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HeyBub

wrote:
Please tell me if I am missing something.

A few years ago I hired a plumber to remove and install a new faucet.
He worked on it for about ten minutes and then told me that he needed
to go to the store for a part. He never came back. I hadn't paid him.
He wouldn't answer his phone until I used a neighbors with a different
caller ID. The plumber simply told me that he didn't want to do the
job. I was without a kitchen sink for a couple of days until I got a
different plumber. This one was resonable and did good work. I ahd him
do other work and recommended him to others. Sorry he retired. Now I
want to replace a toilet. Lowes subcontracted a plumber and he showed
up several days later. He worked for a few minutes and then told me he
had to leave to get a valve. Guess what! He failed to come back. Never
answered the phone until the next day when Lowes called him. He told
them I had dry rot in the floor and he could not finish the job
because of that. Not sure how he could claim that, as he had not
removed any tiling or gone down to the basement. I did and found no
evidence of 'dry rot'. My question is; why do these guys do this?
They are getting no money from me, they are just causing me
inconvience.

It's genetic. There was a Dilbert cartoon about auto mechanics that's
similar:

Dilbert: "I think it's the carburator."
Mechanic: "You think it's what?!"
Dilbert: "Oh. Sorry. I think it's the #$%*&* carburetor."
Mechanic: "Well, why didn't you say so?"