76nemo said:
I am happy to be of in any assistance. Just wondering, do any of you other guys accept offers of the such from customers?
I tend to stray away from it, no hard feelings, I thank them immensely, but I tend not to accept. How about the rest of you?
You might be missing some of the best times on your career....stay with me, I have a story to tell.
Last week, I went on a service call to do a few odds and ends...Hang a ceiling fan, wire for a pop up range vent, and relocate a range cable.
I start uptsiars with the ceiling fan, fancy ceiling medallion, 3' in diameter already installed, and box off center. I say, "your box is not fan rated and has to be changed. Too bad the medallion is already installed."
He says, "I can get that out for you."
Awesome. Wood bracing above and behind the box, so I know if he gets it out, Ill be set. I go to the kitchen.
"You want some music?" He says.
"OK, Rock on."
Find a circuit labled "range hood," feeding only a light above the range, which he wants me to replace. I'll use this circuit to feed the pop up vent, and will intercept it in the cabinet above the range. He rotozips the box hole for me.
Later, he goes into the crawl space and pulls the range cable out of the original location and feeds it to the new, a few feet only, but saves me a trip into the dungeon.
When I'm finished in the kitchen I go back upstairs to install the box and the fan. I need to shim the box with a piece of wood to bring it flush with the ceiling, and he heads to his shop to make one for me. Way cool.
5.5 hours of work. One of the best helpers I've ever had. Bill paid on completion. Good music to work by. :smile:
No beverage.
A good day at work!
