Categories: W(r)ye Asides

The going rate

The man came to fit the towbar to the Jeep. “I don’t know which bit of go and amuse yourself they don’t get”, he is chatting about how people watch him and he doesn’t like it.  He has a workshop at this home near Crickhowell, and advises customers to go away and come back at a time he suggests.

“There’s a sign up in my workshop which gives my hourly rate; it reads:

Hourly Rate – £30 per hour
If you stay and watch it’s £40
If you ask questions or want a chat it’s £50
If you offer helpful suggestions that’s £60
If you have a friend who tried to do this job and failed after watching a YouTube video my rate is £70
If you have tried it and b******d it up – that’s £80
If a friend of yours had the same job done at a ridiculously low price that’s £90
If you want an inflated bill for the insurance that’s £100”.

Harry

Share
Published by
Harry

Recent Posts

Impatient…

Impatiens glandulifera, Himalayan balsam, is a large annual plant native to the Himalayas. Via human…

1 week ago

A Gulp of …

A gulp of Cormorants. Apparently that’s the collective noun; or a swim (I like that).…

1 week ago

Hot weather

Hot weather on the way, and we don’t like it. We generally don’t stop, there’s…

1 month ago

Shy Squirrel

I’m sat on the bench by the front door (choice of two, how Port Out,…

2 months ago

Polytunnel update

Three months into playing in the tunnel, what is it looking like? https://youtu.be/L9Da85uCQUQ?is=4wKPIP_pLAxEz5gp

2 months ago

Wild Flower Meadow

The time is late afternoon, the date is early May, after some heavy rain and…

2 months ago