Got some quotes for carpet installation

I severely miscalculated how much it would cost. We’re talking four total rooms and some stairs (spolier alert: new house has these thing called STAY-URHS). In my head I was like, no goddamn way. Then I did a breakdown of the quote...

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“You gotta be — Oh yeah that’s about the same sq ft price you’d find anywhere... But the padding is outrage — Humm, yeah that’s around what people are saying it goes for online... But this labor charge! I mean — No, no, I guess when you break down the man-hours and the going rates for a trade, it’s not a bad deal... Hell, it might even be a little low...”

Oh well. Work hard, make money, light on fire, repeat