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Had the worst week of my career last month - what's your best vs worst stretch been? Two sides of the coin here.
I'll start. My best week was about 6 months ago when I installed a whole Vista 20P system for a 3-story house in Austin in just 4 days. No callbacks, customer was thrilled, even tipped me $100. Smooth as butter. But then last month I had this nightmare week where I ran wire for a new construction and the GC's guys cut through 4 of my zones on accident. Took me 2 extra days to re-run everything and I had to eat the labor cost because my contract said 'extra runs after drywall are billable' but I felt bad. So which is it for you all - do the good weeks make up for the bad ones in this trade, or is the stress of one bad job enough to make you question everything?
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olivia_white9318d ago
Man that Austin job sounds like a dream, getting tipped $100 is rare anymore. I feel you on that bad week though, I had a similar thing happen on a townhouse complex where the framers nailed right through my 22/4 and I spent a whole Saturday crawling through an attic in July heat to re-pull everything. It just hits different when you do clean work and someone else messes it up, makes you wonder why you bother sometimes.
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wood.uma18d ago
Did you see that thread where someone said trades are the only jobs left where a firm handshake and a tip still mean something? Feels like that kind of stuff is getting rarer by the day lol.
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lee68918d ago
The whole "firm handshake and a tip" thing is still alive in pockets, but it's definitely fading. You gotta wonder if it's because people just don't see the labor behind the work anymore. Like that attic crawl in July heat, nobody thinks about that when they're flipping a light switch. It's nice when a homeowner gets it and throws in a $100 tip, makes you feel like the sweat was worth something. But the bad weeks with framers and drywallers messing up your pulls really test your patience. Makes you appreciate the people who actually respect the craft, even if they're getting harder to find.
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