# The handyman is a convicted sex offender. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 29, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724 "2012-07-29T02:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/261 "2012-08-01T14:34:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I do. It’s not every day he finds someone he can feel morally superior to. That said, I have no effing clue what you were talking about in the post he quoted. Really? It’s simple damn logic. (Plus one or two substantive assumptions which anyone is welcome to challenge.) Just… nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/262 "2012-08-01T15:14:17Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Really? > > It’s simple damn logic. Yeah… that’s not going to work. Ironically, **Randy** stubbornly refuses to accept that “I personally consider that term meaningless” is not equivalent to “everyone must consider that term meaningless.” I may decree that “hash browns” is a meaningless term, but it will not prevent millions of people from enjoying a meal of hash browns in diners across America. ---
**Author:** ![Mentor\_and\_Liar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mentor\_and\_Liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mentor_and_Liar)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/263 "2012-08-02T19:29:34Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > That list “gives [you] pause”? Jesus Christ. The guy is a fucking loser. Why would you want someone like that in your life? Once; I almost hired a guy, Howard Roark. I found out just in time that he had raped a girl, Dominique. Luckily my buddy Ellsworth steered me to a different architect. ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/264 "2012-08-02T22:27:25Z")
> [@Crime\_Scene](#): > > To whomever asked why not jus come out and ask him: What good is that going to do me? He is done here on Wednesday (he is off today), so it just seems like more bad than good could come from such a confrontataion. I’ve already paid him for most of the work because he provided me an address, references, and a copy of his driver’s license. I was just making the point that whatever happened that resulted in his conviction and/or incarceration happened a long time ago and this guy has doubtless been in the situation you are describing now more than once – somtimes aware of it, sometimes not (like now). You think if you were to have sent him packing - after he gave you references and personal info, he showed up on time and did the work well at a reasonable price- he wouldn’t know why? Just sayin that he could well have been driving away thinking “Ya know, if they just asked what happened, I could explain…” Or he could plan to come back that night and start swinging his hammer at you. ---
**Author:** ![Crime\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e495f1/32.png) [@Crime\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crime_Scene)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/265 "2012-08-03T02:45:22Z")
> [@Blkshp](#): > > I was just making the point that whatever happened that resulted in his conviction and/or incarceration happened a long time ago and this guy has doubtless been in the situation you are describing now more than once – somtimes aware of it, sometimes not (like now). You think if you were to have sent him packing - after he gave you references and personal info, he showed up on time and did the work well at a reasonable price- he wouldn’t know why? > > Just sayin that he could well have been driving away thinking “Ya know, if they just asked what happened, I could explain…” > > Or he could plan to come back that night and start swinging his hammer at you. lol @ the hammer. I don’t want to wake up at 3 am like the movie Sling Blade. Either way, the work I hired him for is done now. Thank you for all your input be it negative or positive. I could careless about feeling ‘morally superior’ to someone. We all have skeletons in our closets, most just aren’t six years old. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2012, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/266 "2012-08-03T18:01:53Z")
> [@Mentor and Liar](#): > > Once; I almost hired a guy, Howard Roark. That was beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Mentor\_and\_Liar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mentor\_and\_Liar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mentor_and_Liar)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/267 "2012-08-04T14:51:57Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > That was beautiful. xoxo ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/268 "2013-01-11T05:45:13Z")
> [@Crime\_Scene](#): > > My wife looked him up on our local crime database after I had hired him. He is no more than 25 yards from me right now doing work on one of our rental houses. I would not feel so strange or upset if it was statutory rape or something along those lines, but is for something way worse. In the description of his crime it states that he forcibly raped a 6 year old. I figured this is a pit thread because it is upsetting, but what should my course of action be? Do I need to tell the neighbors up the road who have young children that I am now employing a rapist? I am having a very hard time dealing with him or even looking at him because this is an issue that for historical reasons hits very close to home for me. Good Og, this is frustrating. Let me put it this way: how would YOU feel if one of your neighbors had a convicted child rapist anywhere near YOUR kids? ---
**Author:** ![OleOneEye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f14d63/32.png) [@OleOneEye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OleOneEye)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/269 "2013-01-11T06:10:21Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Let me put it this way: how would YOU feel if one of your neighbors had a convicted child rapist anywhere near YOUR kids? Like I’d just had my brain eaten. (Sorry - couldn’t resist.) ---
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/270 "2013-01-11T14:37:10Z")
> [@Seanette](#): > > Let me put it this way: how would YOU feel if one of your neighbors had a convicted child rapist anywhere near YOUR kids? I’d probably keep an eye on my kids, just like I would anyway. Or at least ask him what the going rate for a couple of hours with them would be. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/271 "2013-01-11T19:28:37Z")
That is completely disgusting. Of course, you were probably fortunate enough to not have been sexually abused as a child. ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/272 "2013-01-11T19:32:48Z")
I’m curious why you bumped this 5 1/2 month old thread. Don’t you think your advice is a bit late? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/273 "2013-01-12T11:37:53Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > I’m curious why you bumped this 5 1/2 month old thread. Recreational Outrage Demands ACTION, no matter how stale the zombie’s corpse. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724/274 "2013-01-12T21:45:08Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > I’m curious why you bumped this 5 1/2 month old thread. Don’t you think your advice is a bit late? Because she didn’t like how he acted over in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=676035&page=7), now she’s trying to dig more dirt on him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handyman-is-a-convicted-sex-offender/629724.md?page=13)