RE: Yellow Pages

>Sitting at my desk one Saturday afternoon the phone rings and the elderly 
>lady on the line is looking for reapir/refinsihing of a wood shelf she had.  
>After listening for what seemed like 10 minutes to the most complete 
>description of this piece you could belive, I was finally able to interupt her 
>to state that we have a $52.00 minum to journey to her house. Her reply 
>"But I only paid $3.00 for it at the garage sale".




I have discovered through many job bids that the majority of elderly people 
can be very hard to deal with.  In my area most of them remember paying 
$5 to have a chair refinished .

 By the time I have finished all of the hand holding, explaining why I have 
to charge what I charge,  listning to all of their problems, picking up and 
delivering a chair to glue, I have lost a fortune.  

I really hate feeling this way , but the reality is there; 
and yes I do have an elderly mother who is my best friend. 

Fred Mc. 




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