Getting a job done ahead of schedule is usually something to celebrate, but for one North Carolina landscaper, efficiency turned into a major headache. Tanner Green, who runs Hillbilly Hardscapers, recently found himself in a baffling and frankly enraging conversation with a client who decided that finishing a project in record time was a valid reason to slash the agreed-upon payment in half. The incident, shared on TikTok, has already racked up 7.4 million views.
The client had said that he wanted the hardscaping job done before the Independence day weekend, so Green and his team rallied. They managed to finish the job in less than six hours, a feat that impressed the client in terms of speed but apparently not in value. In the video, the client argues, “When we talked earlier, my impression was it was going to be two days,” before adding, “You did it in less than six hours. You are expecting me to pay the same amount, 6000?”