>Be me
>Working plumbing and HVAC
>Call customer, confirm address, drive two hours to the place. Very old sounding man says ok see you there and then.
>comfy listening to audiobook and drink monster
>arrive at house
>knock door, no answer
>make sure it's the right place
>door unlocked
>go in a few feet and announce myself
>no answer
>suddenly, incoherent shouting of old man
>I go to the shouting, ask if he's OK
>dripping wet old man runs at me completely naked with double barrel shotgun
>BANG
>he shoot
>I'm not dead
>WTF man! I just called you!
>He went senile and forgot what happened 2 hours ago
>think I'm tricking him
>shoots at me and misses again
>calls me a pervert with his old junk swinging. I hear the shower is still running.
>I leave the house and go home
>didn't get paid, work day wasted, now I have 30 feet of pipe I don't need
>old guy said he was suing me but probably forgot about it in 30 more minutes
Funny thing is, I have always carried a pistol for self defense since I turned 21, but I didn't even remember I had it while I was being shot at. I was not mentally prepared for my customer to attack me. The only good thing about this was I didn't shit myself.