Do you take from a customer, who by all accounts gives you oodles of work, but yet demands alot, not so much questioning my work or the price, but more along the lines of short notices and doesnt have all the details worked out, so when you get there, it is a pain in the butt...
Take tonight for example goes a little like this....
Wed night i get a call...."yeah Doug I have 5 fire stations that need to be done before the weekend is over"
me "ok but I am leaving out of town on Sat. I can do them Fri, I have a job early till about 3, be there by 4 (drive time and all) how big are they??"
him "oh they are all about 1000 sqft.,"
me "ok so plan on starting at 4 and work through right???"
him " yeah they need to be done."
So today rolls around, I get there a little late, no biggy I have the access card to get in...he shows me the place..
"UH this aint no 1000 ft"
"oh thats ok its just the big boys offices, the others are smaller.."
"ok"
So I gets to going after the hoses are off and part is pre sprayed...
Battalion Chief for this station.."how long you gonna be?"
"oh till we are done, i have the other 4 to do tonight to"
"NOT TONIGHT, MY MEN NEED THE REST, NOTHING AFTER 9PM"
"ummmm ok"
so long story short, what a freaking mess... ohhhh and get this how big the stations are...I went and measured cuz i was pissed..
1st one I did this one 3700
2nd 3016
3rd 2425
4th 2200
5th 1525
yeah so much for on my own...bah need a helper for hoses, and top move chairs and what not around...
soooo what to do???
I finally told him I couldnt do it till WED...
remember this guy has me do a ton of work...had 2 $3000 ish jobs for him since sept. and a possible $4500 one coming up...plus lots of $300 to $1500... This is the 1st carpet job, and I want to get in with this city for their carpets....ALL THE CITY BUILDING CARPETS!!
Take tonight for example goes a little like this....
Wed night i get a call...."yeah Doug I have 5 fire stations that need to be done before the weekend is over"
me "ok but I am leaving out of town on Sat. I can do them Fri, I have a job early till about 3, be there by 4 (drive time and all) how big are they??"
him "oh they are all about 1000 sqft.,"
me "ok so plan on starting at 4 and work through right???"
him " yeah they need to be done."
So today rolls around, I get there a little late, no biggy I have the access card to get in...he shows me the place..
"UH this aint no 1000 ft"
"oh thats ok its just the big boys offices, the others are smaller.."
"ok"
So I gets to going after the hoses are off and part is pre sprayed...
Battalion Chief for this station.."how long you gonna be?"
"oh till we are done, i have the other 4 to do tonight to"
"NOT TONIGHT, MY MEN NEED THE REST, NOTHING AFTER 9PM"
"ummmm ok"
so long story short, what a freaking mess... ohhhh and get this how big the stations are...I went and measured cuz i was pissed..
1st one I did this one 3700
2nd 3016
3rd 2425
4th 2200
5th 1525
yeah so much for on my own...bah need a helper for hoses, and top move chairs and what not around...
soooo what to do???
I finally told him I couldnt do it till WED...
remember this guy has me do a ton of work...had 2 $3000 ish jobs for him since sept. and a possible $4500 one coming up...plus lots of $300 to $1500... This is the 1st carpet job, and I want to get in with this city for their carpets....ALL THE CITY BUILDING CARPETS!!