Rant: That Time I 'Learned' to Never Trust a Client's 'Simple' Mulch Job Again

So I'm out in north Georgia doing what was supposed to be a quick afternoon mulch refresh for this lady's flower beds, but she swears up and down it's just 10 cubic yards and no surprises. Get there and the whole yard's a jungle, hidden stumps everywhere, and her dog decides to chase me through the mess while I'm edging with my Stihl trimmer. Spent three extra hours digging out roots and hauling extra river rock she forgot to mention, all while she's yelling from the porch about how it's taking too long. NGL, I charged her the full $450 flat rate but damn, that lesson hit hard: always walk the site twice before quoting landscape installs. Now I add a $50 upcharge for hidden crap like that. Funny how one rant like this makes you double-check every detail.