Contract Work Gifts

Contractor Ants

"Your regular hours will be 9 to 5, that's 9 until 5 past. The rest is whenever we need you."

'This is my partner. He'll be taking care of the small print.'

Painting by the numbers for adults

'These elves sure are helpful around the house.'

'Still having a hard time finding day care?'

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

"Yes, I know they fit, it's just not what I pictured for a three car garage!"

Tool Box

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"This the first time you guys ever installed an above-ground pool?"

'Pick a contract...any contract!'

'Upset at you for breaching the non-compete? Of course not.'

This will be an environmentally sound house built entirely from trees that fell over naturally from old age.

"I think I perferred the plain magnolia"

God's Subcontractors

'As my solicitor I think you could have negotiated that better.'

'You've reached McWit Quality Construction. If your foundation has cracked, press 1, if your plumbing is leaking press 2, if your house is collapsing, press 3 ...'

"We structured the deal so it won't make any sense to you."

Crane operator Jimmy Morrison liked to break in new guys by giving them what he called a 'sky wedgie.'

'I don't care what the blueprints say, I'm certain HE strongly suggested a roof.'

"We-your agents, successors, licensees, and assigns--would like to share a few thoughts with you."

'To close the deal, I had to make some minor concessions.'

'Don't worry. They say the first 24 months of living in a house during remodeling are the hardest.'

The new contract didn't leave him much room to maneuver his hoverdesk.

'Sure you won 'Contractor of the Decade' five times, McWit, but what have you done lately?'

Fuel bill gone through the roof

'No, this metal stress can't be fixed with liberal doses of antidepressants.'

'I installed all the floor tiles by myself. I did it all by tile and error.'

"Okay, I'll renew your contract and raise you five sick days."

Unable to afford scaffolding, Dave ties plungers on his feet to get up a wall.

We're putting on a subtraction.

Texturing the Walls

"Nice work on that German contract. You've made your mark, Ashworth."

Home De-Po. Things you need for your project. Things you didn't know you needed until you were halfway through your project.