Wealthy client gets wholesome revenge on the craftsman who refused extra pay: ''[We] spent the next week in Rome'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Mar 12, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Everyone's got a bone to pick with someone these days and it's very rare for that picking to be necessitated for a wholesome reason. A reason such as trying to politely pay your craftsman more than the originally agreed-upon price due to your fondness of their work, only to have them, in turn, politely refuse. So, it was refreshing to see this story describing exactly that, a wholesome little tale in a sea of grudges, mistreatments, and misunderstandings. 

This poster sets the stage for their story, describing themselves as a craftsman. They had worked their way into owning their own small business through the reputation they had built through their reliability and quality of work while practicing their craft as a hobby. They explain that due to the nature of where their business is located, they have a number of wealthy repeat clients. One client was so impressed with their work that when she came to collect the commission that was going to be a gift for her husband she attempted to pay double, to which the craftsman politely refused, leading to a series of events that would soon see them dining in Rome.

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    "We shook hands on it. A deal is a deal."
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    r/MaliciousCompliance 6 hr. ago ● r/ Odd-Zone4359 Boomer got malicious compliance on me M Warning This is holism AF. This is also a throw away account. any one who knows me will be able to ID me from this story I have a hobby that I turned into a small bossiness, its not a lot of money but its kind of nice and its a thing that I enjoy doing. Over the last 5 years or so I have developed a reputation as a man of my word, and some one who provides a great product at a fair price.
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    I live in an area that has a lot of vacation homes around a lake, these homes are owned by people who have $500k or more to spend on having a place on the lake to go on weekends during the summer. Mary and Steve were two of these people. Mary and Steve own a couple of business, they are known for treating people fairly, even people that they have fired will tend to acknowledge that they had it coming.
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    Mary Stopped by my shop back in September, she wanted to hire me to do some work for them, for Steve's Christmas gift. I could do what she wanted me to do, I gave her a price tag of $5,500. She agreed instantly. we shook hands and I went to work, I got it finished up December 20th, just in time. I had to take a few days off from my regular job to make it happen. Marry was thrilled at the results. She went to get me a check and she wanted to wright it out for $11,000. Double what we agreed on. I
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    On December 26th rolls around, and Steve shows up thanking me for his Christmas gift gushing over the craftsmanship, then complains I wouldn't take the bonus money that I was offered, I explained to him " Mary and I agreed on the price, and we shook hands on it. a deal is a deal." Steve says to me "well at least, let me buy you and your GF dinner.. 21 times" He had a big eating grin on his face. I should have know he was up to something. I thought about it, thinking local restaurants, and agreed
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    The entire month of January went by I didn't hear any thing from Steve and Marry, which is fine were not exactly in the same social circles. At the end of January, all of a sudden my GF just got supper happy, like giddy, I knew she had a secret she was keeping from me but I wasn't sure what. she told me pack my bags for a valentines day trip we would be gone for 10 days, and bring my passport. we would leave on the 10th of February, (19 days ago).
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    we got to the airport and who would you guess was there, Steve and Mary. I was shocked as. Steve said he had a "debt to pay", and he "owed us 21 meals, at time and place of his choosing" and he chose Rome over valentines day. I tried to say no, he threw my words back in my face, " a deals a deal" The 4 of us spent the next week in Rome Italy. Steve and Mary paid for our flights, hotel room and 21 meals. all of our tours and and transport was on us. We got back home on the 22nd of February. We ha
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    Slackingatmyjob. 6h ago r/wholesomecompliance 413 Reply ↑ Share :
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    coffeethulhu42 5h ago Edited 5h ago For all the people saying this is in the wrong sub; per the description of the sub itself "people conforming to the letter, but not the spirit, of a request" and from rule number one "...Malicious is interpreted broadly...". While the action itself was not taken with malicious intent, the customer 100% used OP's words to effectively force a sizable thank you on him that he had already refused by following the letter, but not the spirit, of their agreement. The
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    deathriteTM You win. And won. 41 ↓ ● ● 5h ago Reply Technoght 4h ago Now that's a fun story :) 41 ↓ Reply ↑ Share Share ...
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    kudatimberline Aww... This makes me so happy. Thank you for sharing! PS. You deserve it! 413 ↑ Share ● 5h ago Reply
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    derklempner ● 5h ago all of a sudden my GF just got supper happy It's a good thing somebody was buying both of your dinners! 41 ↓ Reply Share
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    prpslydistracted 2h ago I really want to know what you did for them ... art piece? Custom furniture? Jewelry? It obviously wasn't an incidental work. Beyond that ... awesome. 41↓ Reply ↑ Share
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    KatieSu1 This is lovely but for me, I don't want a forced vacation with two people I don't socialize with for 10 days. You kind of got kidnapped into it. This is weird and lovely. 41 Reply ● 2h ago Share
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    LuxNocte 2h ago Anyone else think it's weird to not take a $5,000 tip from a satisfied customer who can obviously afford it? I loved the story. Hope you had a great time in Rome. Next time take the cash. 41 ↓ Reply 1 Share
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    ToastNom Nom Nom ● 30m ago Man I don't know who is cutting onions this story is too wholesome I love it when two decent groups of people hang out! 41 ↓ Reply ↑ Share
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    likeablyweird • 7m ago What a great story! So nice to hear a compliance story that doesn't revolve around anger. Thank you. 41 ↓ Reply ↑ Share ...
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