Readers Respond: What Has a Worker Said to Make You Give This Look?

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WFB asked followers on Facebook and Instagram to fill in the blank for this popular meme. Here’s what they said:

Daryn Stead

They just took a dump in the customers house.

Bill Powell III

“You make more and work less.”

Patrick Fern

That his goldfish died and he can’t make it to work today.

Karla Contreras

“Sorry I can’t make it,” after getting a lot of jobs because he asked for more hours.

Nicholas C Maxson

Crystal Morgan

“I can’t work tomorrow, I have plans …”

Joe Smith

“Be there in 5.”

Matthew Shumway

“This is hard.”

Troy Stanfield

That I arrived later than “what I was supposed to” so they couldn’t start until I got there.

Bill Bagley

“Those gaps wouldn't close. I figured we'd just fill them…”

Lou Buono Jr.

They were late because of traffic, but they have a full iced coffee with them.

Jeremy Summerford

“I'm putting in my two weeks notice,” and then never comes back!

Mike Somodean

“I don’t know what happened” when I ask about the big machine scratch showing after stain.

Noah Bailey

"I need a week off to go to the beach." The day before they're leaving.

Brian Webb

“I can't find the tool you asked for.”

Michael Schuetz

That I’m the best.

Paul Alexander

“Why do we start so early?”

Michael Gwin

“You’re doing it wrong.”

Nicholas C Maxson

“I know what I’m doing.”

Cardona Flooring

“We left the extension cord in the other house.”

Craig Charleston

“But I know what you make!”

Bradley Kidder

That my subs make more money than they do.

Tim Mikels

They grabbed the wrong sheen urethane from the shop..

Angus Hardwood Flooring

“Do you bring us breakfast?”

Sylvain Oxygene

“I didn't see it.”

Daryn Stead

They just took a dump in the customers house.

cedar_valley_wood_floors

"How late are we working?"

bill_loba_wakol

I’m on the phone too much and they're doing all the work.

magnusflooringllc

They sanded the wrong house.

cottonwoodfinishesllc

“I'd like no responsibility and more money please.”

towncountrywoodfloor

They didn’t buff before second coat.

angushardwoodflooring

“Can I take a shower in this house? I have an appointment after work.”

jenkins_hardwood_flooring

They are sick … the day after payday.

david.shafer512

“I have a family emergency” right after you heard them on the phone talking about the lake.

brown_oaks_flooring

“Hey I'm not coming to work (the morning of). I have to take my mom to run her errands.”

johnnyrodriguez1976

"What do you mean you're not paying for the waste cuts??"

anthony_boccia

“I lost the scraper again.”

olivas_hardwoodfl

“It's time for lunch yet!!”

joshfayek1

They need a helper…

sgv_hardwoodfloors

“There’s no toilet in the house.”

alabama_hardwood_specialist85

They didn't load the machine bag a full county away from home.

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