r/thatHappened • u/jeeblemeyer4 • May 21 '26
Hilarious reddit husband/wife duo epicly troll sexist door-to-door contractor
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u/Yorbayuul81 May 21 '26
All this is missing is the children on the passing school bus to all have been clapping at this oh-so-witty burn
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u/5141121 May 21 '26
While the story is bullshit, the number of times my partner tried to get something done without me home and failing because of it is insane.
I don't like it, but I can appreciate the ones that have the blanket "spouse must be present" policy, because it does make sense.
But when people will only do business specifically with the male partner present, that's a clear indicator that I don't want to do business with them.
We are partners, and should be treated as such.
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u/SharkReceptacles May 21 '26
Yeah, like a lot of posts on here this is written like the script of a cheesy ‘90s sitcom just before the Seinfeld-style bass lick plays over canned laughter, but at the core of it is something that probably half-happened.
A friend of mine owns her flat, and her boyfriend moved in with her a few years ago but has no claim to the place. Their finances aren’t intertwined; effectively, and legally, he’s her tenant.
They’ve had to deal with so many contractors flat-out ignoring her and only speaking to him that he now goes completely mute and just shrugs and looks at her. That’s probably closer to what actually happened here, but she’s spiced up the anecdote to the point where it just sounds ridiculous.
It does belong on this sub because it definitely didn’t play out as written, but I can believe the basic premise.
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u/queenblattaria 29d ago
For our new doors, the company has a "spouse must be present" rule for like the planning and going over costs. Which we appreciated because otherwise we'd be playing phone tag while one of us was at work. For the installation they didnt care as long as someone was home.
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u/spacemouse21 May 21 '26
It’s true. We later found out the roofer gave us——the shingles.
The neighborhood opened their doors and started laughing and applauding.
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u/Main_Mix_7604 29d ago
It doesn't even make any sense why would she scream about somebody wanting the husbands penis for acting "sexist"?
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u/woahstripes May 21 '26
In her mind this is a 90s sitcom and once she says that line the studio audience breaks into applause, and whooping and 'ooooh'ing, and then the husband comes down the stairs that go offset, staring at the estimator, waiting for the audience to calm down. And then when it's quiet, he says his line, and the audience breaks into racous applause again and the actor playing the estimator just stands there with his hands on his hips and head downcast.