OK, seeing as you are ranting.
My rant would be that government employees have no clue at all how important each one of all of our jobs. Those of us installing wiring make a living doing this and inspectors delaying jobs puts us off the bid list next time.
Your post above sounds like typical government perspective, getting it done tomorrow, next week. next month is as good as getting done today. Nothing matters as there is an endless stream of work for you to do. If there is a coupe week / month slow down you will still have a job where we may well be out of work for that time.
I am sure you will say 'plan ahead' sure I try but things change daily, walls relocated, things damaged by other trades etc. I would love to give you a schedule a month in advance but I am lucky if jobs have schedules for tomorrow.
Imagine that, we want the common curtsey of knowing when you will be there.
Why do we schedule one and ask for the afternoon?
Because it is impossible to count on getting you out there in time if I don't.
We are, but I really feel like most govt employees don't give a damn if I get my inspection today or next week.
On my end it can be a huge hit, for a contractor it can literally be money out of pocket and not due to lack of planing on that contractors part.
I understand you don't control how many inspectors are available, nor your work load but I would like you to at least sound like you have an urgency to get the inspection done. Other trades are waiting on you.
End of my rant.
Well since I've been in your shoes as I'm a licensed contractor (inactive), I completely understand. My only job is to come out and verify that you did it to code, sign the card or leave a correction notice. Sign it today or sign it next week. All of that is up to you. Trust me that it's much easier to sign the job card than to leave a notice.
I get contractors building buildings telling me how much money they are sinking into our economy and that the homeowners are not that important. Yet the homeowner might be spending every dime he could save up to do the room addition and he also lives here. Which one is more important? Not up to me to choose, I simply treat them both the same.
Just had someone call the city manager and complain that his plan check took 130 days. No his plan check might have taken 30 days (10 day turn around in our office) and that would mean that we had to send it back two times. HMMMM wonder who had it the other 100 days.
I also wouldn't be to quick to blame the "government" employees, many city's are using contract help now, which is usually out of work contractors or maybe out of work inspectors and I hear that many of them might work in several jurisdictions.
Come out here and do a job and you'll change your mind about inspectors.
