What would you do? Blood and crazy customer explanation

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Mobile detailing job way out in the country, by myself.

Customer told me he is divorcing and selling the car. Gave me a long story about what a bitch she was. He wanted a prep for sale detail. I washed the outside and the engine and I went to the interior. The 3rd row of seats is down, so I didn't see them on first inspection (my mistake). I put the seats up and there's blood stains. I sprayed a little APC and it smeared like blood. So I texted the customer "Looks like blood stains in the back seat."

He texts back "From where I murdered my wife!"

No J/K, no laughing emoji, nothing.

I say "OK I am packing up now."

I didn't have a gun or any weapon. I was alone on this guys property way out in bumfuck. I packed my stuff up and left, leaving the car doors open and everything. Just got the hell out without getting paid.

What would you have done?

I didn't know this guy at all. I don't know if he was joking or not. If he wasn't joking, and I clean up the car, I'm an accessory!

In the future I am checking every car for bloodstains (and mice, by the way) BEFORE I start anything.
 
There could be a perfect explanation for the blood stains. Did someone e cut their finger or was someone's head cut off in the seat?
If the guy did commit some type of crime he would be very careless to call someone else to clean it up instead of cleaning it himself.

In hindsight maybe the best thing to do would have been to take a clean microfiber or a couple clean microfibers and cleaned up some of the blood then placed those bloody m I crofibers in a separate plastic bag. Say absolutely nothing to anyone about the blood you found. Then just hold onto those bloody rags for a while.

You still would have gotten paid and the vehicle owner would not have ever known you noticed the blood in the first place. Now he is going to have to kill you as well!!!

Just kidding. The guy is probably laughing his ass off over you freaking out over a package of bloody ground meat that he accidently left on the seat.
 
BLM said:
There could be a perfect explanation for the blood stains. Did someone e cut their finger or was someone's head cut off in the seat?
If the guy did commit some type of crime he would be very careless to call someone else to clean it up instead of cleaning it himself.

In hindsight maybe the best thing to do would have been to take a clean microfiber or a couple clean microfibers and cleaned up some of the blood then placed those bloody m I crofibers in a separate plastic bag. Say absolutely nothing to anyone about the blood you found. Then just hold onto those bloody rags for a while.

You still would have gotten paid and the vehicle owner would not have ever known you noticed the blood in the first place. Now he is going to have to kill you as well!!!

Just kidding. The guy is probably laughing his ass off over you freaking out over a package of bloody ground meat that he accidently left on the seat.
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This guy was physically unable to clean the car. he weighed too much to fit back in the car to clean it.

Maybe he was joking but can you take that risk? Is a jury going to say "Oh he thought the guy was joking so he cleaned up the car."

or would the jury say "This guy helps people clean their car after murders are committed in it" (ala Mr Wolf from Pulp Fiction lol)

And why didnt he say "oh really, maybe that was from some hamburger I left in the car" It didnt look like that to me. It was thick and coagulated and smeared, not like beef blood from the store. It had turned almost black and smeared red.
 
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That's really not something you would joke about with to a stranger. I think you did the right thing, though BLM's idea of saving the evidence is pretty smart (if not gross).
 
KirkH said:
This guy was physically unable to clean the car. he weighed too much to fit back in the car to clean it.

Maybe he was joking but can you take that
Just spitballing here. But if I weighed 400 lbs and murdered my wife in the back of my suv which I was too big to get into I'm going straight to the coin car wash open the back doors and the tailgate and put $20.00 worth of quarters into spraying the whole interior with any chemicals that would come out of the wand. Then park it in the sun with the windows down.

I could see jokeing with someone about that just to produce the reaction that he got. Some people have a weird sense of humor.
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I agree with all this but just not a chance I could take. Insane people don't think logically. This guy was probably 5'6" and pushing 300 lbs estimating.

If he had actually done it, and my business is involved, my business reputation is finished.
 
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