'Always happy to help a fellow tradesman– but not this guy': Lazy handyman won't move his car to assist a fellow contractor, gets denied a ladder loan that complicates his own job

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    "Make my life harder for no reason? Two can play at that game."
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    2 r/pettyrevenge. Posted by u/hundredandfiftytwo 19 hours ago Make my life harder for no reason? Two can play at that game. So, a bit of background first: I work as a handyman/builder. Today's job: Dig up some turf from somebody's back garden and wheelbarrow it round to the front of the house, down the drive and into the skip across the road.
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    While I was doing that, another building company came to the house to take down an old pergola. They showed up in a pickup, which they 'parked' right across the entrance to the drive. I was wheeling some turf out as they arrived, so I asked the driver if he wouldn't mind pulling back a couple of foot so I could get past.
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    Rather than just pulling back, he got out, looked at the front of his truck, shrugged and just said 'nah, you got plenty of space, mate' and walked away to the house. Fair enough, I had space, although not exactly plenty. Maybe 18 inches
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    or so. I could squeeze through, just, but that didn't make him any less of who'd made my life harder for no real reason. I couldn't be a bothered to argue, so I just carried on. And so here's where the revenge comes in. When I got back round to the back of the house, the builder and his mate were looking at the pergola. I heard him say to his mate , we left the ladders at the yard, didn't we?'.
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    I smiled, knowing I had not one, but two ladders in the back of my van that would be perfect for the job. I'd have happily lent them both - always happy to help a fellow tradesman - but not this guy. He could have easily helped me, but decided to be a instead, so no ladders for him. He did ask the homeowner if they had one, but he didn't. I got the feeling he knew he'd burned his bridges with me already, because he didn't ask me.
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    So I spent the afternoon working while watching these guys trying to dismantle a pergola from ground level. I watched them jumping up and down, stretching up with their drills at arm's length. They tried standing on flowerpots. They tried and failed to actually climb up on the structure. They eventually settled on standing on his toolbox. I'm not sure the eight inches or so lift they got from that was worth the bend it made in the lid, but it was at least enough to do the job. I guess they were
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    They were about four hours and 95% of the way into what should have been a max two hour job by the time I finished myself, and made sure to leave my van doors open while I packed up so they could see the ladders in my van. I'm not sure they saw. I hope they did.
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    Eve-3 18 hr. ago I'd have taken the ladders out to readjust things in my van just to be certain they saw. Reply Share 378 hundredandfiftytwo OP. 15 hr. ago Thinking back I wish I'd have been more blatant about it. But I'm pretty sure they saw, it would have been hard not to if they'd looked my way.
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    fingerblastders. 2 hr. ago I would have ate my lunch sitting on the top step of the ladder while watching them struggle. 47 Reply Share Eve-32 hr. ago Beautiful!
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    FADITY7559 18 hr. ago It's hard to review your landscaping work from ground level. An aerial view is usually better. The best height to observe is from about the height of your ladders. Reply Share 443 hundredandfiftytwo OP 15 hr. ago "Hey mate, can we borrow one of those?" "Sorry, I'm using them. Yes, both of them."
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    vba_wzrd 17 hr. ago Him: "Can we borrow a ladder?" You: "Nah, you got enough reach, mate!" Reply Share 258 Lumpy_Marsupial_1559 7 hr. ago Yep, plenty of height there!
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    Zealousideal-Self-47 16 hr. ago I would have said "wow, I HAD a couple ladders you could have borrowed". 96 Reply Share hundredandfiftytwo OP 15 hr. ago "I'm surprised you didn't just ask!"
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    JackOfAllMemes 18 hr. ago They could've even moved their truck then asked for a ladder 4 35 Reply Share Zoreb1 16 hr. ago Too late to make up for initial douchbaggary.
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    smilersal 7 hr. ago "Pity. If there had been enough space to squeeze past your truck, I would have brought my ladders round for you". 14 Reply Share harpman 6 hr. ago I love this. It's almost NEVER worth being a karma will always get you in the end.
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    AweFoie Gras 1 hr. ago I would of grabbed the ladder and laid it on the sod like i was using it to measure. 43 Reply Share PoppyStaff 6 hr. ago I would have ostentatiously lifted one of them out, to retrieve some fictitious object.
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    hotbananastud69 3 hr. ago I would have just lent them the ladder. I derive satisfaction from being on the higher moral ground. Nothing more gratifying than the look and sound of guilt on the enemies' face/voice. They might even grovel and turn into a beta immediately. 0 Reply Share hundredandfiftytwo OP 2 hr. ago They wouldn't though.
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    The DocJ 46 min. ago If occupying that moral high ground for you means reading a sub called petty revenge so that you can feel morally superior to those posting, then you are getting satisfaction from looking down on people from the top of a molehill!
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    3VikingBoys 16 hr. ago You should have Ed sweetly offered to rent out each ladder for $20/hour....prepaid.
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    Texastexastexas1 16 hr. ago I would've taken both ladders out and made a railroad trail for myself.

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