WHO WOULD HAVE A TRADIE IN THE HOUSE?

Tradies are generally, by title, great at their chosen Trade …………when its for a paying customer!

There is a Tradie raiding my fridge daily and leaving his washing on the laundry floor? Who would have a Tradie in the house?

Their hourly rates vary and are sometimes questionable which is a kind way of expressing that sometimes they can be seen to be exorbitant. However, after years of engaging the odd Tradie now and then, (yes, paying someone else) to do jobs both big and small I have come to appreciate that there are clues in the rates quoted. For example; What is your postcode? is the first clue. In other words, Mcmansions or untidy gardens, near the beach or in the ‘burbs.

Then; cheap and you’ll get a job done that you could have done yourself as you are going to end up doing it yourself anyway after the bodge job that’s left behind.

Reasonable; a price you are quite prepared to pay to get the job done and finished and you clean up after them.

A bit pricey; a good, tidy job done and cleaned and finished, never to return. Great!

And then;

exorbitant; Measured, ummed and ahhed, need to get quotes from suppliers, can’t fit you in for 6 weeks, I’ll email the quote next week.  In other words, I don’t want the Job and if you do engage me, I won’t turn up for 10 weeks, have long smokoes and short days and change my phone number when the job is finished. I really don’t want the job.

Then there are the Tradies who have jobs waiting for them at home. Price isn’t part of the conversation though unless it’s the price of missing a day fishing when the job can be done ‘tomorrow’ or, “I can’t today luv, I’ve left my tools in the lock up. I’ll do it on the weekend”. The weekend that never comes.  The jobs which are usually annoyingly small which could usually be done in an hour seem to be overlooked as ‘its not worth getting my tools out’ by said Tradie. Meanwhile, the ever-patient partner puts up with the ‘drip drip drip’ of the kitchen tap driving them to distraction or the door that has to be wedged closed with an old shoe so the soggy dog can’t get in or they soothe the whiney child whilst waiting for the legs to be screwed onto the kids play desk.

Mind you, the new TV gets put up on the wall quick sharp, just in time for the footy game.

Who would have a Tradie in the House?

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