[Back in June, New York Magazine readers were introduced to Joe Schwenk, a
Hamptons contractor who had taken to Twitter to dish dirt on the
"hedgies" and "citiots" who hired him for odd jobs..]
It was another summer in paradise. My guys and I did just about everything.
Beyond the leaky roofs, broken pool heaters, and $50,000 tree installations
(for one tree, singular), we also built a backyard dirt bike track for a kid's
13th birthday party and fixed a photo booth in a rich guy's basement in the
middle of the night. We drained an entire pool for fear of contamination by a
dead raccoon, and we drove dogs (plural) to acupuncture appointments.
We even jump-started $100,000 electric Teslas. For three
different people.
This year, the houses are bigger, but their owners seem
shorter. And technology finally made it out here. Today, unfreezing someone's
Wi-Fi is as important a skill as fixing a clogged sink drain.
My $99 smartphone has enabled a larger online following than
all of our local newspapers combined. The result? Not much. Some new customers,
some sketchy e-mails from reality-TV producers, but, most importantly, everyone
is paying their bills on time…
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