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1. Sindel Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 04:59 pm 1181840343
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   ughh the customer sounds like the creepy controlling sort. (either that or he wants to pick up the trade by watching your husband work!)

2. LuxLivingFrugalis Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 05:05 pm 1181840756
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   Your husband is a saint. I could absolutely not handle this as I would go insane and whomp Mr. Customer w/a board by akkkkident! Perhaps your husband is a much more patient man than most!

3. Ima saver Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 05:24 pm 1181841877
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   I use to say, my husband charges $25 an hour for his work, but it is $50 an hour if you help. I was only kidding, but I may start doing that really.

4. pretty cheap jewelry Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 05:42 pm 1181842941
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   Is the owner nervous about contracting? We've all heard the horror stories about contracting work gone awry. It can be very hard for an unexperienced person to be comfortable with the contracting situation.
   
   However, if your husband has a sterling reputation, this issue should be minimal. In addition, after some months of work, the owner should also have built up some confidence in the process (have there been few changes in the job?).
   
   Possibly the owner may be keenly interested in the methods and procedures in the whole job. I know I would like to learn more do-it-yourself construction (and we are fairly educated in it already!)
   
   It's almost over and the payments are in the bank, so don't worry.

5. LdyFaile Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 06:17 pm 1181845030
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   That amazes me that Mr Customer has the time to do that. Is he independently wealthy?

6. Broken Arrow Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 07:31 pm 1181849509
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   Wow. Let's just say I'd be out of the job after a few hours.

7. Ima saver Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 08:03 pm 1181851392
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   The customer has seen many of my husband's jobs. He came to his last job several times a week. Absolutely nothing has gone wrong with the house, he brags about it all the time.
   He used to own a restaurant and now he is completely retired. He has nothing to do! We are afraid he is going to follow dh to the next house!!
   He also shows up and sits with us at night. He is just a number #1 pest!

8. fairy74 Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 09:20 pm 1181856016
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   How annoying, he sounds lonely and bored....your dh has handled him well, I would not!

9. Ima saver Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 09:56 pm 1181858182
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   He should spend his time with his wife, his son, his brother, someone else besides my husband!

10. Joan.of.the.Arch Says:
    June 14th, 2007 at 10:16 pm 1181859377
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    Has this guy been doing this for the entire year? Has you husband never mentioned it to you? If he hasn't mentioned, it, it must not bother him
    
    Seems like y'all might need to tell the guy that you need your evenings alone as a couple if he is barging into your dinners out.
    
    I have a few people in my life who are immensely needy emotionally. It is always a struggle for me to balance kind graciousness with my own (and my family's!) needs. Maybe I'm not so good at finding the right words, but sometimes bluntness is the only thing that works.

11. Jane Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 12:31 am 1181867484
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    My oldest son is an aircraft mechanic in a service center. Customers are allowed to pretty much have the run of the place (imagine if you were having your car worked on and could just go back and watch the mechanic at work - this is how this is set up). I kind of think this is because of the nature of who they're dealing with, the kind of people who own airplanes are the kind of people who may be accustomed to special treatment. My son told me a story about one hot, humid day. He had his arms up over his head and sweat pouring off him working on something on the plane and looked down (he's pretty tall) and saw that the customer was tucked right up under his arm - with his head snugly tucked right up in his armpit! He has been doing this work for five years now and tells me that dealing with customers is, without a doubt, the hardest part of his job.

12. T_I_N_A20 Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 01:07 am 1181869654
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    baah my family wants me to watch over whoever come by our house for anything. So no biggy.

13. baselle Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 04:01 am 1181880089
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    Sounds like your DH has a groupie. It'll be even weirder if he hangs on after the job is done.

14. Ima saver Says:
    June 15th, 2007 at 12:53 pm 1181911991
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    That is funny, cause I think "groupie" is the right word. He was use to us coming into his restaurant every night so he thinks he has to be around dh all the time. Dh did tell me about this, but I had no idea that he followed him from room to room.
    Yesterday, dh worked in the bathroom and "pain in ass customer" sat in that room with his coffee and watched for 2 hours straight!!

15. monkeymama Says:
    June 17th, 2007 at 03:32 pm 1182094369
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    OMG - I couldn't work like that at all. How annoying...

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