What's your opinion? respect issue...
 

So, I'm moving. Today was the first day... hanging curtains, setting up lights and stuff. Kids (read teenagers), sis and brother in law are helping me with some small boxes, etc.

Anyways, i'm standing in the driveway of my new place, and these two cats pull up and park along the street... looking at me the whole time... i didn't think anything of it at first, but fuck, they were mad doggin me...

The older dude is on the phone and starts to just walk past me up the driveway without even so much as a nod or wave.

"Can I help you?", I ask him.

Nothing. just keeps walking.

"Hey."

He hangs up the phone... "I gotta go (sigh). I'm here to fix the heater... the water heater." Still not stopping.

I follow him to the back where it's located, and ask him if he's the guy that installed it. "Yep." he says. With a bit of attitude.

"Well, there were two major gas leaks that I had to fix," I say, while I point to where they were.

"Oh, well.. I didn't do that part.. it was the gas company."

Whatever.

I walk away, thinking about how rude this cat was and just stand there waiting for them to finish, so I could say something as they left.

The Lackey comes around the corner, makes eye contact with me... sees me walking towards him, and proceeds to bark an order at my daughter. She stops, looks at me, and I tell him to tell me what he wants... not her.

"I need the hot water turned on." He says.

"Allright, i'll turn it on." And I do.

Come back outside and the older, on the phone cat, comes out and starts asking me "what's up?"

Politely and calmly, I tell him that I think he was rude the way he just barged in without saying anything.

He gets all aggro, tries to get up in my face, and I just stand there while he goes on about how he's been working here for the past six months and i just moved in today, so he can do what the fuck ever he pleases.

"Nope. Doesn't work that way." I tell him, and stand there to watch him finish.

A few more snide remarks back and forth and he's left.


My question: Was I out of line? Should I have not confronted him like I did? I really wanted to just punch him, and feel like I took the higher road by just telling him that i thought he was rude.

What say you?

what a prick this guy was, i would've told him to go fuck himself and called the company he's working for and filed a complaint and would've request an other guy to come out that doesn't have an attitude problem

you are in the right, they are in the wrong most def!

did the guy work for himself or a company? if a company the moment it started I would of called his employer and asked him to leave. if he works for himself, I would make it my personal mission to share his suckful behavior on every opinion, critique my work site on the net.

Did you buy, or is this a rental? If you bought it, you should have told him that you are the one who just purchased this place and tell him to identify himself because you don't like people just walking up in your place like they just bought it.

If you are renting, complain to the landlord.

Get his as fired. Tell his boss what an asshole he has working for him. People like that don't deserve a good job.

i'da done the same thing as you.
the problem being that now this motherfucker is
gonna give you even MORE attitude every time
you see him.

perhaps kicking his ass would have been better.
but he sounds like the kind of fuckass who wouldnt
understand an assbeating and call the cops.

Definitely not something I would put up with as a renter or an owner.

Ugh. You did nothing wrong, IMO.

I'm not good with those sorts of people - my bullshit tolerance is way too low and I get really mad and mean =/

maybe they saw u hanging curtains and took u as being a fruit???
what do i know..

http://www.wyomingway.com/BUTT_CRACK_1.jpg

I know, you are feeling remorse since you know you should have spackled his ass when you had the chance, but you let the opportunity pass you by...

Better luck next time!!! :thumbsup

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