No show. No call. No bueno.
We knew that Wes was a junior-level handyman, so we gave him a couple of small jobs to see what his skills were.
The first job was just a couple of small items. Where were some issues that we told him about - as much to help him be a little better at his craft than to pick apart his work. We probably wouldn't have posted these issues if he had showed on the second job. But on the first:
-- He wore boots on a light-colored hard surface flooring and left boot marks all over.
-- Installed a door/deadbolt set; left the sawdust debris on the floor and installed them in a way that you have to insert the keys in upside down from each other. The installation is a subtle difference, but one that a more experienced handyman would catch. The debris is just sloppy.
-- We needed some replacement window coverings purchased and snapped in place. There are end-caps that he didn't know what to do with, but instead of finding out, he just didn't do it. At least he put them in the garage and didn't throw them away.
All those are pretty minor but when we called him about them, especially the boot marks, it would have been nice if he offered to clean them up (and the sawdust); he did not. So I spent an hour on my hands and knees scrubbing them off the floor.
We then offered him a day-job helping an experienced handyman install two sliding glass doors.
All we needed was Wes to show up and help move these large doors, hold them in place and assist the other guy. We booked him several days in advance, and the night before the job, texted to get confirmation that he would be there. But the next morning, he didn't show and didn't call.
I reached out to make sure he was OK. We didn't get any response from him that day; he finally texted at about 2 p.m. the next day and said he had double-booked himself. We understand schedule snafus sometimes happen, but we would have appreciated a call when he recognized the problem.
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