Readers Respond: What’s Your ‘This Is Fine’ Meme Moment on a Wood Floor Job?

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WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to fill in the blank for the ever-popular “This is Fine” dog meme. Here’s what they shared:

Daniel Springer

When you hear the HVAC guy walking up the stairs and you're in the middle of putting the first coat on.

Rogelio Longoria

When the customer says she left her relative to look after the house while she's at work and that relative thinks he knows more than us. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Glenn Harris

When you're doing a final coat and there are a dozen other trades working in the house.

Greg Marion

When you're on your second day of stain samples and they call their interior decorator friend, their neighbor, and their in-laws to come weigh in on the stain color.

Mark Hanes

When you show up to the job site and it’s a disaster so you go home knowing you only have five days to work on a eight-day job.

Angel's Wood Floor Restoration

House full of furniture, dog 💩 in every corner, pee stains in cat room and a homeowner that insists they stand over you and watch while in there bathrobe. But you can’t leave cause you got bills. 😂 It’s fine…… 🔥……everything is fine. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Bill Powell III

When they want you to match the price of the local hack.

Bradley Kidder

The customer wants to add more work and you have other jobs scheduled.

Cody Crane

When the new guy leaves the poly dust in the sun.

Alex Hamilton

When you open the garage door to do a base coat and black smoke starts rolling out!

Matt Martinie

When the customer changes their mind after approving a color.

Mikie White

When your buffer rips out an 8” wind shake while prepping for the final coat.

Alex Westendorf

When you're halfway through 5,000-ft oil base poly and forgot your respirator.

Artistic Flooring

When the customer can’t make up their mind on a stain color after you squeezed them into the schedule.

Danny Sten

When you drop your stain bucket in the middle of the floor.

David Runyon

When the dog runs through the final coat.

floorsbytheshore

When the client starts separating boards they don’t like from the boards they do like.

towncountrywoodfloor

The moving trucks are on their way and that coat of poly still isn’t dry.

rinkerhardwoodflooring

When you hit a flaker board on the final coat.

towncountrywoodfloor

Client wants you to come over at 4:30 p.m. and stand in the driveway to pick out a spot through the window, across the house that is only visible from outside and at that time…

plankd_flooring

You spread all your adhesive and 15 minutes in discover it’s a bad batch “skinning over” quickly.

oliverflooring

Your finish starts to flash.

ouradadesigns

…the client sees the subtle issues only a seasoned flooring technician would see…

towncountrywoodfloor

Sweat drops keep popping the grain on a stain.

mn_floors

When the designer, builder and clients turn your wood stack into a meeting table.

avoxcraftworks

The glue starts setting up and you are nowhere near the wall.

johnnyrodriguez1976

Builder client asks us to install without any AC and acclimation.

alabama_hardwood_specialist85

When you lace in hundreds of feet of red oak into what was originally white because they had another professional test it and order the material.

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