Sometimes it does. Some businesses are slimeballs. It’s human nature writ on different scales.
I once paid my neighbour’s kid $20/week to cut my lawn. I’d pay them sometimes for two or three weeks at a time. One time I paid them for three weeks in advance because I was going to be away and didn’t want to have to worry about being in arrears. Well, instead of cutting the lawn, the kid just stopped and I came home to knee high grass. Cash in hand, you know. I subsequently stopped hiring them and brought lawn cutting back “in house”.
So the important lesson is: structure business agreements such that you only get paid when work is provable and verifiable. The same pattern repeats anywhere people are involved, and on every scale.
Sometimes it does. Some businesses are slimeballs. It’s human nature writ on different scales.
I once paid my neighbour’s kid $20/week to cut my lawn. I’d pay them sometimes for two or three weeks at a time. One time I paid them for three weeks in advance because I was going to be away and didn’t want to have to worry about being in arrears. Well, instead of cutting the lawn, the kid just stopped and I came home to knee high grass. Cash in hand, you know. I subsequently stopped hiring them and brought lawn cutting back “in house”.
So the important lesson is: structure business agreements such that you only get paid when work is provable and verifiable. The same pattern repeats anywhere people are involved, and on every scale.
I didn’t sue my neighbour’s kid though.