Get this, mate of mine asked me to price to float and set his sisters bathroom, I gave him a price, cant remember what it was but somewhere in the region of £400..
Didnt hear back from him about it, and saw him in the pub Friday and told him work had run dry.. his response..
"you could have done my sisters if you didnt out price yourself"
"mate, its the going rate, and Im not particularly expensive either, so come on, who did it and how much"
"the same guy who plastered my mums house, he float and set the bathroom walls and also skimmed the kitchen walls in a day"
"a day?! and how much?"
"£150"
I couldnt help but get wound up, I told him his guy even IF he could do that much in a day (which he cant, not to a good standard anyway) is a ******* mug and de valuing both himself, and the trade.
He told me "oh but hes well quick, its his choice if he does it in a day" "thats not the point, hes a s**t businessman then if he thinks thats the amount of work he needs to do to make 150 notes"
Makes my ******* blood boil, people dont respect what we do AT ALL, why the **** arent we entitled to a comfortable wage and way of life?! dont ask for a lot, just enough to have a few luxuries and a holiday once a year, just because we arent academics doesnt mean we're useless we have as much right to make a living as any other mindless commonsenseless **** that goes to uni because mummy forced them to do so ******* well in their gcse cos they couldnt think for them ******* selves. b*ll***s.