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On 13/10/15 05:05, Tony Bryer wrote:

Yes, I recognise these. 40 years back in my old church we had a member who
owned a building firm and after a while he declined to take on any church
work. His issue was
* "While you're here can you fix ...". The tradies, knowing that the boss
was a church member didn't think it appropriate to say no, and he didn't
feel comfortable asking to be paid for unapproved work.


Perhaps I'll try that at the next funeral: "While you're at it..."