What's The Strangest Thing A HO Has Told You?

seifconst

Just wondering what the strangest/weirdest things a HO has ever said to ya while working on their project?

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send_it_all

First thing that comes to mind is the customer who did nothing all day but watch me put in his crown molding. When I set my first piece in that the next piece was going to be coped in to...he said "you forgot to cut the miter on that piece". It wasn't the fact that he said it, but more that he had his chest all puffed out because for a minute he thought he was on top of s**t and I wasn't.

Same customer after I asked him to remove ALL items he didn't want damaged from a room we were converting from home office back to bedroom. I was getting ready to start framing in a closet and saw that he left a large piece of 3/8" thick tempered glass on the floor that he used under his office chair because it couldnt roll on carpet. I said "I really think you should get this out of here" He says.."that thing is indestructible...you couldn't break it if you tried" I try again to talk him into moving it. Again, he refuses. So I put my canvas drop cloths down over the entire floor (with glass in place) and begin working....within 5 minutes the thing was in thousands of pieces. I billed him for the extra time it took to get all the glass bits from the carpeting.

JonM

That she drank 12 ounces of her own urine each day...claimed it was good for her health...

wizendwizard

eww....tmfi!!!

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ABLE1

Just one of many.

Customer's wife asked if I could keep my ladder away from the kitchen cabinets since they were made of "soft wood" and dent easily.

I guess it would have been OK if they were made of "hard wood".


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mdshunk

That she has some sort of stress condition that may cause her to scream at the top of her lungs at any given moment, and that I should not be alarmed.

Forry

"I have great nipples" she said. Strange, but a good time.

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Tinstaafl

And this would typically happen when you're knee-deep in a hot service box, right?

I actually think I could take that better than someone unexpectedly setting off a Paslode behind me.

hughjazz

I think thats the winner

Mike Finley

I don't know... I had a pretty strange comment one time...

"Let me know if it's going to cost more..."

As in- We don't mind paying more if it's going to be more than we originally discussed with you.

dlcj

I know there more but this one came to mind.

We were just about to finnish the floor framing system when the ho said rather enthusiasticaly " I know what i want for sure, I want 1/2" particle board UNDER the sub floor." We were stunned for a second and said - WHAT? Dont you mean on top of the sub floor? Ive seen that and dont like it either.
He said no under the ply and that someone down the road who builds told him that. Dad was getting pissed at that point and asked him who he hired to build this house? Us or jo blow? We proceeded to tell him thats the dumbest thing we have ever heard of and that it will get wet before we get the roof on. Then it will rot and fall out and the subfloor ply will fall 1/2". Needless to say we did not do it and he apoligized and never said anything like that again.

sutcac

Okay, maybe this doesn't qualify as exactly strange but annoying at the time and funny in hindsight. Names have been left generic for obvious reasons.

We were still in the design phase for a major addition/renovation with a married couple who were both attorneys. My wife and I get home from a Friday evening out and play the phone messages-

BEEEEEP

"Bryce, this is Mr. __________ the kitchen in the current design is way too big, we don't need all that space and the adjacent TV room needs to be way bigger!"

BEEEEEP

"Bryce, this is Mrs._______ there isn't nearly enough space in that kitchen, I need alot more countertop and storage space and we don't need all that room in the TV room.

Needless to say, I had to call them and insist they not leave me separate messages and pow-wow with eachother first.

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woodworkbykirk

"dont mind me, im just going to get changed for work" while replacing the entry lock in the back door which is directly into her bedroom

kinda looked like jennifer anniston too, JACKPOT!!

ABLE1

Just the other day after I finished installing Smoke Detectors in a new house the HO Wife yells at me;

"ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE RED THINGS?!?!?!?".

I said; "what????"

She says as she is in my face at this point; "THOSE RED THINGS, ARE YOU RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM?!?!?!?!"

I said; "You mean the Dust Covers??"

She says; "WHAT EVER THEY ARE THEY ARE DISGUSTING!!!!!"

I said; "They are dust covers on the smoke detectors until the house gets cleaned up because smoke detectors don't know the difference between dust and smoke."

She says; "oh." and walks a way.

And the beat goes on................................................

I will remain nice until I get my final check. And then..........

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Meetre

I was once asked to install a removable Brass pole in a customers second living room. By his wife...it was an....interesting conversation.

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Cdat

Someone wanted us to install something to a joist to protrude from the ceiling so they could attach a Korean swing to it. It couldn't be noticeable either.

CrpntrFrk

Once a customer bought all her light fixtures and brought them to the job site(new house). We locked up for the night and went home. The next day the electrician installed all the bathroom fixtures. She came that night to see the prgress and everything was fine. Couple days later she came and proceeded to tell us those were not the fixtures she had picked out. We asked why she had not said anything before the fixtures were installed. She then said they were right at first but now they were not. Final story from her was.... and I qoute " Someone must have stolen the installed light fixtures and installed wrong replacements." She said " I know... I know it's sounds strange to me too."
: whistling

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rbsremodeling

Electrician installed a hood vent over the stove on a kitchen remodel.

Home owner comes home see that it is white and calls me up. Why is the hood white, We went over how many times with you that we wanted stainless steel how could you make that kind of error.

Me: it will be stainless steel when we peelthe plastic off it tomorrow as we clean up on our way out.

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rbsremodeling

did work for a ****o star once. had these sexy pictures on the wall in the living room I glanced up modestly and said they were very nice.

She said yeah but they are Heavy and I hate removing them every time my parents come to visit

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RizzoMaryland

"Lets drop our pants and get started"...however she was wearing a night gown. At the time, I was sure she was kidding. In hindsight, Im not so sure.


Also had a homeowner explain to me that he wanted to bury his wife in the backyard but unfortunately, the husband is the first to get questioned and the backyard would be the first place they'd search.

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