Here are our favorite responses shared by our readers on Facebook and Instagram.
Alberto Salinas Applying stain. It bothers me doing samples and breathing in the fumes and getting it on me and all my clothes being dirty all the time and carrying it around and having it spill from time to time and my tools being full of stain.
Jeff Lay I wouldn't be mad if you took my scraper or edger.
doyle_woodflooring Answering "When will it be dry"... usually so the fridge guy can go and scratch it.
Brian Wylie Edging! My back is pretty messed up from YEARS of edging.
Tony Robison Telling my employees to put down the damn phone and get to work. It's the most irritating thing on site.
Mark Hanes Hands-down the worst part of the job is scraping. I absolutely loathe it.
365installationservices Driving to the job.
Icon_o_clast Bending over.
Jared Rawlins Tack strip removal.
Mike Myers Sr. Pulling up tile is the worst.
Danny Stenhouse Unloading the van and putting it all away again.
hhflooringinc Subfloor prep and leveling. It's a pain in the rear and least satisfying to do—there's no reward in seeing the great job you did fixing other people's crap and cleaning up messes you didn't make!
Bruce McRae Floating concrete for glue down engineered flooring. Why can't the concrete guys get it flat?
John Meyer Unloading wood.
Adam Owens Changing my belts or edger discs.
Marco De La Peza Cleaning up all the other trades' messes! Every trade should clean up their own mess, not leave it for the floor guy.
Luke Biello Bringing equipment in and out. Heck, I'd even settle for just on rainy days.
