I have no clue on current $, however, in 2010, I hired a neighbor to help paint a rental property I had. Nice enough guy. He was a friend and was unemployed at the time.
That dumba$$ sat in my closet with a 2 inch brush and painted forever only to have a small swatch done. Worse than that, what he did reeked of brush marks. It was not smooth roller type painting.
After a while, I was taken aback at how little he accomplished, and how poorly he accomplished it. There was no trim work. It was drywall on the inside of a closet. The job called for acreage covered, nothing more.
We had a discussion on what a roller was, I showed him, and I promptly redid everything he did and finished the entire closet in about 30 seconds.
Basically, I paid him so he could watch me have the privilege of painting my own closet.
Now, I understand why he was unemployed, however, with me paying him (well... actually me paying me) by the hour, I was the dumba$$. Surprised he didn't use a 1 inch brush to wait out the clock a little better. After a while, I demoted him to beer buyer/drinker, and sent him to go get a case or two.
