Alright let’s try this for the third time now. Can’t leave this page, if you do everything gets cleared SMH.
Anyways… First let me say thank you for taking the time to read one man’s sad truth.
The 15th of January 2023 will be 2.5 years clean and sober. Yes I’m a recovery drug addict. Yes I was about to take my life before I left Montana for New Mexico. Well now that, that’s been said, what Im about to telling you has nothing to do with me using drugs.
So for the last year or so I’ve been working for a local handyman, well doing about 90%of the work, while he’s out running around getting material, his ex girlfriend’s child, or his mother. Or I that’s what he tells the customer, found out about two weeks ago he was actually out get high and using what I should be getting paid with to support his meth use. Yeah I should have seen it sooner, but I was hoping that wasn’t case for my own sobriety.
Anyways Im a very hard worker, have many skills, very knowledgeable, professional and am constantly learning new methods to better serve the customer.
Now I’ve been staying in a bunkhouse of the company owners, small handyman business just owner and myself. When I started staying in this bunkhouse there wasn’t any discussion about paying rent, it was offered more out of convenience for the owner, I’d be right there instead of him having to come pick me up somewhere else, time and gas saver if you will.
Here’s where it gets bad for me, I haven’t been fully compensated for my time and skills for about two and a half months now, at first I told the guy I work I’d be willing to work with him about pay since he was letting me stay in the bunkhouse and being that the truck we were using engine blow up, but that I do expect to be compensated once I get the new engine installed and when the several big jobs were completed. Well turns out that no matter what you do for someone if they’re put needles full of meth in their veins they’re eventually going to cause screw you over just to keep supplying their habit, seen it with an ex girlfriend, and actually part of why I’m in New Mexico. But that’s a story for another time, this is about Aaron Cain and his company ASC Services thanks to his meth uses hes lost four high dollar jobs by not showing up when he’d agree to, and 3 of the jobs were a few days from completion, I tried to get him to finish before taking other jobs on. 6 other jobs I either did by myself or at least 90% by myself, not that I’m not competent to do so, just have been being compensated fairly for doing so.
So last Monday everything come to a head. I finished a recessed lighting project complete with above code requirement wiring. while I’m not an electrician I am competent and knowledgeable enough to properly wire in lights, light switches and receptacle pretty basic stuff, but electrical work isn’t cheap. Now upon completion I should have been compensated about $2600. The customers were an incredible couple to work for, we done, well I should say I’ve done a few other projects for them, and each Friday that I was work on their projects they would tthank me for doing a great job and even tipped me several times, the first time after refusing to take it, cause that kind of the proper thing to do, the wife snuck the tip in to my tool bag, now correct me if I’m wrong but if a customer tips the worker doing the work it’s the workers to keep, right?
Well not according to drugged out Aaron Cain. I’ll get to that in a second.
I finished the job Monday evening, text him to come pick me up, nothing. Had to call a friend for a ride, wasn’t to far out of his way but gave him 20 for gas just because he’s there anytime I’ve needed a hand and gas is still pretty high. I send the boss man(Aaron Cain) a text letting him know I finished and that the customer gave me payment for the job, now because I’m a company man and actually really enjoy the work we do, I put the payment still sealed in the same envelope I received it in, in my clipboard and hangout with my buddy whom is a trust worthy guy or at least that’s all Ive seen and I don’t trust many people. I’m just hanging out waiting for a response from the boss. Midnight rolls around and since my buddy had a couple drinks I decided to sleep on the couch, no reason to let my risk anything by driving. I’m awake by 630am anyways. 635am send boss man another message asking about the plan for the day and reminder that I have payment. Nothing until 330pm, with him flipping out about where I’ve been and his payment, completely unnecessary since he was informed about my whereabouts nevermind the fact I’m adult lol. I head back to the bosses place to find all my personal belongings thrown out in the yard, clothes and tools, which was very disappointing seeing how I’ve never disrespected anything of his, actually treated his like it was mine and made sure all his tools were cleaned and well taken care of, never left out, always cover and protected from the weather even in overnight storms. I don’t know about you but I would think that’s what you’d call great employee and even a good friend, because that’s how I would classify the relationship, he may be the owner but I considered him a friend before a boss, and that didn’t interfere with the jobs several times I told him that he didn’t need to have the employer employee attitude, it wasn’t needed, and after saving his life one Saturday afternoon, one would have thought that respect would have been returned but I guess maybe that’s what meth does to people. Every passing day of sobriety I’m more and more thankful I have been able to stay sober. Anyways he finally comes out of the house yelling about his money and that I work for him, to which I’m like what the hell man, no response from you and the treatment of my belongs. Give him the payment envelope. Gather my things, keeping calm thanks to the therapy and drug classes and my complete desire to stay clean and out of trouble. A couple years ago this wouldn’t be the case. I wouldn’t be here begging strangers for help, I’d have a place out of the weather would have bars and ugly jumpsuits free of charge lol. Thankfully that person no longer has a place in my life. 30 minutes later he comes back out and start ripping through my tool bag and clipboard because either I or the customer shorted him. Neither is the case, he gets half payment before we start any job, and the envelope still contained the 2500 the customer put in there. Calls me a thief for the 250 I was personally given by the customer when I was done, also was invited to join the customer and their family for dinner as I was waiting for my ride.. what Aaron doesn’t know is the last three customers have requested quotes from me for up coming project and for my personal cell number.
Here’s my problem. I wasn’t compensated for all the work I’ve done. I’m out $3200 and have no place to go, I called every assistants number I can find and I don’t qualify or haven’t heard anything back. I’m not here to beg for what ASC Services refuses to pay me that I rightfully earned. I here to ask for someone to please believe in me and help me get a footing, I don’t have any family that’s willing to help it’s either no response or it’s my past thrown back in my face, yes I once used drugs, but I never stole from anyone to get drugs and honestly if it wasn’t for an ex girlfriend making a public siene no body would know about my use, I always had a job, a home, and cars. I don’t like to say this and I don’t mean this how it’s gonna sound but my life wasn’t this bad when I was using. I may be clean and sober but I’m also homeless, carless, and jobless again, well for a short time anyways.
I’m reaching out in hopes there’s a kind soul like myself out there that would be willing to help me with enough to get a room at one of the cheap hotels around Farmington New Mexico for a couple weeks. The customer that I just finished the lights for wants me to do the flooring in two of their rentals, his home office and their basement which will allow me to afford an apartment. Ive been told it’s anywhere from 285 a week to 375 for the one that has breakfast. I’m just going to say I believe a $1000 would be more than enough to get by til I can the two rental floors done. If there’s anyone willing to help me I can either pay you back or pay it forward. Any help will be great appreciated and will not be taken for granted.
No matter what I would like to thank anyone thats taken time out of your day to read through my humbling and sad story.
Just in case I’m leaving my PayPal information.
PayPal.me@KMcfarland83
Well I gotta go find somewhere out of the rain and hopefully get some rest
Thank you again
And please stay safe and hug your loved ones. I wish I could hug my love one last time