- Location
- Simi Valley, CA
I've just never understood the whole "time" thing. The idea is to get the job done, not split hairs over 15 minutes.
I've told this story before. I got back to the shop one day at 3:30 and the boss asked me what I was doing. I told him that we had gotten to a good stopping point and called it a day, I asked what the problem was since it was just now 3:30. He flatly told me "I pay you from 7:00 to 3:30 and I expect you to be on the job site until then. Do you understand." "Yes sir, perfectly." The next morning I got to the shop at 6:30 like I always did and he was loading the truck and I was just sitting there drinking my coffee, when he asked if I was going to help or not. "well sir, you pay me from 7:00 to 3:30 and when it get's to be 7:00 I will gladly help you load the truck."
We never had that conversation again.
I give, you give, it all comes out in the wash.
I've told this story before. I got back to the shop one day at 3:30 and the boss asked me what I was doing. I told him that we had gotten to a good stopping point and called it a day, I asked what the problem was since it was just now 3:30. He flatly told me "I pay you from 7:00 to 3:30 and I expect you to be on the job site until then. Do you understand." "Yes sir, perfectly." The next morning I got to the shop at 6:30 like I always did and he was loading the truck and I was just sitting there drinking my coffee, when he asked if I was going to help or not. "well sir, you pay me from 7:00 to 3:30 and when it get's to be 7:00 I will gladly help you load the truck."
We never had that conversation again.
I give, you give, it all comes out in the wash.