A handyman was once hired to paint a boat. He grabbed his brushes and gear and got to work, giving it a fresh coat of bright cherry red, exactly as the owner had asked.
While he was painting, he noticed a tiny hole in the hull. Without making a fuss about it, he just patched it up. When he finished the job, he collected his pay and headed home.
The next day, the boat's owner showed up at the painter's doorstep and handed him a check for a seriously hefty sum—way more than the going rate for a simple paint job. The painter was taken aback.
"Sir, you already paid me for the painting yesterday," he said.
"This isn't for the paint job," the owner replied. "It's for fixing the hole in the boat."
"Oh, come on, that was just a quick patch," the painter said. "You don't need to pay me this kind of money for something so minor."
"My friend, you don't understand," the owner said. "Let me tell you what happened. When I hired you to paint the boat, I completely forgot to mention the leak. After the …More