Burned my arm on a job in Phoenix and kept sweeping

I was working this old house in Phoenix back in August, 110 degrees outside and the owner had the AC blasting. I was up on the roof sweeping a flue that hadn't been cleaned in like 15 years. The creosote was so thick it was practically a solid layer. I got complacent and reached into the firebox to pull out a damper plate without checking if it was cool first. That metal was hot enough to leave a blister across my forearm. I just wrapped it with a rag and finished the job because the homeowner was already complaining about the heat coming in through the open roof access. Took me 3 hours total and the owner tried to haggle me down 50 bucks because I left a little soot on her carpet. Anyone else have customers who don't care about safety just their floors?

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wade7676d ago

That's just how it goes now, everyone wants everything perfect and cheap but forgets you're a real person bleeding on their roof lol.

ruby_sanchez456d ago

@wade767 put it right. It's not just trades either. I see it at the grocery store all the time, people rushing and bumping into you without a word but they'll stop and complain if a bag of chips is dented. It's like we've all stopped seeing each other as human beings with real limits. You bleed for somebody's dusty flue and they want a discount on the carpet. Same thing happens to cashiers, waitresses, delivery drivers. Everybody expects perfection but nobody wants to pay for the time or the safety it takes to get there. It's a sad way to treat people who are just trying to get by.