Absolute Tile

Jose came over gave me a quote. It was more than I had budgeted and he was willing to come down some and agreed to do the job. I called him the very next day to discuss starting the job and he agreed to start at 8am on 1÷21÷16. He said it would take 2 – 3 days to complete, which was perfect since we were planning to have another contractor come in on Saturday to re-​glaze the tub. So, I took today off at by 8:30 I started calling him to find out where he was. No answer. I text him — no response. My husband called him from his work number and Jose picks up. He tells my husband that he’s working somewhere else and that I never hired him. He told him that I had said my husband would call him. That is total BS. How could we agree on a start date/​time if in fact I didn’t hire him to do the work? This guy is a total flake. I should be compensated for the day I took off from work to meet him at my home. The sad thing is that he wasn’t my first choice in contractors. I wanted to go with another contractor but they hadn’t submitted their quote to me in time. Now I’m hoping that other contractor is still available.
Update: I was lucky in that the other contractor was available and probably lucky I escaped the bullet in hiring this company. By the way, the other company I hired ended up being less than what this guy was going to charge me. The reason I didn’t hire them initially is because I hadn’t received their quote until literally 30 minutes after I got off the phone hiring this guy.