I have been from pillar to post today because people don’t think to get organised. I went to do a job in a certain district north of where I live and completed it satisfactorily. I then went across town to another pre-arranged job which I also completed satisfactorily. Whilst there at the second job I received a request to visit another house and assess a job. The problem was I had just left that same area an hour earlier. If the client knew he wanted the job doing wouldn’t you think he would call in the evening or early in the morning so that I, or whomever he called could schedule our day to accomodate him? Ok, so I went along and assessed the job and am going to do it next week. On the way there I received another call from a guy wanting a job doing as soon as possible. I explained that I was on my way to a job to assess it’s requirements but that I would then visit him after doing so. ‘Where are you’? I asked. He told me and wouldn’t you know it? His house was not far from where I’d just been! Typical. It is frustrating sometimes when I do a job say 15 miles away and arrive back home because I have nothing else scheduled for the day only to be called by somebody living in the same area that I’d just left! It’s not as if they don’t know whether they want the job doing, they do but it would seem logical, to me anyway, that it makes sense to telephone me before the day starts as quite often I am in the same area as the caller. Oh it’s fun being self employed.

Shirley Anne