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Re: A Novel Way To Invalidate A Radon Test
Ted,
I operated on hand shakes for a long time, then, something changed ... contracts came to be the end-all of disagreements, no more 'we can work this out to th satisfaction of both parties'.
The owner of the engineering firm I work for the last couple of years (after moving up here and now going out on my own) 'worked on a hand shake' which was backed up by a contract. When the construction market changed (the real estate market, the credit market, whatever you want to call it), parties who had large $$$ invested in project began to cut back and save as many of those dollars as they could, asking for more, much more, than had been agreed upon, both by the hand shake and by the contract. If the contract was not worded as carefully as it should have been, then more work than was agreed upon was *demanded*, and given, because the hand shake fell apart, dropping back to the contractual language.
In good times, good times and good feelings prevail, and hand shakes work.
In less than good times, like these, it all boils down to the contractual language - 'you are required to do this and this and this', however, it also states 'I am not required to do this and this and this'. Depends on who's attorney was most on the ball with the wording.
Yes, it is indicative of the sad times these are turning into.
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