situations where I would just have to do this shit myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-47264 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_5449.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_5449-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6726.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6726-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8808.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8808-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6829.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6829-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So the first image in this row, is how the clown left things, the last time he was here.\u00a0 He removed the posts that he fucked up, and placed two new posts, but then cited needing the concrete to set first, so he could finish later AKA go to another job that was actually going to pay money, and send my project to the back of the fucking bus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you can tell, you might notice that the untreated post on the left and the untreated post on the right have vastly different heights, regardless of the angled perspective.\u00a0 Ultimately, the height of the posts needed to be 6\u2019 high after being set into the ground, but what this clown clearly did was pre-cut the post on the left before planting it, realizing how much he fucked up, and then not pre-cutting the one on the right before planting it.\u00a0 So what we have are two retarded height posts in the end, and the green markings on the right were the marks that I made, to micromanage the asshole of where to cut because at this point, I didn\u2019t trust him to actually do good work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Second image details the cut that I made myself, after I took control of the wheel and started doing the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The third image is my solution to the shortened post; yes, it\u2019s a little ghetto, but I really had no choice, since I can\u2019t exactly yank and pull up a concrete-embedded post from the ground and expect it to retain its height.\u00a0 So I added it back, using the discarded cut of the post, and more or less screwing it back onto the rest of the post to gain the necessary height back.\u00a0 As unsightly as it looks in this photo, my hopes were that once painted and mixed in with the rest of the fence, it won\u2019t be as prevalent to anyone who doesn\u2019t know it\u2019s there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And the fourth image is of the finished post, complete with the beveling I did myself.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-47264 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0725.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_0725-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8307.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8307-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6061.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_6061-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_4888.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_4888-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">First image in this row, are the finished posts, height adjusted, beveled and stained.\u00a0 For what I had to work with, I didn\u2019t think they were that bad off, if I say so myself.\u00a0 I know about the janky post fix, so that\u2019ll always drive me nuts, but I\u2019m hoping people who don\u2019t know, won\u2019t ever be aware of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Now the second image, shocking nobody, the clown handyman basically eyeballed the insertion of the new posts, and didn\u2019t really take any effort to level or make sure that the positioning were 100% accurate.\u00a0 That being said, it was overall close, but my fence was initially installed by professionals who did it with precision; so a slight deviation is all it takes for something to not line up correctly and fit like it should.\u00a0 In order for me to get the fence panel to line back up to the new post, I had to shave about a quarter of an inch off of one of the pickets, and ultimately slice off a quarter of an inch off of the cross beam, so that it wouldn\u2019t collide with the gate door.\u00a0 Again, I was hoping that once stained and treated, it would hide the imperfections adequately, leaving really only myself and anyone I tell who really knows that anything\u2019s happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The third image is kind of a work in progress shot, that shows that I got the two fence panels up.\u00a0 You can see the raw edge of the cross beam on the bottom right of the panel near the lip of the bucket, where I had to saw off in order for the door to work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The fourth image is just the other side of the fence, and you can see the raw edge better, as well as faint glimpses of the shaved off plank on the bottom left of the last plank.\u00a0 But overall, the crossbeams are cohesive and lined up well from their original orientation, and I\u2019m actually surprised at how well it turned out given how much of a shitty worker the clown handyman was.\u00a0 Ironically, having removed everything gave me the opportunity to stain and seal a lot of spaces that didn\u2019t get done originally, since I had just taken a power sprayer to everything, so if anything at all, the space underneath the hinges were also stained, and have a tiny bit more protection than they did before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Obviously, the image up top is the finished gate, that I took right as the sun was beginning to set.\u00a0 In spite of the unfortunate journey of my fence during this ordeal, I\u2019m satisfied with the handiwork that I did to fix someone else\u2019s fuck up.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know how dealing with this clown is going to pan out, but in the end, I\u2019m out $450 for someone to fuck my property up, I have a jacked-up finger wound, and my mental health has been pretty taxed throughout it all.\u00a0 I\u2019m hoping once all traces of the clown\u2019s existence on my property begin to vanish, I\u2019ll feel better, but until then, it\u2019s put me in a pretty bad state of being.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because my mental being can\u2019t handle loose ends, I decided to take it upon myself to put back up my own fucking fence, so that it\u2019s one less thing that I\u2019ll have to dump money 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