# Trump pull his usual crap with the electricians for his new hotel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 26, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206 "2017-01-26T06:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206/1 "2017-01-26T06:46:37Z")
Story [here](http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/contractor-says-trump-refusing-to-pay-for-work-at-dc-hotel/ar-AAmf65L?li=BBnb7Kz). In short, same as always, he demands a rush job with overtime then refuses to pay the full amount, offering 33 cents on the dollar and making them sue him to get their contracted payment. Such a good deal for the American workers.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206/2 "2017-01-26T07:14:33Z")
How come he still gets people to work for him? If that’s his usual way of doing business, you’d think people in the relevant industries would know and avoid doing business with him. A crook who kept it low-key might be able to keep it up indefinitely in a big enough market but he’s the diametrical opposite of that. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206/3 "2017-01-26T08:44:17Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > How come he still gets people to work for him? If that’s his usual way of doing business, you’d think people in the relevant industries would know and avoid doing business with him. A crook who kept it low-key might be able to keep it up indefinitely in a big enough market but he’s the diametrical opposite of that. The charm of getting to work on something prestigious for a world class celebrity combined with disbelieving he could really be that bad. If he was, he would already have been boycotted, right? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206/4 "2017-01-26T14:14:25Z")
There is a good chance that the successful bidder on a Trump contract is as crooked as Trump is, maybe even more so, and is sticking it to everyone, turtles all the way down until you get to the defenseless bottom feeder who can’t pass the losses on to someone else. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2017, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-pull-his-usual-crap-with-the-electricians-for-his-new-hotel/778206/5 "2017-01-26T14:48:31Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > How come he still gets people to work for him? If that’s his usual way of doing business, you’d think people in the relevant industries would know and avoid doing business with him. A crook who kept it low-key might be able to keep it up indefinitely in a big enough market but he’s the diametrical opposite of that. “The strength of the vampire is that people will not believe in him” – Abraham Van Helsing