Money Hoarder Rob
Jim once received a phone call from Money Hoarder Rob. Money Hoarder Rob had all the money in the world, he only spent it when it was absolutely necessary. Every dollar was accounted for, every cent was counted.
When Jim showed up to Rob's house he asked if he can use the bathroom. “Sure, no problem, Jim, just please follow the instructions on the wall when you walk in.”
“I have not needed instructions to take a piss since I was 3,” thought Jim. “Sounds good” he replied.
As he walked into the bathroom, he noticed written notes of torn paper all around, as if all the notes had come from a single piece of paper to save paper. On the wall behind the toilet read a note that said, “only flush for number two, and only after you are completely through.” Then he noticed a note next to the toilet paper “1 piece will do, just fold it ten times after you poo” below the note was an exact drawing of how to properly fold the provided piece of toilet paper. The toilet paper was not on a roll like most homes, rather Rob had individually ripped apart every single piece from the roll and stacked it in a small square box.
When Jim went to wash his hands there was a note on the mirror; “For three seconds only run the water, if you went pee don’t bother.” Then next to the soap dispenser read “This dispenser only dispenses one drop every 5 minutes to prevent over use of the soap and the linens”.
Jim had thought he had seen everything until he went to Rob's house.
“Thanks for not running the water” said Rob.
“No problem” replied Jim, awkwardly.
After that very peculiar bathroom experience Jim knew this job was not going to work out, but decided to see what Rob needed done anyways.
“About 2 years ago I had a bad roof leak, and as you can see it caused some drywall damage. I decided not to get it fixed to save money, but now it has completely collapsed my wall due to dry rot, and before it would cost me more money in damages I decided to call you”.
Jim looked around the house and saw it was littered with notes. On the fridge said “Close immediately after use.” Next to the microwave read “closely follow the instructions on the frozen package, do not run a second over.” On the coffee maker it said “reheat left over coffee.”
“So how much money are we talking?" said Rob. "Also, if you don’t mind, can you bring a generator to run your tools, electricity is getting very expensive.”
“You’re looking at around 7k Rob”.
Rob's jaw dropped. “7k!! I can get my whole house redone for that.”
“Well Rob, if you would have fixed the leak in the first place, it would have cost you $300, but since you have waited because you wanted to save money, it has caused extensive damage.”
“$300! To fix a small leak, I am, glad I did not do that.”
“Well now you you’re looking at 7k because of your neglect of your home.”
“I think I am just gonna hold off for now Jim, I mean what’s the worst that could happen.”
“If you continue like this, eventually you will be looking at 100k, I would get it fixed, asap.”
The word 100k physically hurt Rob, as he grabbed his chest in pain, and grit his teeth.
“You better go Jim, but thank you anyways for your time.”
Jim left, happy not to get involved with a such a lunatic. But not all clients are this overt, many of them are subtle and do well at hiding red flags. Vet them now! Through Leadcheck!