> > Dont pay him and demand that he replace materials. > The time, energy, money and frustration spent trying to collect anything out of them > far outweighs any compensation you'll get. Even worse, a friend of mine fired a guy > for showing up drunk, and the guy caught him off guard at the end of the day in a > headlock with a gun to his head demanding his day's pay, and then split town. He was > in the news later that week arrested for killing a store clerk in a hold-up. > > I paid the guy for his eight hours of work and said sayonara. By the way, thanks for > all the painting pointers, Tingoes... looks like this will be my new weekend plans.
About the guy your friend hired: was this in Texas, too? If it was, I hope the judge ordered the guy to (literally) dig his own grave.
About the fellow you hired: Too late... at least you and Gatinha could have made him drink some of his own paint/primer mix.
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