MAURER PAINTING SERVICE

MARCEL IS A NICE, LAID-BACK PERSON WHO WORKS STEADILY AND INDEPENDENTLY. THE PRICE QUOTED WAS LESS THAN OTHERS, AND THE QUALITY OF THE JOB WAS GOOD. I HAD TOLD HIM WE WOULD BE PUTTING DOWN FLOOR COVERING, WHICH I BELIEVE MADE HIM THINK HE DID NOT HAVE TO MASK THE FLOOR AREA AROUND THE COLUMNS AS WELL AS HE COULD HAVE, SO THAT ENDED UP NOT AS CLEAN AS I WOULD HAVE LIKED. ON THE OTHER HAND, HE PAINTED AREAS THAT I EITHER TOLD HIM OR DIDN'T EXPECT HIM TO BOTHER WITH; IT SEEMED HIS PRIDE IN HIS WORK WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO LEAVE UNDONE THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT MAKE THE JOB LOOK GOOD. HIS CLEANUP COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER, THOUGH; LOTS OF PAINT CLUMPS WERE LEFT IN THE SINK. NEXT TIME, I WOULD BE MORE CLEAR ON THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT I WANTED RATHER THAN EXPLAINING GENERALLY AND LEAVING THE DETAILS TO HIS BEST JUDGMENT.