A 20 minute downpour showing up out of nowhere when the app says zero percent is wild. I'd be sick about those corner cracks too, but at least you doc.u.mented the timeline in case the homeowner gets weird about it.

That 5 euro umbrella I grabbed in Paris lasted me two whole trips and my $60 one broke the first time it got windy lol. Cheap stuff just hits different when you're stuck in the rain somewhere. Maybe they just make those things to survive one trip and that's all you need.

I had a guy pull that on me out of Fort Worth last month, started at $640 for a Dallas to Amarillo run and ended at $880 after he threw in "wait time" and some BS about a lift gate fee. I stopped him right there and said the price we agreed on is the price, and if he needs to add stuff we start the whole thing over from scratch. He dropped the extra fees real quick once he knew I wasnt gonna just sit there and nod like that poor guy in your story. Now I always ask for the full breakdown up front, fuel included, before I even give them my load details.