A day with mental illness

 Kadizzle recommended a handy man to a neighbor. The Handy man was a good worker, but he had some strange habits. His mission was to cut down a tree and remove the stump. Kadizzle warned the neighbor that telling the fellow anything was forbidden. The first part of the job went well, but as the job wore on it was taking forever because the guy would not allow anyone to help or give advice. It had to be done his way and no one was to tell him anything. Even asking him what was going on was strictly forbidden. The job started at nine and should have been done by 11, but it dragged on and on. With the neighbor Kadizzle sat in his garage and shot the BS. If you even asked Hman anything he would go into a mild fit. 

Around noon we all had a meal of a burrito on the back porch. Hman had been digging around the roots for about an hour and a half. The plan was to strip the tree and leave nothing by a tall skinny trunk. The truck would be hooked high on the tree trunk and it would pry itself out of the ground roots and all. Hman had to leave to get something for his broken down chain saw. Kadizzle and neighbor were tired of the nonsensical delays and decided to get the tree down while Hman was gone. It went off well, we simply pulled tree over rather than have Hman fiddle around for another hour or two. When Hman returned and saw the job accomplished he had a total melt down. Hman said we endangered his tools because they were too close to the tree when it fell over. This was total nonsense, but apparently we broke into his trance bringing the tree down. Hman went totally nuts yelling and screaming at Kadizzle with a series of cuss words. Neighbor got pissed with the insanity and was about to run Hman off the job. Hman finally calmed down and somewhat apologized for his insanity. 

In the end a three hour job took all day and no one was pleased. Hman finally cut up the tree and it came time to be paid. The agreed price was 100 dollars. Neighbor would not budge when Hman insisted on 130. Neighbor had purchased Hman a 20 dollar lunch, and the mental fit did not help the negotiations. 

Poor old Hman has done task for Kadizzle in the past, and there have been fits of insanity, but Kadizzle does feel sorry for the poor guy so he offered him an additional 30 if he comes by to get it. Kadizzle tried to explain to neighbor you have to have some mercy on the mentally ill. Neighbor wanted no part of Hman. Kadizzle told neighbor if he needs a plumber Kadizzle can recommend one. We are all on this planet together and have to figure how to get along.