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James Duff your attitude won't get you anywhere and confirms in my mind why I don't hire tradies any longer. Otoh, I wish OldChippy lived closer as I could give him some work.
For many years we worked in people's houses and our only expectation was that they pay the bill, which they did without question. Some of our customers were in the high end of town but were really genuine people and (by choice) would not be home when we were working but they would either call ahead or leave a note on the kitchen bench telling us to 'help ourselves to any food or drink'. We didn't because we 'took our own' and quite often they might get upset because we didn't eat or drink from their fridge, but we were self-sufficient as that was in our nature.
Like chippy, if we needed extra water we would drink from a garden hose and more than once I remember being told 'don't drink from the hose there is plenty of cold water in the fridge'. Nobody owed us a duty of care.....sheesh!!
Can I suggest a New Year resolution might be worth a try, as once people know your attitude has been updated, it will help your wallet too.
For many years we worked in people's houses and our only expectation was that they pay the bill, which they did without question. Some of our customers were in the high end of town but were really genuine people and (by choice) would not be home when we were working but they would either call ahead or leave a note on the kitchen bench telling us to 'help ourselves to any food or drink'. We didn't because we 'took our own' and quite often they might get upset because we didn't eat or drink from their fridge, but we were self-sufficient as that was in our nature.
Like chippy, if we needed extra water we would drink from a garden hose and more than once I remember being told 'don't drink from the hose there is plenty of cold water in the fridge'. Nobody owed us a duty of care.....sheesh!!
Can I suggest a New Year resolution might be worth a try, as once people know your attitude has been updated, it will help your wallet too.
Believe me, I haven't got an attitude problem. But you might have a lack of fluid intelligence as it seems you take everything I say as black and white. How come i'm not the only tradie on here complaining then??? Old Chippy said drink from the garden hose.. guess what, I agree with that! You are putting words in my mouth by saying that I'm owed a duty of care. I'll say it again, it was only an analogy used very loosely to make a point/comparison. You also seem to wrongly think I have an attitude problem when I go to work.. the answer is that I actually take my work very seriously, I'm very honest and I go above and beyond in what I do to help a customer. So let's get one thing straight.. you can drop your thoughts thinking I have an attitude problem when I don't.. I only appear to have an attitude problem as your logic bubble has made so many wrong assumptions and you don't know me from a bar of soap. You also seem to think I make a big deal out of how customers don't offer tea/drinks.. guess what.. I don't make a big deal about it, I'm just stating that some (not all) customers could do a little better. That's it. You seem to think I moan and groan about the issue like it's a problem like world hunger, rape, murder, etc. It's no big deal. I had my girlfriend come out and help me on a job a few times and she was also surprised that some customers (not all) were indifferent to tradies.