[stomachmonkey]

I have a very close friend of 20+ years, he was in my wedding party.

He has basically f'd up every opportunity he's had. Father used to own a chain of mini supermarkets and kept the most profitable one for my friend. Net for the one store was 3M per year.

Friend let the old man down so many times that the store was sold to the 2 managers that had been running it, the old man even held the note.

I think the longest he's held a job is 6 months, usually he makes it 2weeks, maybe a month. Always someone else's fault, boss was an idiot, business was not doing well, etc...

So I need to get stuff done around the house, (Mastiff, 3 cats and 2 kids take their toll) need an interior repaint, getting new carpets and all the grout redone.

Get an estimate from the painter for 4k and we are only doing a part of the interior, not all of it. Said screw that, I can do it in a week myself. I usually do it every 2 years myself so I know how long it takes. Right now I just do not have the time and it needs doing.

I ask my friend if he wants to make a quick $1,000. he needs the cash so sure he'll do it.

1st day he was suppossed to be here earl in the morning. Around noon I call him and it sounds like he is stilll sleeping. Says he's leaving right away. He lives a good 2 1/2 hrs away so by the time he gets here he has time to tape off the ceiling and he's done for the day. Says he's going to his moms, she's 15 minutes away, to sleep.

I remind him that I leave for my office by 8:30 and the wife needs to leave at 9:15 to drop our son at preschool.

I decide to wait this morning and by 9;15 he's not here. Call him and it sounds like he is sleeping. He says he'll be right over. I think about it and call him back and tell him to forget it, he says he needs the cash and he's on his way so I say OK, get your ***** together cause you're creating issues for both of us and I'm not happy about it.

Come home tonight, he's got the ceiling done, that's it. Did not cover everything and now I have white paint spatter all over my leather couch. Couch has seen better days but I just spent $200 getting it cleaned last year. There is paint spatter on my coffe table and other places. I have paint on lighting fixtures that he did tape off, obviously not that well. I go upstairs and he did not even bother taping the light fixtures up there and I have paint all over the hi hat trim rings.

If you came into my house you'd never know that I've painted it 5 or 6 times in 10 years. I pull off every peice of molding, take down every door and remove the hinges and door knobs etc... I find it takes less time and effort to do that then to try and clean up overpaint later and it just looks professional. I'm selling this place one day and I want it to look well maintained.

So I guess I'm calling him tonight and telliing him I'll give him $250 and I'll finish it myself.

Thanks for letting me rant.