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In DC News: "Painting Company Tells Customer Who Canceled "Death To Muslims" Owner threatens the reporter/will change comp name so ppl don't know -- (link)

Posted by MDH (aka MDH) Dec 9 '15, 13:08

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could be worse. -- (link) - znufrii Dec 9, 13:22
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- plenty to go around. a bit crappy customer, awful employee, owner who says it wasn't a threat just a statement and more. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:30 12
  - Why is the customer crappy? - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:35 11
    - I was thinking that canceling outright instead of trying to work with the company was a little bit crappy - things happen, you know? - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:52 5
      - Nah, you say 8am, first appointment of the day almost assuredly, and the guy isn't even on the road at 8:10am? -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:56 4
        
        maybe I shouldn't have said crappy - more that I am likely to at least -- (edited) - bb.-8 Dec 9, 14:01
        
        I agree. They don't follow through on what they promise, I have the right to cancel. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 13:56 2
        
        and I have a right to go batshit crazy, use racial epithets, and issue veiled threats against reporters who ask me about it! - asshole business owner Dec 9, 13:58 1
        
        Right? Thank goodness the business owner isn't being politically correct. He's just telling it like it is. -- nm - Dark Callisto vs. Evil Dead Dec 9, 14:02
    - He had a right to cancel the job, but he went a bit overboard with social media posts. -- nm - mara Dec 9, 13:39 4
      - fwiw, I didn't mind that. -- nm - bb.-8 Dec 9, 13:52
      - The painter went there first. The customer went to the police after that. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:46 1
        
        And then the painter made threats against the writer and their website. -- nm - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:48
      - I dunno...you start getting racist, it's time for the public to know full well what type of person is getting paid. -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:45
- The painter. Sounds like an asshole who's shady. - General Liiou Dec 9, 13:29 2
  - It's some guy with a panel truck who picked up a few day labor dudes hanging on the corner now stuck without a job for the day, maybe on the hook for -- nm - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:37 1
    - Sounds like he's a few whiffs of fumes short 9n going postal, handymen are flakey, if you demand Johnny on the spot service. .. - General Zeit Dec 9, 13:43
- The guy who doesn't even know who he's being bigoted towards. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 13:23
- The Muslim. Duh. -- nm - Darth Sycor Dec 9, 13:16
This post needs punctuation -- nm - Will Hunting Dec 9, 13:09 1
- it really does. -- nm - Landie Calrissian Dec 9, 13:17

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