WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram for the wood flooring version of this popular meme. In other words, what suggestion makes a wood floor pro want to disappear into the bushes? Here’s how they responded:
Lorie Davidson
When a husband and wife start arguing in front of you while doing estimates or picking colors.
Doug LeClair
If they can do the sanding and I do the stain and finish. 😂
Michael Schuetz
Grey stain.
Michael Smith
LVP.
Michael Gwin
LVT.
Josh Marques
Lime-washing/ whitewashing Brushbox (for the Aussies).
Jarrod Wellmann
Homeowners when it’s time to pay up.
Shana Marie McFarland
"Just a light sand."
Athanasios Tsaprailis
Picking colors from Pinterest! 😂
Kevin Corcoran
“Can you spot sand the middle of the floor then match the finish that's been on for 30 years?”
Jeff Munsch
Staining a handrail.
Jeff Keesling
“Can you sand half the floor at a time so we don’t have to move all of the furniture out?”
Daniel Boyd
“Color matching” the wood floors or stair treads to their new vinyl floor.
Johnny Rodriguez
Beating a floor with chains or "burnishing." 😝🤷🏾♂️
Robbie Allen
Asking if I install LVP…
Chuck Kutchera
When I’m asked to work late on a Friday.
Mike Wong
I have exact measurements for you. 😀
Chris Kritzer
“I have two boards with scratches, can you just buff them out? Tomorrow?”
The Other Guys Wood Floors
Whitewash.
Rogelio Longoria
When a customer suggests a brand of stain not known, or “That's what the internet said when I did my research online.”
Stephen Gunneson
Staining different rooms different colors.
Andy Eicher
“Do you mind if I help?”
Alex Westendorf
“The guy here yesterday said you would do this…”
Benny Powell
Staying in the home while I work!!
Crystal Morgan
Staining maple. 🤣🤣🤣
Karla Contreras
Couple fighting over stain color: “Which stain color do you recommend?” 🙅🏻
oliverflooring
Seeing it done on Pinterest or YouTube.
beaver_hardwood
Bleaching.
reddys_hardwood_flooring
“Your best price.”
lawsonfloors
Getting the red out of this Brazilian Cherry.
traditional_floors
Staining the floor gray…
215hardwoods
To change the color of the floor you just finished.
cottonwoodfinishesllc
Lay a floating floor or a 2-mm engineered.
potterscustomfloors
Supplying their own material.. haha.
grahamfloorcovering
They do the demo for you.
isandnewyork
“May you sand but allow us to apply the coats.” 😂🙄🤦🏿♂️🤡
rinkerhardwoodflooring
Refinishing the spindles.
angushardwoodflooring
Let the new guy use the floor buffer. 👀😳😱🫣 New baseboard is coming. 😂😂😂
bona_joshfrink
“My husband can just rent a sander…”
glendorahardwoodflooring
Bleaching urine stains.
damian_berger_seidle
Double staining.
designhardwoods
“I want to stain this maple floor to look like red oak.”
nick_khit_hardwood_flooring
"Can you split the job in two?"
1942tim
Patching a spot in the middle of a 100-year-old site-finished floor! But not refinishing the whole area.
jacob_loba_wakol
Putting vinyl over the hardwood floors.
sceniccityflooringllc
When someone hires you for a job then tells you how to do it.
