A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org


http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...f?t=1297270225

A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.



*Make up an excuse not to do the work such as your agreement with the
referring company prohibits you from doing other work or your insurance
doesn't cover the extras or start charging labor for the extras. If there
is a conflict with the referring company, you should discuss it with them.
Stop doing work for free!

On 2/9/2011 11:44 AM, John Grabowski wrote:
A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.



*Make up an excuse not to do the work such as your agreement with the
referring company prohibits you from doing other work or your
insurance doesn't cover the extras or start charging labor for the
extras. If there is a conflict with the referring company, you should
discuss it with them. Stop doing work for free!

We told them we'd have to schedule that for another time because we
had customers waiting. Company rule, because the simplest way for
service workers to screw over their company is to take on these "while
you're here" jobs, and the "neighbor next door" jobs, give them a good
discount for paying cash, and pocket the cash without writing up the
job. You can make a nice living working half the day for the company
and half the day for yourself if you aren't forced to stick to the
schedule and account for your time.

On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 10:47:11 -0500, Stormin Mormon wrote:

A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

Sounds like a personal problem to me.

"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in
:

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...
A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org


http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...ert-FixMyCompu
ter_01.gif?t=1297270225

LIKE!!

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Best regards
Han
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On 2/9/2011 10:47 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls. I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

Why not bill out on time plus cost of materials?
I think if you bill on cost per job you should put in a little buffer
for stuff like this.

I never work on Tuesdays, or for people named Dobony.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Michael Dobony" wrote in
message ...
On Wed, 9 Feb 2011 10:47:11 -0500, Stormin Mormon wrote:

A friend of a friend told me about "Oh, yes!" jobs. The
comment is often "Oh, yes! While you're here, can you also
fix...." this is very common with referral company calls.
I
get a call to change a lock, and they want me to oil a
glide
on a drawer, or some other obscure thing. Problem is, that
if I am agreeable and do the job, no one gets paid for the
work.

Sounds like a personal problem to me.

Don't need to make excuses, I simply tell them
the truth. I presume you're talking to the "average
reader" here, when you suggest that they stop
doing jobs for free. Shirley, you can't be talking
to me?

--
Christopher A. Young
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"John Grabowski"
wrote in message ...

*Make up an excuse not to do the work such as your agreement
with the
referring company prohibits you from doing other work or
your insurance
doesn't cover the extras or start charging labor for the
extras. If there
is a conflict with the referring company, you should discuss
it with them.
Stop doing work for free!

Cash jobs can be good fast cash. But, sometimes
the news gets back to the employer, and jobs are
hard to find now days.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Hell Toupee"
wrote in message ...

We told them we'd have to schedule that for another time
because we
had customers waiting. Company rule, because the simplest
way for
service workers to screw over their company is to take on
these "while
you're here" jobs, and the "neighbor next door" jobs, give
them a good
discount for paying cash, and pocket the cash without
writing up the
job. You can make a nice living working half the day for the
company
and half the day for yourself if you aren't forced to stick
to the
schedule and account for your time.

Often, I get calls from companies that want me
to go out and do something specific. I don't have
the power to adjust the bill.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
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..


"Frank"
wrote in message
...

Why not bill out on time plus cost of materials?
I think if you bill on cost per job you should put in a
little buffer
for stuff like this.

When I worked 'service warrenty work' for a builder ,I got that all the
time. It drove ne nuts! Had a guy that the clear sillycone around his
backsplash was black from neglect of nonwash. My boss gave him a tube of
clear& told him he won't redo it. The guy told me my boss left the tube
for me to do!! Well that sucks cause I can't caulk worth a crap + the
**** he gave him was from his car & had froze the night before!! When I
got done trowling it on !!!
He never asked for freebys again !!

Jerry


http://community.webtv.net/awoodbutc...oodWorkingPage

Don't need to make excuses, I simply tell them
the truth. I presume you're talking to the "average
reader" here, when you suggest that they stop
doing jobs for free. Shirley, you can't be talking
to me?


*Actually I was talking to a below average reader who has difficulty
figuring things out for himself. I still recall the time you deliberately
punctured the can of spray paint. I would have loved to have seen that
video on YouTube.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...97a7252a5601c2

What exactly is the truth?




*Make up an excuse not to do the work such as your agreement
with the
referring company prohibits you from doing other work or
your insurance
doesn't cover the extras or start charging labor for the
extras. If there
is a conflict with the referring company, you should discuss
it with them.
Stop doing work for free!

On 2/9/2011 6:33 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Often, I get calls from companies that want me
to go out and do something specific. I don't have
the power to adjust the bill.


I'm retired but have done part time consulting for many years.
I quit going through middle men because they weren't all that productive
and presented problems like this.

I also refuse to do anything except on an hourly rate. I am willing to
give away 15 minutes of my time, but after that the clock starts.

On 2/9/2011 7:22 PM, Frank wrote:
On 2/9/2011 6:33 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Often, I get calls from companies that want me
to go out and do something specific. I don't have
the power to adjust the bill.


I'm retired but have done part time consulting for many years.
I quit going through middle men because they weren't all that productive
and presented problems like this.

I also refuse to do anything except on an hourly rate. I am willing to
give away 15 minutes of my time, but after that the clock starts.

People want a free estimate then ask for a copy of my parts list, design
and notes. Yea, right.

TDD

That's really a damning quote, you posted:

Stormin Mormon wrote:
Took a can of Rust Oleum white spray paint out side. Quick
spray job. I'm
shaking the can as I walk outdoors. Got about half a
second of spray from
the can, and the spray stops. Nearly new can.

What's with that? Do they do that on purpose? I did shake
the can like it
says on the label. And it was upright, so I wasn't venting
the pressure
only.

I'm going to cry all day, now.
--
Christopher A. Young
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"John Grabowski" wrote in message
...

*Actually I was talking to a below average reader who has
difficulty
figuring things out for himself. I still recall the time
you deliberately
punctured the can of spray paint. I would have loved to
have seen that
video on YouTube.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...97a7252a5601c2

I'll try to borrow a video cam, the next time. I've
vented the pressure from other cans, in the past.
Used the contents, pour them out. Sadly, I didn't
realize that spray paint and the pressure were
miscible, and the paint came out with the pressure.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"John Grabowski"
wrote in message ...

I still recall the time you deliberately
punctured the can of spray paint. I would have
loved to have seen that
video on YouTube.

So, you don't want to (for free) tell them the parts
their machine needs. I'm with you, that wisdom was
hard earned. They need to pay for your widsom.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"The Daring Dufas" wrote in
message ...

People want a free estimate then ask for a copy of
my parts list, design and notes. Yea, right.

TDD

On 2/10/2011 8:17 AM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
So, you don't want to (for free) tell them the parts
their machine needs. I'm with you, that wisdom was
hard earned. They need to pay for your widsom.


No, they need to pay for the product I sell, my time.

TDD

"Stormin Mormon" wrote in news:iiv872
:

Don't need to make excuses, I simply tell them
the truth. I presume you're talking to the "average
reader" here, when you suggest that they stop
doing jobs for free. Shirley, you can't be talking
to me?


Stop calling me Shirley.

"John Grabowski" wrote in
:

Don't need to make excuses, I simply tell them
the truth. I presume you're talking to the "average
reader" here, when you suggest that they stop
doing jobs for free. Shirley, you can't be talking
to me?


*Actually I was talking to a below average reader who has difficulty
figuring things out for himself. I still recall the time you
deliberately punctured the can of spray paint. I would have loved to
have seen that video on YouTube.

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.h...ead/thread/27a
ee170a15ef916/4397a7252a5601c2?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=christopher+young +spray+
paint#4397a7252a5601c2

What exactly is the truth?




*Make up an excuse not to do the work such as your agreement
with the
referring company prohibits you from doing other work or
your insurance
doesn't cover the extras or start charging labor for the
extras. If there
is a conflict with the referring company, you should discuss
it with them.
Stop doing work for free!




I would have loved to have seen that video on YouTube.

Maybe these will suffice for now.

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...ray+paint&aq=0

Score! I thought someone would know the punch line.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Red Green" wrote in message
...
"Stormin Mormon" wrote
in news:iiv872
:

Don't need to make excuses, I simply tell them
the truth. I presume you're talking to the "average
reader" here, when you suggest that they stop
doing jobs for free. Shirley, you can't be talking
to me?


Stop calling me Shirley.