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Post by tomplum on Aug 15, 2018 17:33:55 GMT
Had one of those calls today, I told him I've finished, He went on about its his mum and they've turned the water off, he said, " I'll come pick you up and run you there, then go for any stuff you need, then run you home after, c'mon mate, I'd do it for you" So I went, 5 minutes my arse, Its a central heating 22mm pipe, First we need to drain off, is there a drain off anywhere ? I asked, I dunno you're the plumber, " run me home" . I said, Ah pleeeeeeze mate, stop and fix it,
So i said " look there's a full days work here, its a drain down, the leaking pipe is in a cluster of 6 pipes, flow,return,hot cold and gas, its between 2 joists 4 inches apart and its going to be awkward as fuck, you get the stuff, I wrote a list, and I'll come tomorrow, £250 cash, agreed " fuckin hell Tom talk about a gun to my head but yea ok,
5 minute job paaa, spitting
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2018 17:52:33 GMT
Nothing takes 5 minutes it's impossible it's either half a day or all day, fuck um.
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Post by rocketmanbkk on Aug 15, 2018 18:19:43 GMT
Good money that Tom
Good for you
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Post by woodbine66 on Aug 15, 2018 18:49:09 GMT
I'm always surprised that some customers think they know how long a job should take, but haven't got the foggiest what's involved. Hope the job goes ok for you Tom. That £250 will keep you in beer for a while. smiley-eatdrink009drinking
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Post by tomplum on Aug 15, 2018 18:54:10 GMT
yea woddy at least a week,,,
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Post by battle1066 on Aug 15, 2018 20:27:23 GMT
I find that even when I think that a jobs going to be easy it never is, so how others who aren't doing the job have that mystic sense is amazing - you need to double that quoted price and that will keep those crazy guessing nutters away!
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Post by joinerjohn on Aug 19, 2018 21:00:09 GMT
Yep, I hate these "5 minute jobs" that tek fookin hours. Almost as bad the time I was helping my brother out on a plastering job in Leicester some years ago. Around dinnertime we asked a local walking past if there was any chip shops nearby. "Ooh yes, there's one just about five minutes walk up this road. More like fookin five minutes on the back of Barry Sheens motorbike. It was about a bloody mile and a fookin half away. Took us half hour to walk there. Twats.
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