I know, it was crazy. What was even more odd is that the "Mason" was somehow connected to the owner of the company, so after 3 tries with him, the Owner just came out and fixed it himself. I saw the same behavior on our stone fireplace they did. When there were things to fix, the owner would show up in the evening and work until 1030 or 11 to fix it instead of telling his workers to do it.Man i haven't laid a brick or block in years but damn!