Was he vaccinated?

Just like you, he was not.

Maybe you should have checked his vaccine card first.

In 2015? Maybe I should check yours. Is there still a big blank spot where the new bivalent should be?

If a contractor that I paid for asked to talk to my wife instead of me, they would be fired immediately.

Most home improvements can be done by small shops that have the time and the will do what you want. Don't use a mid size shop that spends a lot of money on local TV ads or anyone that seems to have a high turnover rate.

I don't even know where my card is. I only showed it once. I'd have to ask for a new one.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Best thing you can do these days is to threaten them with a horrible review on any of the social media sites, Angie’s list etc.

Seems like it would be too hard to coordinate a large project. A lot of subs don't call you back or bother with those projects. Wisconsin might be a bit different, they seem better. Here you could call 10 people 2 or 3 might call you back and then show up. It's weird.

I wouldn't say it's the best option and it's certainly not the cheapest option, but running jobs through Home Depot and Lowes.....their sub-contractors tend to be pretty reliable.

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

Agreed. Haven't gone this route often, but the few times we have the job has been started and completed as promised and scheduled. Pricing was fair.

I just used Excel Drywall out of Plainfield and i thought they were awesome
the job was just to hang drywall on the ceiling in 2 bedrooms
But afterward i was planning on painting both rooms- ceiling and walls- and the walls had a lot of nail holes and various patches to do, especially the main bedroom.
They did all of that for me and it wasn't part of the scope of the job, saved me a few hours at least and it looks really nice overall

It's more fun to be a victim

There will never be an effective vaccine. I'll never get one anyway.

I sure hope the Mexicans you hired from Excel Drywall were Licensed, Bonded and Insured and had all their immigration and tax paperwork in order.

Finally pulled the trigger on kitchen remodel and new flooring and paint for entire upstairs.

A fairly costly project, but one the wife has been working with a contractor and kitchen designer with for the better part of two years, never want to look at another kitchen cabinet, color, or floor sample again.

The problem is that the contractor who promised at most a two week project has significantly underdelivered on timelines.

Decided to take a Monday off so I could be there to talk to the contractor and his foreman. I am used to fairly direct and pointed questions given my profession, but these guys seemed shocked that I wanted to see some of the work and was not happy about the delays. There was one thing that was supposed to be done that I asked the foreman about and he said it was done, I showed him that it had not been done and he kind of went into a panic and started saying I need to talk to his boss, to which I said was fine, I will be here today and would welcome an opportunity to talk with him.

The foreman then gathered his tools and said he would not be back until I talked with his boss, I said that was fine and he could stop by or call me.
I did not get a call or visit, so I called the guy and he became very defensive and said I had intimidated his foreman and that he was scared to be at the house with me there. Seemed a bit extreme for a dude asking for proof of work. The contractor said I was too direct and his crew was physically intimidated by me and that he wanted only to talk to my wife about the project, was shocked at how fragile these guys were, expected construction guys to be much tougher.

Am I just a bad guy? Maybe some of the contractors out there can point out where I went wrong.

You usually can not go wrong with the smaller shops as someone mentioned above. We are a small shop, just electrical, but we also only do residential work with other small shops. I have seen the contractors that have no real skilled employees and just sub everything out after smooth talking the customers into a project and they just flat out suck. They generally get good subs but all the shit they try to have their handyman crew do to fill in the gaps is ends up being a mess.

If I were doing a project and someone under 40 showed up to sell me on the project I would show them the door. The best people I have found are a little it older and they are straight forward about the project, the costs and the timeline and do not give a shit if they get the job or not. Never hire anyone desperate for the work. My neighbors just had some shitty company remodel their bathroom in a day. Once the project was finished some assbag from their company went door to door around the neighborhood trying to get more projects. My wife unfortunately answered the door and he rattled off a dozen things they fix on the house. He even tried to give her a quote on replacing the front door that she opened for his dumbass. I would have given him a quote on getting off my fucking property. They also worked out of a fucking mini van. That reminds me that I need to thank my neighbor for that bullshit.