get a call to drive to do a job, contact some guy in his 30's verify address/time and then negotiated price for maybe 5 mins strait. Shitty profit margin, it was a slow day. I'm walking out the door, calls back
"hey I know we agreed for X dollars and 3pm but, some guy just told me far less, can you beat it"?
"how much less? 10 mins ago you and I made a oral contract for a time/price you're reneging on me as I'm heading to you"
"Yeah I know but can you do X dollars instead"?
"No."
"well can you match the price? He said cheaper but he's not gonna be available till tomorrow"
"This sounds like whoever you talked to, is giving you BS and planning to charge you double on site, 2 hours before you need to get to work, not too different of what you are doing to me here"
"naw man, he's legit, so can you match it?"
"ugh.... This is cash? You going to play games with me when I get there? reneg again? This is the last phone call I'm taking from you if this is how things are going"
"yeah man, cash I promise you match it, I'll pay you cash"
" 3PM sharp, leave the cell on nice and loud so I don't have to call you 4 times to find you when I get there, X dollars no further negotiations. Got it?
"yeah man, cool thank you"
Cut too 3pm, shitty apartment complex maybe 20 units 2 floors and a rolling electric gate blocking the driveway rear of the building, I call for him to let him know I'm there and open the gate. rings, no answer, call again rings 3 times sent to Vmail, call again Vmail again. I'm annoyed. Eventually someone drives to the gate and I just follow them in find the car and park behind it call maybe 10 more times more to annoy him than anything. I start randomly hitting the horn on my truck, then I just start laying on the horn for maybe 30-60 seconds. Few neighbors start look out window staring at me laying on the horn just parked there. This goes on for 5 minutes, some kid maybe 19 comes out walking towards me parked behind the car, not the guy I talked too. I put on a fake smile pretend his cell broke or he fell asleep or some bullshit. I point at him and speak in a loud but friendly tone which I've always found tone, seems to establish authority.
"Hey, You called for the service? Fuck, I've been trying to reach you for 20 mins, cell phone broke?"
"well um, yeah but um he said he don't want it"
"Er wut?"
"yeah he said he got a better price or something"
at this point I'm laughing.
"well fuck, he had 30 mins to call me tell me that himself and another 20 since I've been here, how'd that happen?"
"IDK he said he something about a better price"
"well how about he comes out and I talk with him about that"?
"yeah he said he don't want it anymore"
"so he sent you outside, instead'?
more laughing
"uhh yeah"
"what happened to him telling me he wanted the service 100% for certain, 3PM, X dollars cash"?
"IDK, he don't want it"
"Well shit, he doesn't like me or you, does he"?
"huh?"
"He didn't tell you about the 3 phone calls and the back and forth and rengging and all that did he?"
"uh um , what?"
laughing again
"Jesus Christ, he didn't even have the nuts to tell me this over the phone? sent you out here when I got into the parking lot started laying on the horn pissing off all the neighbors? Why would he do that after swearing he was surely not wasting my time, his word isn't worth dog shit?"
"Well were like Mexican so um-"
Now I'm really laughing.
"wait-wait, say that last part again"
I'm making eye contact while getting the cell ready to video record.
"Man, you should just go he don't want it"
"Fuck that. You just said the funniest thing I've heard all week. Say it again"
He turns to walk away. I hit the horn he turns looks back.
"Hey, where you going? Say it again."
"Man, he don't want it you should go"
"Well I'll give you three options, you can either say that last part again, why it absolves you or him or responsibility and I'll leave right now. Option 2, he can come down and tell me himself. Option 3 call the PD have them come out here tell me to leave. Other than that I'll be here cleaning/sorting my truck till I find something else to do, also you might hear the horn go off a few more times"
To my dismay he just turns walks back into the apt complex, no reply.