Quote Originally Posted by SteveinMN View Post
So what's the deal? Why not just swallow hard and let me know that it likely will take several hours to get this all sorted out and together and hooked onto the wall? Why leave me feeling like he's doing me a favor by getting paid for this task? Or is it that he lacks the guts (or the respect for me) to tell me flat out that he doesn't want some or all of these projects? From my business, I understand there are some jobs which you don't want to (or can't) take on. But he seems like one more handyman who does good work at a fair price who behaves in such a way that I'll think twice (or forget entirely) about calling him next time. Why is this so endemic?

I had a mower like that once. He complained every single time he came to mow. I was very thankful when I could take over the job again. Just dreaded him pulling into our driveway.