Pooping Out on a Painter

The plaintiff says he and the defendant were friends in high school, and they reconnected 30 years later. The defendant hired him for some contract paint work but then fired him without paying for the 50 hours he put in, so he’s suing. The defendant says the customer was unhappy with the plaintiff’s paint job, so he had to send other workers in to fix it. He’s countersuing for those costs.
Case #25252
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[@mallo1334]

The little nose noise the defendant did at the beginning scared me.. lol I wasn’t looking at the screen and had to double back on that one.. 😂

[@kyoto32001]

he sniffled. must have a stuffy nose.

[@stephanie5249]

Yeah that was nasty. 🤧🤢

[@soloseraphimheartsong3710]

It was loud. You could heard it over the announcer. That's not common.

[@michellenuzzello3015]

@@stephanie5249 nasty cause he swallowed that shyt... uugh

[@scsc9638]

Bhahaha🤣 I had too rewind too!!!😂

[@cassicurrie6798]

One thing I never appreciate about Marilyn is that she suggests litigants use their phones to take nasty pictures. That is extremely presumptuous and disrespectful.

[@emchammer1815]

The snort from the defendant scared me

[@steelwheels327]

I know right , blow your nose man!! yuck!!

[@leenie6393]

The tacky nose snort at the beginning was repulsive.

[@jacobestevez7570]

... it was nerves ...

[@lynnboyd33]

'Repulsive', it putting it mildly!

[@eternity7477]

I have a feeling the plaintiff may have been bullied by the defendant in high school.

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Well then the bullied definitely shouldn’t be friends with the bully on Facebook nor ask the bully for work, that’s for sure.

[@kareenwatson6084]

Strange that he had no problem with the plaintiff until they had a falling out. Pay the man his money.

[@marleonetti7]

im a self employed painter for the last 17 years and one of the first things i learned is never work for a contractor . its always much better to work directly for the person who owns or rents the property . from my experience i think the defendant under bid the job and ran out of money so he could not pay anything to the plaintiff . contractors do that sometimes and instead of taking the loss themselves they simply dont pay the workers

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Huh? The falling out was due to a customer complaint, he then checked the work, realized it was horrid, confronted him and proceeded to get attacked by the plaintiff. Even in this case, he stated he did what he was told to do, which implies the defendant told him to just paint around the washer and dryer? I don’t think so… because like we all know, it’s 10 additional minutes. Rewatch the cases again, maybe you have amnesia.

[@elvickRULES]

It’s absurd not to have pictures of the issues. The defendant is a huge liar. “It was the living area that was jacked up.” Then in the hall “the whole thing was jacked up”. Girl bye

[@charli.buttermilk]

I haven't even watched the case yet but the defendant should loose for hoarking by the mic. That was disgusting.

[@haleighcain9414]

Lolllll

[@michellenuzzello3015]

Did that dude really just....swallow a clam?!...LMFAO?!...like seriously...

[@mispy33]

Hahahahaha omg that's so gross 🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉

[@EtotheKmmmK]

I'm with her on the painting around the w&d. That is so lazy and it would piss me all the way off 😭😂😂

[@shirleywiese5230]

Me too!! And when they paint around light covers. Drives me crazy. It’s two screws.

[@thinkdifferenttv]

Defendant can't look judge in the eye and uses air quotes...I do believe he told the plaintiff to cut corners and knew he would do so without asking questions because they were friends

[@marleonetti7]

im a self employed painter for the last 17 years and one of the first things i learned is never work for a contractor . its always much better to work directly for the person who owns or rents the property . from my experience i think the defendant under bid the job and ran out of money so he could not pay anything to the plaintiff . contractors do that sometimes and instead of taking the loss themselves they simply dont pay the workers

[@thinkdifferenttv]

@@marleonetti7 good point!

[@MrStv1163]

Agree with you on the eye contact. TBH none of them are believable. I have a hard time believing the plaintiff was instructed to paint around the washer and dryer, or that any worker who took any pride at all would be OK with that, BUT agree with you the defendant constantly looking down and away from the judge leads me to believe he's being deceptive. Lack of eye contact and shifty eye movement is usually the first sign of a liar.

[@angelslive9651]

He was only mad at him because he didn’t drop everything and come running 😂

[@LeeoGoneWild]

Yes, as an employee, he should have done that. He was currently on another project from the defendant, the defendant told him to stop what he is doing on the other project he is paying him for and work on this other project, that he is also paying him for. If my employee is working on a task and tell them to stop and work on something more urgent and they don’t, that’s not ok.

[@susanlindsay7970]

i bought a 5 bedroom house one time that had been freshly painted inside. The house was furnished when we viewed it. When they moved their furniture, they had painted around ALL of the furniture in the entire house!!! They had also spread a thin layer of cement over the 3 car driveway. The first time we drove on it, it all cracked!!!

[@traceyaz125]

Wow! That really is shady!

[@peterdicazzo3391]

Yes, in this day and age, we need to document EVERYTHING 😡

[@jb3702]

Lol..."not just for nasty pictures "

[@adwallace021938]

I'll be honest! I must have rewinded and replayed that snot rocket to the brain at :50 at least 10 times and laughed every time! He must be so proud! 🤣🤣

[@rckkeller9437]

It was so gross.

[@minhdang423]

He should have lost , just because of that.

[@heatherblevins4441]

Yeah eww!

[@STOPTHEMAGATS]

This is why I came to the comment section to make sure I didn't imagine him hoovering that snot rocket. 😅

[@michelleharper2940]

🤣🤣🤣 I thought it was my cat the first time I heard that 😂😂

[@carriepriegel6477]

Oh lawdy, the mic caught Kriz’s nose suction at the beginning 😵‍💫 Guh-rooossss!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@surfbreak190]

Around here you can't find a painter that's not addicted to meth 🤷🏻‍♂️. (Other then Spanish worker. They work hard, fast, and do it right.)

[@alyssahamlett]

Where u from? I wish we had more Spanish areas here they have work ethics like no other

[@lindasensabaugh4013]

My painter just does pot. When sober the work is good. He’s only good for 4 hours. ( we are old and 4 hrs works for us). Know what your working with. Have reasonable expectations. My guy does more talking then painting. His dad puts down tile floors. Play the ball where it lay! The ALL KINDS of people are represented so well in the trades. I guess some vices are more tolerated. My dad was an alcoholic but could master an engine anytime. I keep my painter cause he’s affordable, likable and does things in a timely way. We gotta go along to get along folks! Preparing to paint a hallway!! No one ‘clears’ their nose before speaking. That’s cocaine use. That many hours a week could also show hyperactivity from drugs. He’s a mess!!

[@larrybiggets6702]

South Americans- getting the job done right, fast since forever.

[@surfbreak190]

@@alyssahamlett Savannah Georgia

[@Pianokeys-ee5of]

@@surfbreak190 Kennesaw ✌🏽. And I agree.

[@TopherGrant]

0:50 nasty

[@augustmoon9973]

It is 95% not a good idea to hire friends or family for any job, unless there's a specific contract in place, and even with a contract in place, trusting people can get screwed. My parents hired my friend's, of 25 years, husband to be the contractor for their home improvements. After it was all said and done, we are no longer friends. They over charged my parents by thousands of dollars, promised dozens of times they could do everything for $70K, they never fixed the crappy grout lines, uneven tiles, and went way over budget before they even got to the upstairs, and over charged my parents by $10K, and literally pocketed the money. I am so disappointed, so hurt, and so angry with my ex best friend and her husband. The older you become you find out who your real friends.

[@alyssahamlett]

Sad but so true, sorry that happened to u and ur parents. Take em to peoples court, at least they pay the judgement

[@tkmckinney6138]

I am so disappointed in the judge. I watch her bc I thought she was the best judge at putting facts before feelings(male or female) but she liked the defendant for some reason. And she let him get away with no evidence. Smh. Just so disappointed.

[@heatherblevins4441]

It might have been the grown ass plaintiff sucking snot in front of the nation before a word was said....

[@justhereyeah1112]

The plaintiff admitted that he did a poor job though that’s why she doesn’t need the evidence

[@LindseyShields88]

@@justhereyeah1112but you should still get paid for the hours you worked even if your performance is poor. He still worked 50 hours that he didn’t get paid for.

[@justhereyeah1112]

@@LindseyShields88 if the plaintiff has no prove of his hours then no he can’t be compensated. A business can not give an employee compensation without proof of their hours being documented in some form.

[@LindseyShields88]

@@justhereyeah1112 he didn’t need proof. The employer admitted he did work 50 hours in court.

[@calvinthedestroyer]

The Dude Looks Like Robbie Rotten from LazyTown

[@karensmith6815]

Me. Paint around the washing machine 😭😩😩😩😩 I’m not playin wit him today 😭😭

[@yoongiswndrlnd]

asking for 1000 dollars for 50 hours is cheap. $20/hr. pay the man his money.

[@arianefr78]

If you work 50 hours you should get paid for the 50 hours because if your boss hasn't taken the time to check your work then it obviously isn't that bad, but for the judge to only award him 25 hours is insulting, since redoing behind the washer did NOT take 25 hours and had he done that too, that would have been EXTRA time, so in the 50 hours of work he did, he actually did 50 hours, so the judge IS WRONG once again...

[@tkmckinney6138]

100000% agree. I lost a lot of respect for her with this one. Bro had 0 evidence. I thought she was better than that. Just proves that she has favorites

[@dellahicks7231]

I have to be honest, living in a prairie town of 35,000 (Born, raised still live here) in Canada, I listen to these locations in New York, and I go look at a map, because it fascinates me! My entire province has a population of less than 2 million, and we are spread over 651,000 Sq kms. Our rush hours here are 15 mins long, takes 5 mins to get anywhere in town, barring idiotic road work, and the list goes on. (We also live through temps of -50° for weeks on end in Jan/Feb) however the comparisons always astound me!

[@saramichele7366]

I live in the state of Maine, which has a population 1.3 million, in a town whose population is 1,576. It takes me 5-10 minutes to get to the gas station, grocery store, etc. Our rush hour is when school gets out and 4-5pm. But even then, it's not very busy. Lol

[@christibarrick1768]

I thought somebody was snoring 😂

[@kellec5951]

How gross the defendant is. Ew.

[@perfectlyimperfect9129]

Unfortunately there actually are bosses that want corners cut to save $ and time , idk if hes 1 of them but it happens alot.Who comes to court without evidence?! 😂🙄😒

[@EarlGray007]

00:49 Wat da Fuq!!?? He's going to do deep coke snort on TV??? 😆 😆 I'm already knowing why he didn't want to pat his high school homeboy. Give that man his money and go to your NA meeting!!

[@michellenuzzello3015]

Seriously...lol

[@1234j]

He went missing in 2019. March 2022 Fox 35 Orlando did a report on him on KZbin. 'compulsive liar, flashy, lots of cash, claimed to have terminal cancer to get sympathy.' (said police)

[@barbikinkin]

Most painters don’t move furniture…that should already be done

[@marleonetti7]

1000 dollars for 50 hours work for a experienced painter is very low . experienced painters earn at least 1500 dollars for 50 hours of labor and self employed painters would earn at least 2500 for 50 hours .

[@marleonetti7]

im a self employed painter for the last 17 years and one of the first things i learned is never work for a contractor . its always much better to work directly for the person who owns or rents the property . from my experience i think the defendant under bid the job and ran out of money so he could not pay anything to the plaintiff . contractors do that sometimes and instead of taking the loss themselves they simply dont pay the workers .

[@maggiefraz7694]

You can’t hire friends . My sister did hired her friends husband to do her bathroom terrible job . Needless to say not friends anymore .

[@soapydesigner]

This guy painted himself into a corner.

[@kellyerumph8592]

The defendant tells the judge from his own mouth the rest of the rooms were fine, so why say at the end it was some other issues? It's not too far fetched to believe the plaintiff when he says he told him to do it that way. Contractors cut corners all the time. I also have a problem with the fact there was nothing to prove customer complaint and no photo evidence. Only employee testimony who could possibly be coached. I also believed they both talked crazy to one another. I don't believe the plaintiff was begging for money from clients because that would have been enough to terminate him or not use him for work anymore.

[@marleonetti7]

im a self employed painter for the last 17 years and one of the first things i learned is never work for a contractor . its always much better to work directly for the person who owns or rents the property . from my experience i think the defendant under bid the job and ran out of money so he could not pay anything to the plaintiff . contractors do that sometimes and instead of taking the loss themselves they simply dont pay the workers

[@kellyerumph8592]

@@marleonetti7 Thank you for so much for breaking it down, that makes sense to me now. I totally agree with you.

[@sandwichman100]

come into court without any actual evidence, just 2 employees who rely on you for a living and win not saying the plaintiff was not much better

[@Aura983]

If he's really that busy, he would've paid the guy $2k, not hired him again, and moved on. It's the cost of doing business. It doesn't make sense to take 1-3 days away from jobs for travel/court and to pay employees to be witnesses in order to save $2k. $500 sounds low if he painted the whole upstairs of a house and did other work too.

[@lindaalvarez8855]

I don't know who to believe. The Plaintiff or the Defendant more or less.

[@joerizk1731]

You can hire friends and family because your friends should be solid and able to work hard for someone they love and care about. You people need new friends….

[@damnnerves24]

The plaintiff’s coming out now. “ Mr Paint Around the Washing Machine.” 😂😂

[@peterknighton2757]

Two days two men plus the extra materials to do the job again

[@irenestrmnss4331]

The defendant lied, cause he looked down all the time when asked by the jugde.

[@SuzyDamari21]

Just cause you don't know how to pronounce a name doesn't give you right to laugh. Just ask him to repeat it slowly.

[@lynsmalec5484]

Does the plantiff have hair plugs?

[@janicester]

The plaintiff reminds me of Casey Affleck.

[@JEMustang]

$500 only for 7 bedrooms upstairs?! WTF. That guy got jipped.

[@marleonetti7]

and even 1000 dollars for 50 hours work for a experienced painter is very low . experienced painters earn at least 1500 dollars for 50 hours of labor and self employed painters would earn at least 2500 for 50 hours .

[@BeKind2AllKinds]

“Gypped” is a slur. FYI.

[@nettyspeaks]

Who's breathing so damn heavy sheeeesshh

[@manthony777]

The customer was too busy to look in her living room to check the work? The defendant is full of crap. I feel sorry for his slow witness. The poor guy looks ascared lmbao I don't want to hear from people I haven't spoken to in 40 years. If we were best friends, we wouldn't have been out of touch. 😛 😜

[@so_many_women_so_little_ti2833]

Take pictures for your work not only to prove that just in case 1 of your worker sue you, also if your 1 of your customer said you didn't do good job. And if you did good job you cane show your new customers your work.

[@nmlking]

Wait 50 hours and only gets 1k???

[@cynthiacler9284]

Can you say I am a drug addict without saying your a drug addict? Begging his bosses clients for money is a red flag of a drug addict. The snort sound at the start of the show must have been the coke draining in his throat.

[@veronicamoody3981]

Your speculation may not be fact.

[@pmabrouk]

folks take photos using your cell phone!!

[@fjccommish]

Don't do business with ex friends.

[@Sook995]

The woman responding to the question said ' you can't mix business with pleasure🤔 it's business with friendship, no one is being pleasured 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BeKind2AllKinds]

But that’s not the saying. The saying is, “You don’t mix business with pleasure.”

[@larrybiggets6702]

South Americans- getting the job done right, fast since forever.

[@jeepsishumate2021]

Woody ,from Cheers!

[@fjccommish]

:50 What was that?

[@momoboolman8820]

He did the upstairs good. Came down, took a blast, and messed up the rest! Feign!!! 🤣🤣

[@uMADden]

You can tell these guys were good looking back in high school

[@thebalderthor4884]

People who say you can’t hire friends have never ran a business. I guarantee Judge Milan and Douglas are friends.

[@OMGReallyNadia]

They didn’t know each other prior to work. She couldn’t hand select Douglas

[@BobBlumenfeld]

Judge Milian and Douglas aren't owner and employee. They're both employees of the company that produces the episodes. Even she has stated that this is the best gig she'll ever get.

[@feyfantome]

There’s a difference between developing a friendship *after* a person has become a coworker and employee, or hiring someone you’ve already established a relationship with. It’s often difficult for people to establish a change in behavior and hierarchy necessary for a working relationship when you’ve already established a friendship. Also, most of your workplace friendships will end shortly after one of you leaves the shared workplace. Not always, but 99% of the time the friendship ends because your common experience has ended.

[@thebalderthor4884]

@@feyfantome It depends on what kind of friends you keep. From what you’re saying, I wouldn’t hire your friends either.

[@micahbinns2740]

I agree if your friend is ethical & really good then you hire them.

[@AlessandroCalzaStudio]

How silly are italoamericans who spell their name distorted in English instead of the correct pronunciation

[@PHOENIX1699]

It's hard to not hire friends. It's tough as hell to find trustworthy, reliable people these days - it's pathetic. I can't find a good employee to save my life.

[@catfood233]

If you can’t find a good employee then maybe look at yourself. Often good employees only floc to good employers

[@PHOENIX1699]

@@catfood233 uhhhh NO I get your point though

[@Mocharocks9966]

The defendant witness is lying and looks nervous AF about it lol. If it’s killing his pockets to be in court give him his 1k

[@kittyfan]

ouch! $500 for $50 hrs work......$10 an hour.

[@katrinadjacobs]

Shout out to Westchester County! Best place to grow up❤!

[@slmel7]

The fact that she can't tell the plaintiff was telling the truth about the defendant telling him to cut corners is exactly why she should never have been allowed on the bench. So many unlawful rulings over decades! Our system is completely broken.

[@rookiehousewife304]

Maciej Kosiewicz :D finally I see some Polish people on this show 😁

[@ninosimone]

So the defendant couldn’t take pictures of all this ? .... LIES‼️pay the man his MONEY‼️

[@somebodywatchin]

Well, he had witnesses.

[@ninosimone]

@@somebodywatchin who worked for him so there’s def a bias factor

[@arianefr78]

I believe the plaintiff when he says he was told to only paint the necessary parts, (it's called cutting corners and saves on paint and time), but him begging for money from the clients is why I would have sacked him...

[@James-134]

One day these ol' boomers will realize how much easier life can be with smartphones these days if they actually bother to use them when they buy them

[@elenawilliams32]

These guys are an anomaly. I'm in my 50's and plenty of my friends are older, we all know how to use our phones properly. It's handy, I recently got a gardener by sending him a pic of my backyard to see if he could fix it for me. He sent back a quote then we arranged a day. Beaut job and easily organised. "Not just for nasty pictures"😂

[@ThundySkye]

Was that a fart?🤣🤣🤣

[@cynthiagangi1280]

Maybe you should of gotten him some help to paint. That sounded like a big job.

[@johneisleytiu5110]

Did the plaintiff just sneer????

[@playgirlk6725]

What does that mean

[@TopherGrant]

He snorted

[@lcam9241]

*defendant

[@georgechilidis8446]

I’m so glad to be one of 10 first to watch so I don’t read the comments so I know who wins the case ✅

[@baboytablo5735]

he did the upstairs first but after inhaling to much stuff he got fuzzy

[@AnneOhn123]

Plaintiff should not have gotten paid for any work!!!

[@James-134]

Why not? Even the defendant states that he did 7 bedrooms that had 0 issues

[@Britty0189]

Okay, just came to check I wasn’t hearing things 💨

[@PHOENIX1699]

Did he cover up a fart?

[@TopherGrant]

Sucked back a snot rocket and swallowed it

[@adrianprince7266]

Having had painting done at a few homes I've had can be a tricky wicket because you hope that the work is done correctly the first time so that it doesn't need to be redone. That's true for the home owner as well as the painter.

[@TopherGrant]

Do you just talk to hear yourself? No one cares enough about you to worry about what you have had done. Pointless self serving comment

[@gaming_star4921]

Pink teacher 13

[@alariensuttle9195]

First

[@franklesser5655]

I think this was a good ruling.

[@marleonetti7]

1000 dollars for 50 hours work for a experienced painter is very low . experienced painters earn at least 1500 dollars for 50 hours of labor and self employed painters would earn at least 2500 for 50 hours .