Whoa! I sure hope FL gets some rain today. We need it too, but we have no fires burning. Everything is green, green, green...
After a similar experience here, I had the GREAT pleasure of telling one that "I have made other arrangements" and shut the door in his face.
Rude...yes, but he deserved it. Lie?...no, I HAD found someone else who came the very next day after I had called...and on time. His name and telephone number are now in my phone book for keeps.