I'm not shure where to start ?The ones that were My falt
about 20 yrs ago I took a job near christmass work was slow that year so i decided to take a cut in pay .I showed up for work .The bosses sun was fairly irritated that His father had decided to hire someone to help .The sun ,began showing Me around the things that He wanted someone to do .1stOn the north side of a three story apartment building with a mean slope in the grass there was about three or four inches of Ice on the grass 65 feet up was the top of the peak .the roof was covered in snow so no going up on the roof the snow had melted away from the edge so no water was dripping .But the slope in the grass and the ice seemed to be an insurmountable problem .The sun said to Me that He could not help Me with this that if I wanted the job there it was i was to trim the north side and if or when I got that done there might be some other stuff that needed to be done .They really needed to get this building done so that they could get the last installment /payment on it .He then showed Me where they kept the 50" ladders there were two of them and I could use either one of them or both if I needed to.
I found some sand near the construction trailer and hauled it over and threw it on the ice walked up the slope and hammered steel forming steaks through the ice into the ground where I needed the ladder to be set .I found them borrowed them from the concrete flat workers ,to cold to poor cement anyway
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I then went and got the sun and asked Him to help Me carry the ladder and set it up on the side of the building .I figured once set I could manage to bump it along the side fo the building myself .
I then got myself a broken elbo/brush clip and a 6'to 12'pole it took Me about 6 hours that day to do about 2 hours of work due to the circomstances .I still had the metle steaks in the ground the next day when the father says to Me I need to get them out asap I used My old bumper jack from My 70 chevy capris and some wire simply jacked them out of the ground then He said I could proceed around the east side .
This side had no snow but it had landscaping three foot wide boxed in ares creasot covered railroad ties each box built up three foot high so starting from the side of the building it went out three feet and then down three feet and then out another three and then down three.in the middle of the boxes there were 2"river rock and small trees 6'tall with sticks supporting the trees on either side
Now I had to get that 50' ladder up on the side and the only place to set it was on the edge of the oily railroad tie.I was cockie from My victory the day before so I did this and clammored up with My bucket in hand about 1/4full of trim paint and also had another bucket with some body paint to do minor t-ups while I was up there .
I got up ther and did My work one last spot a little reach streched out with one foot on the ladder and a little extension and the ladder slipped about two feet accros the side of the building .I jerked to correct and the pot hook and the two buckets went sailing down smashing on the concrete sidewalk litteralyevery bit of paint inside flew up in the air and covered 150 or so sq ft there happened to be a car in the middle of the pattern and new pavement blacktop and stripes in the parking lot .
A Guy came running outside and asked if I was alright and I said yea just a little shook up .I really didn't want to fall on the trees and poles from 50' Just look at what it did to a metle bucket they were both smashed kinda flatt.I also said I could get the sidewalk cleaned but if He could help by taking His car to the carwash before the paint dried it would Be a big help I even offered to pay for It . I think I had 1.50 to My name at that point .He declined the money and left to clean His car .I cleaned the mess pressure washed the sidewalk and the parking lot .It came fairly clean not perfect but good .
I continued to work for this guy for about three weeks .when the snow began to really fly He had some interior work spraying stain and laquer .
I found another job more to my liking ,so I informed Him I was quitting .He told Me to meet Him and His sons at a bar to get My check.I thanked Him at the bar and explained that that kind of new construction wasn't the kind of work I wanted .It doesn't pay that good .But I understood .He said I bairly started and I said i had a better job that starts out higher than what He was paying but I understood why He paid so low being the kind of work he did .
He took what I said the wrong way and came after Me .I sidestepped his punch and lifted him over the bar and His two sons got up and procedded to beat Me with Me beating them We all went out through a glass door breaking the glass as we went .The cops showed up pretty fast .I quickly stated that I wasn't going to press charges .and left before anyone got My addres.I was staying in a motel at the time .and Moved as soon as I got there .
I showed up to work to my new job the next day with two black eyes and no-one believed my story when I said I got it when i picked up My last paycheck.