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Some customers want professional expertise right up until paying for it becomes optional.

Late one evening, a blind fitter agrees to measure a home after the customer insists on an unusually late appointment.

While he works, she starts fishing for exact measurements and then secretly photographs his notes instead.

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Measure twice.

I measure and fit window blinds for a living.

People need privacy, and curtains don’t always cut it.

So many of my days are spent travelling around the city, trying to find parking, measuring and quoting for blinds that I will be fitting if the customer wants to go-ahead.

Sounds tedious. What’s our intrepid salesman gonna have to contend with in this particular tale?

I work for myself, but days can be very long.

I had an inquiry from a lady, she insisted that I come in the early evening, much later than I would usually work.

Already annoying. What will she do next?

Anyway, as I am up my ladder she asks if I can tell her the measurements. I say “no” and explain that this is my skill set and how I make a living.

As I write down the sizes for each blind – I add 2″ extra to the width and subtract 2″ from the real height.

Diabolical. Will seh take the bait?

Just as I guessed I caught her snapping a photo of my pad, with her phone.

I never heard from her again.

Yep. What did she, think he was blind?

Let’s see what the comments think about this measured response.

This person says, same, dude.

Another person says, this is next level low.

Another person says, happy customer here.

Another user says, go metric!

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This person suggests an even more calculating revenge.

OP deliberately altered the written measurements, then caught the customer photographing them instead of paying for his work.

She never contacted him again, which strongly suggested she planned to order the blinds elsewhere using the stolen figures.

Measure twice, scam once.

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Chris Allen