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Just watched the plumber stop at the stop sign, look directly at my house, and keep driving. Happened to catch him parking a block away (there's space in front of my house). The receptionist is a ditz - when I made the appt, she returned the call to my cell phone and said my office had said "no one by that name is here" - but I knew she had never taken my last name. Still, I'm the only person at the office with my first name - but our receptionists are ditzy too.

So did she give this guy the wrong address or did he screw it up? It's been 10 min, why hasn't anyone figured there's a prob and called me?

Anyhoo... this is the house foundation "before". At this rate, might be "after" too. There was no subfloor - just linoleum glued directly onto the foundation, with padding/carpet over that. All the really dark areas at the left, and near the toilet base, is rotted wood that is sinking. The screw, holding the toilet into the rotted wood, is completely rusted.

update 10 min later:
The guy finally found my place but the receptionist had only told him "leak" not REPLACE THE FLOOR - so not only was he totally unprepared, but he has more jobs lined up for today. He clearly wanted out of the job (made a big deal about my toilet being out of commission all day - well, duh!) but I didn't bite. I was hoping to just replace the couple really bad boards - he says they all need to go. Whatev. He's due back this afternoon - after the other jobs and getting supplies. We'll see if he actually shows up (won't surprise me if the other jobs suddenly end up taking all day). He's supposed to call me with an estimate - just so I know. Turns out the receptionist also gave him my office number instead of my cell. She's really lucky she doesn't work with me.

update 90 min after that, 11:10a:
No call with an estimate. Not remotely convinced the guy is going to return. Expecting a cancellation call within the next 2 hrs - and being PISSED about taking a vacation day for nothing.