Dane Eyre of Birmingham, U.K.-based Perfect Timber Restorations had a job with an unexpected visitor:
“We went to a normal job sanding and refinishing a living room floor—a simple job. The customer had to go out for the day, and when the apprentice went to the toilet, he said, ‘There’s a cat.’ So to stop the feline walking on the floor when we were coating, we locked it in a bedroom. A few hours later, once it was all dry, the customer came home, and we told her we had to lock her cat in the bedroom to protect the finish. This is when she said, ‘I don’t have a cat!’ Realizing it must have snuck in while the door was open, I told her to give us a minute, and I sent the young lad to fetch it. He came down 10 minutes later covered in scratches holding this crazy stray cat. I haven’t laughed that much in years. Still to this day I ask customers if they have a cat … just in case. The young lad is no longer young but is still working for me and running his own crew, so all’s well that ends well!”
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