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I never understood this mentality. Do you think your doctor should be grateful you are sick? Do you think your lawyer should be grateful you are getting divorced? Should your mechanic be grateful your car broke down?
People provide a service, I am not sure where gratitude comes into play. I also wonder how much this is regional. In my area the good contractors/handymen are in demand,to such a degree that I am grateful to have found and built a relationship with mine that I can count on them to take car of big jobs and small in a timely manner with an eye to quality.
I never understood why customers are supposed to be grateful to pay a contractor who verbally abuses them in response to a reasonable request (don't let the dog in the house without asking FIRST).
Contractors provide a service. But they would not provide that service unless the customer pays for it.mAnd the customer has the right to tell the contractor No Dog On My Property. The dog is not providing the service.
I once watched the house across the street from me have vinyl siding installed.
ok, not big deal.
I watched the man on a ladder at the second floor, installing it, with a cigaret in his mouth and a cell phone in his ear holding it with his neck, and thinking to myself, how unsafe, and stupid...
First of all, the man is an idiot to be doing that, and I know if that was my house. i would have told him, get off the dam phone and get the cigaret out of your mouth while your on MY property. Dont like it, leave, I will get anohter person.
that was an accident waiting to happen.
I also agree with another poster, dont bring a radio, I dont wanna hear your music, and as for the dog, no, dont bring a dog.
I never understood why customers are supposed to be grateful to pay a contractor who verbally abuses them in response to a reasonable request (don't let the dog in the house without asking FIRST).
Contractors provide a service. But they would not provide that service unless the customer pays for it.mAnd the customer has the right to tell the contractor No Dog On My Property. The dog is not providing the service.
Who said the OP had to be grateful? In fact I have stated multiple times it was rude, but it is irrelevant to the point of expecting undying gratitude from service providers.
To be honest, you seem to be really hung up on gratitude and make sure people feel the right amount of gratitude and towards the right people. It is a little weird.
Who said the OP had to be grateful? In fact I have stated multiple times it was rude, but it is irrelevant to the point of expecting undying gratitude from service providers.
To be honest, you seem to be really hung up on gratitude and make sure people feel the right amount of gratitude and towards the right people. It is a little weird.
It wouldn't fly with me. We don't allow pets in our home, as one of our children is allergic to pet hair. Just having the dog in the house means now I need to go about vacuuming up all the hair, and potentially my child will still have a slight allergic reaction. Out in the real world, I don't make issue of this as there are going to be dogs everywhere...but in my home, I think I can reasonably expect that one request to be followed. I would not tolerate being told to "get over it" in my own home.
Secondly, as a former contractor who worked 10 years doing new homes, renovations, additions, small upgrades, etc, I've never seen another contractor on the job bring their dog to a job site...even in the truck. Perhaps its a regional thing. I've seen GC's chew out guys for wearing shorts on the job, let alone a dog. Even small jobs, where there might be a carpenter or plumber on site, I've never seen a dog anywhere.
When I used to work jobs, my biggest concern would be leaving the customer's home spotless. If that meant taking my boots off, or laying down drop-cloths, or whatever, than that's what I did. Bring a dog on the site? No way.
I think it's interesting that those who are posting here are ~mostly?~ against the contractor bringing the dog. Not a popular thing here, contractors bringing dogs.
I made a post that was generally supportive of the contractor and "what's the big deal?".
I've taken a lot of positions I'd rather defend than this one. And yet... this has gotten me more rec points than any other individual post I've ever made. It's a *silent* majority.
I think it's interesting that those who are posting here are ~mostly?~ against the contractor bringing the dog. Not a popular thing here, contractors bringing dogs.
I made a post that was generally supportive of the contractor and "what's the big deal?".
I've taken a lot of positions I'd rather defend than this one. And yet... this has gotten me more rec points than any other individual post I've ever made. It's a *silent* majority.
Go figure.
Well, if you want to play the childish " rep points game", I'll play.
It also has gotten me the most rep points also.
Rep points sure wasn't the purpose of me starting this thread, however.
Not a game, really, and not trying to win anything, just thought it was amusing. You have a nice night.
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