09-06-2008, 11:55 AM
LOL, actually Troy is shorter and smaller than average. I could say something about compensating for that ... my son thinks that is a real factor.
If he had been 300 pounds of pissed-off local, I may not have yelled back.
I did go right back at him, I will not lie and say I didn't lose my cool ... like I said in my first post, I was already feeling he had crossed the line but when he got to the point where he said all Puna people do is rip you off and he knew I was like that and that was the real reason he didn't want to work any more ... I just got so mad!
I mean, the day before I wrapped my day around getting to the bank so I could pay him (this was before I saw the state of the job), and I had the money for him, so it was just infuriating to be called a ripoff.
Anyhow, it's not about physical size, its about his mouth and getting in my face. I was more concerned about him coming back and stealing something or doing something sneaky than being pummeled, honestly. While he may not be like that, I don't know. (And John's Areca's disappeared). So we upped our security on the property. Another annoying thing, having to be paranoid because of an encounter with a volatile jerk.
To make Troy and hikatz feel better, I will edit the subject line and maybe this topic won't come up so high on google after its next update. I'm not sure. However this seems to be upsetting them a lot so I will extend that much of an olive branch.
I sent Troy a certified letter asking him to make reparation, and yes I will file in Small Claims. I am not one of those people who likes to throw out the "court" word unless I'm serious. I don't care for the idea of going to court, but I feel like I was ripped off, and I asked DCCA for advice, and everyone said go to Small Claims. At the least it provides a venue where he will have to tell the story, although I fully expect that his version and mine will be apples and oranges.
If he had been 300 pounds of pissed-off local, I may not have yelled back.
I did go right back at him, I will not lie and say I didn't lose my cool ... like I said in my first post, I was already feeling he had crossed the line but when he got to the point where he said all Puna people do is rip you off and he knew I was like that and that was the real reason he didn't want to work any more ... I just got so mad!
I mean, the day before I wrapped my day around getting to the bank so I could pay him (this was before I saw the state of the job), and I had the money for him, so it was just infuriating to be called a ripoff.
Anyhow, it's not about physical size, its about his mouth and getting in my face. I was more concerned about him coming back and stealing something or doing something sneaky than being pummeled, honestly. While he may not be like that, I don't know. (And John's Areca's disappeared). So we upped our security on the property. Another annoying thing, having to be paranoid because of an encounter with a volatile jerk.
To make Troy and hikatz feel better, I will edit the subject line and maybe this topic won't come up so high on google after its next update. I'm not sure. However this seems to be upsetting them a lot so I will extend that much of an olive branch.
I sent Troy a certified letter asking him to make reparation, and yes I will file in Small Claims. I am not one of those people who likes to throw out the "court" word unless I'm serious. I don't care for the idea of going to court, but I feel like I was ripped off, and I asked DCCA for advice, and everyone said go to Small Claims. At the least it provides a venue where he will have to tell the story, although I fully expect that his version and mine will be apples and oranges.