I had a utility knife pulled on me by a contractor

A home owner called me to pick up his furnace fridge stove and toaster. while there he had contractors renovating the kitchen. the home owner helped me load up my truck with the appliances and offered me a sink fixture attached. I said ok thanks man ok bye, he went in the house as I was strapping the furnace on my truck and the contractor came out fuming mad, supper pissed because he saw the sink in my truck. he pulled out his utility knife and was standing dangerously close to my truck i thought he was going to scratch it. he wanted the sink. (that ****) for the $5.00-6.00 you would get for the stainless sink he had to go and pull a knife? any way I had no problem giving it to him. I did throw it over the fence into the neighbors yard i was not in the mood at the moment to make it easy for him.

I would have told him to stuff it. The homeowner gave it to you and you didn't steal it. Then again, I don't like bullies.

Been me, I'd have called the law out there and pressed charges on the contractor right there, I don't take anything from anybody if I'm in the right. Either that or there would have been a .38 on the end of his nose; just depends on the mood I was in. There's a very old saying, you don't bring a knife to a gunfight,,,LOL

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Originally Posted by jackshmuc

A home owner called me to pick up his furnace fridge stove and toaster. while there he had contractors renovating the kitchen. the home owner helped me load up my truck with the appliances and offered me a sink fixture attached. I said ok thanks man ok bye, he went in the house as I was strapping the furnace on my truck and the contractor came out fuming mad, supper pissed because he saw the sink in my truck. he pulled out his utility knife and was standing dangerously close to my truck i thought he was going to scratch it. he wanted the sink. (that ****) for the $5.00-6.00 you would get for the stainless sink he had to go and pull a knife? any way I had no problem giving it to him. I did throw it over the fence into the neighbors yard i was not in the mood at the moment to make it easy for him.

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I would have told him that he would have 10 seconds to back off or the cops would be called.

sooooo , where was your trusty hatchet?

I was standing on the bed of the truck and the hatchet was in the cab of the truck with my other tools.
to be honest i really did not care about the sink its not like i drove there just for that. i did not even know about it till i got there

sounds to me like the guy had plans for that sink, and not the scrap yard. By the way Im buying a hatchet tomarrow when I go to town :)

He would of died of lead poisoning if it was me.

The contractor would have been having a Stanley surgically removed from his colon!

Three things I don't let anyone mess with: 1st my family, 2nd my country, 3rd my money. That sink was your money. Should have stood your your ground. Sounds to me like you let that man rob you with nothing but a d-mn utility knife. I would've fought. But that's just me.

I love colorado for thier open carry law. As scrappernj put it he would have died of lead poisining of the 45 caliber variety.

thats great... ive had a lot of guns in my face, but never a utility knife. i would have laughed at him. and finished strapping the sink down.

i respect your position, as one sink will not break your bank, but some people just dont know how to live right. These mothertruckers!

Interesting, I'm not sure I would have been so understanding. If the property owner gave you the sink, then it is yours, not the contractors. Him pulling a knife on you is considered assault and he can go to jail over it. I know it was only a scrap sink, but stealing is stealing and he wouldn't have thought twice about calling the cops on you if you just came up and took it.

In my opinion, you left him go way to easy, but that is just me.

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I would have had kicked his ass...

or sold it to him...

and then kicked his ass...

It sounds like the homeowner didn't know the contractor was going to keep the sink as he renovated but it was still wrong to pull a weapon over a misunderstanding and I'd have made sure the homeowner knew what just happened also as i wouldnt have wanted that guy back in my house after that!

I don't know how is every where, but here, gun stores, carry small and large police batons. The kind that are all metal and you have to act like your throwing it down to open it, and is has the metal ball on the end.

I bought one of those 6 months after I started. Wasn't for any other means, but in the event if someone tried to carjack me or rob me.

I just thought it would be funny, if he had one, at the time the contractor pulled the utility knife on him. He could have pulled the baton and been like "If you think it will beat this baton" lets go for it.

However, I would have taken it out, and at the same time, dialed 911 and tell the operator that I am being threatened, and that I have the bottom for safety, so if I hit the guy, it is self defense.

I don't know what the heck I would have done....interesting reading reactions of others though....I have some real tough "thinking" brothers in my dysfunctional forum family....some I'd want to have my back....others...not sure I'd want behind my back....

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Originally Posted by Dumpster Dee

I don't know what the heck I would have done....interesting reading reactions of others though....I have some real tough "thinking" brothers in my dysfunctional forum family....some I'd want to have my back....others...not sure I'd want behind my back....

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depending on the situation, depends on the reaction.

He's lucky he wasn't in Texas...