The Law and the Real World

Okay. First piece of legal advice: Don’t answer your front door unless it is absolutely necessary. I’ll explain in a bit. So, I live in a corner house. Lots of parking out front. I need it. I have something like 6 or 7 cars, 5 motorcycles, and 2 jet skis on a trailer. Oh, and a bright yellow beast of an ATV.
I also have two awesome dogs. A while Golden Retriever (Millhouse) and a sable Siberian Husky (Mulder). Between the dogs and broken sprinklers, my yard has turned well, mostly brown and barren. This past Friday night, Long Beach Grand Prix weekend, my doorbell rings. Stupid me answers it.
Out front are three guys in a pickup truck, filled to the top with bags of soil. Turns out they have a special: $8.00 a bag and free seed. So they talk me into a quick 50 bags, and like 1/8 of ½ of my front lawn is now done. It looks good but smells like manure. We negotiate a price for the rest of the front. They finish at about 9:30 p.m. and make me a great deal for the backyard: $2,000.00 more. I say, deal so long as you fix my sprinklers and pay for the cost of any sprinkler repairs that have to be made. He bumps the price up to $2, 200.00 and I a very clearly say Okay, but if there is any problem with the sprinklers, I don’t want you coming back and telling me I owe you more money. We are in agreement.
Next day I take off for my Grand Prix weekend. About 2:00 p.m. my phone rings. It is really, really loud. Stupid me answers it. Guess who it is? Despite the deafening roar of the race, the guy tells me I owe him another $300.00. Why? Sprinkler Issues. Imagine that.
I am a lawyer. Just about 30 years of experience. I negotiated this agreement very carefully. Lots of thought. They assumed the risk. Period. The law was 100 per cent, completely on my side. So what happens? I cough up the extra $300.00. The law and real life. Ugghhh!!!!!
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