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Anyone here in business will understand that many people are truly scum and have no intention of paying for the services rendered on their behalf. My clients are mostly plumbers, painters, roofers, etc. You would not believe the lengths people will go to screw over a guy who cleans your toilet at 12:00 a.m.

You reminded me of one of Tucson's most famous businessmen, I won't give his name because he has lawyers but anybody who's done construction business around here will recognize him immediately.

He's a real estate developer. His habit is to contract with small firms, companies that won't be able to do anything but his contract if they accept, he offers a ton of money makes it look like the deal that will move them to the big time and eventually he finds one that accepts. The contracts he offers are heavily backloaded with just enough payment during the job to allow the company to meet salary, when the job is done he stops paying. Because the company was relying on him for sole revenue for a couple years they generally can't afford to chase him, nine times out of ten they go out of business and he gets multimillion dollar buildings made for pennies on the dollar.

All that being said some debt collectors go seriously over the top.

"Anyone here in business will understand that many people are truly scum and have no intention of paying for the services rendered on their behalf"

One person I know cannot be satisfied with a purchase, whether it be goods or services. Every customer service call turns into some kind of evil corporate conspiracy. She will spend countless hours defending her position until the
person on the other end usually gives in and adds freebies
on top. Another person I know, a court reporter, will
almost starve waiting on lawyers to pay for depositions
they ordered. Three out of five lawyers she bills will wait until the day
before you sue them to pay. Deadbeats come in all packaging.