Decorator stinks of booze.

[HelpMeOhMyWhat]

Put an advert up on Facebook as I needed a bedroom painting.

For content I'm on disability benefits so cannot do it myself and cannot afford the kind of decorator that you book through a website.

A guy messaged me on fb and showed me photos of his work, with him in photos so I knew it was him, he seemed nice and the photos were of a good standard work.

Because of my anxiety I asked a friend to be here so I didn't have to deal with a stranger.

She let him in showed him to the room etc.
I put him a brew on.

She got a call saying her kid needed picking up from school so she had to leave.

I took his brew up for him and he absolutely reeks of alcohol.

Reeks. My friend has zero sense of smell but I have no idea how she didn't clock it.

He came and knocked on the living room to to ask something and a few mins later the smell was still in the room.

He seems nice enough but I'm sat down here with my kids and my anxiety is through the roof.

I'm worried that it's gonna be a shit show and I'll be too scared to say anything.

Friend can't come back as her kid is vomitting and I don't have anyone else to call.

Please don't say I'm stupid. I've had lots of people do jobs off Facebook and this is the first time I've had an issue.

She was rude though in my opinion. I don't think anything anyone could say on this thread would have helped in all honesty.

You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to disagree with you. A bit of thought before you post when someone is obviously struggling wouldn't go amiss.

I must admit I do the ceiling and then the glossing as I’m awful at keeping a straight line. However the OP is anxious and feeling vulnerable at home with her kids and a man she doesn’t know who stinks of booze. Doesn’t matter if he is/isn’t an alcoholic, she isn’t at ease with the situation.

OP if you come back onto the thread then maybe try friend recommendations or friends /family if they will finish the job.

I think, OP, that as we don't know what your disability is, that they might not realise what they've said.

You've muddied the waters a bit by saying that you made a brew and took it up to him.

In case you didn't know, sometimes diabetics can smell of alcohol, quite strongly. It's something to do with ketones .

Be aware .

The OP wasn't at all rude to anyone on this thread, but there have been some right arsehole comments towards her on here. These days MN seems to be full of people who almost delight in being unkind to other, perfectly nice, posters.

There's a (rightfully IMHO) now deleted comment that tells the OP to do it herself and accuses her of drama.

Vile and that poster should be ashamed. They made several deeply unpleasant and nasty posts

What kids are back at school already?

Sorry, I should have quoted, it was the other post.

Just for info the ketones smell is normally described as being like pear drops or nail varnish remover.

OP, if you're still around, do you have a local charity that do small odd jobs like this? You may need to call your local council to get their details, or ask around, but there's usually someone who can help, in situations like this where you're physically unable to do things

I hope you're OK though 💜

1. I have a stair lift and my son carried the tea upstairs.

1. You can have both mental and physical disabilities. Unfortunately it's not one or the other.

1. You can be ND and have anxiety

1. I offered him a sarnie because lots of people were suggesting I do that so I could see what was happening up there and when I went up he had only done the woodwork, turns out it was emulsion to give the paint something to 'stick to' that's why it looked so bad.

1. Giving a running commentary is generally what happens when someone posts about something happening to them in real time, because people ASK for more details.

1. Rolling your eyes like is very rude and makes you look like a, well I won't say exactly what but yeah.

It's not actually normal school but a summer playscheme thing held at the school.

@HelpMeOhMyWhat
I'm glad you came back, because I wanted you to know I was appalled at some of the posts to you yesterday, and I hope you're ok.

So did he come back, and did the work improve?

What happened in the end OP?

The walls are OK, the wood work needs more coats and the radiator absolutely needs more coats.

But I'll just pay someone else to do it.

He did come back after the 40 min break, I talked to him a little and he seemed nice and I didn't want to take his paycheck away so to speak, but I will need to get someone in again to go over the woodwork and definitely the radiator.

radiator

Thankyou, I feel alot better today, the posts were really hurtful yesterday as I was stressed anyways.

Sometimes people just don't understand that somethings are just easy for everyone else.

Aren't *

That's shite - someone could've gained a better result by throwing paint in it from 6 feet way! No way is that finished - needs more coats

If there's anything wrong with the job when he's finished, you can just say to him oh - can you fix this bit please. It doesn't need to be a drama.

My rules of booking workmen:

• Any workman who is immediately available is shite (unless you are certain they had a cancellation)
• The shitter the van the shitter the work
• Always use someone that someone you know has used

My god the ablism.

I have anxiety and autism that hinders my in person communication skills.

It's not drama. That implies it's self inflicted and I get some kind of joy out not being able to communicate with people face to face. It's horrible and makes me feel utterly, utterly stupid.

Not in it, at it, sorry

I hope you are OK @HelpMeOhMyWhat there have been some really unnecessary comments thrown at you
Some people are just nasty
I hope you get it all sorted