travis' brain dump

You know, one of my greatest irritations in life has got to be when someone agrees to do something then just doesn’t… How they can find every excuse in the world, even doing other things “for you” to avoid doing what they agree upon. I understand sometimes forgetting to do something, I do it all the time… but when it’s something you’re reminded of constantly and you don’t do it… that’s just lazy.

I touch this subject because of the ill feeling left from the round of repairs I had to do this weekend. This one major item of my tasks to complete this weekend was to fix the hole in the roof where the old chimney used to exit in order to ensure that the elements would not be allowed to impact the bedroom it happens to be above any more than they already have… The “temporary fix” finally gave way and the ceiling was leaking onto my daughter’s head, how nice was that? So, why am I so irritated about this you may ask when these things happen? It’s because it was not due to the fact a problem occured with the structural integrity of the roof… it was neglect to complete a job that was supposed to be finished a year ago by an individual who is a liar and a thief and an otherwise pain in the neck… not something that was supposed to be completed by me.

Strong words in accusation one might think but alas this is all the description one can use after the behavior this individual displayed in regards to his commitments and agreements with many people, not just me… This individual, who agreed to take care of a few things for me in return for my help to him in a dire time of need, was to complete this one task prior to his exodus from my home. He was unable to completed some of the things started, which I was perfectly okay with since they were projects I was planning to do anyway… However, as part of a project he started for me and I expected to be completed, the final piece of the fireplace removal was this one repair that was a necessity to be finished as I had not the time and resources to do such things and this point. I made this very, very, very clear. It was agreed upon that he would complete the removal of the fireplace and chimney and that was what I expected to see done. ALL tasks had been completed to this point on this particular project and all that was left was to install a brace to the floor to support the repaired portion and repair the exit hole left by the chimney… Now, I had a conversation with him about this very specific request and I asked this task of him before I left for a long weekend. Since I would be gone, it left my daughter’s room open for as much time over the span of the weekend as needed to get things done. When I returned from my trip to Mexico, I instead found he had taken off without completing the repair, merely covering the *still* attached chimney top *and* stolen some gas line I had acquired to complete some installations of new appliances I was going to be installing over the coarse of the next year.  

You gotta love it. I was nothing but nice to this individual and did all that I could to help out and the one thing I actually NEEDED to be completed, didn’t get done. By the way, thanks for finishing a drop ceiling that I actually pulled out because it was not going to be used and you knew that… thanks for putting trim up around doorways that weren’t finished yet… thanks for putting the ceiling back in place under the hole in the roof that just had to be replaced in the end anyway… Instead of all that “effort and time” spent on doing things that weren’t necessary over the span of 5 days, you could have spent a single day fixing the hole in the roof you left so that weather wouldn’t come through and eventually ruin the ceiling you so kindly put in and maybe installed another support under the floor so I wouldn’t have to go back and ensure that no one happened to go through it if they stood on it…

I’m a little pissed off at the fact that I, with the help of a couple friends, was able to accomplish in just one day, albeit a year later, out of my schedule and my time with my family what you couldn’t accomplish in several weeks time that you were given. You instead spent time over the span of several days fixing things that didn’t need fixing and taking things that weren’t yours and then took off with no explaination and only contempt for the very person who kept you from ending up on the streets when you had no one who would step forward to help.

I do thank you for making things much clearer to me…. You were and will be the last individual I will ever help on that scale. You taught me that no matter how much I try to help people, in the end they most likely take you for a ride and force you to have to clean up their mess.  I hope you’re happy with the kind of person you are Jonathan as I know I wasn’t the only one you took advantage of. 

grrr… loser.

Heh…. I actually still feel sorry for you for you probably have no idea and you probably think you’ve done nothing wrong. I hope one day you grow up before you end up with nowhere else to go.