I HEAR THOSE WORDS FREQUENTLY BUT USUALLY FIND SOMEONE THERE WHEN I GET THERE.
The other day someone called for a locksmith and asked how soon can we get there? When told twenty to thirty minutes went shopping with a friend. Wow, what a surprise when I arrived twenty minutes later to find no one at home or at the neighbors home like was told to my receptionist. I waited fifteen minutes and then called the number I was given, after several rings it went to voice mail and I hung up.
I am now at the thirty-five minutes for this job and haven't seen the caller yet. I called fifteen minutes later this time I left a message. Again I waited for fifteen minutes then called and left another message.... by now my wife was growing impatient, now at over an hour we decided to leave.
I just got two blocks away when I got a call, the customer saying they had gone shipping and would return in a short time. So me being a big sucker decided to go back and wait. Well another twenty minutes later a car pulls into the driveway.
I got out grabbed my tools and headed to the front door and started to pick the lock when the customer asked if I was a convicted felon. I was shocked by the question at first then replied that our president couldn't do my job because I have to run finger prints to the D.O.D., F.B.I. and Homeland Security.
I kept working as the customer slipped around the garage side of the house. A few minutes later upon returning I was informed the customer had broke in. So I questioned the customer saying "You broke in" to that was a reply of yes I broke in.
I then asked what I should do keep going or what, and I saw the look of I broke in on the customers face and started putting my tools away. Then came the big question am I getting paid and if so how much. I thought an hour and a half of time should be worth at least the service charge but not the customer because I didn't open the door.
The customer watched me put away my tools then headed for where the break-in happen, I heard said I would have given him $xx.xx but not the full amount.
I'm currently under employed !!
This month I have time to get my garage cleaned up a little as by business has slowed considerably in the past month. I did have a couple of jobs yesterday (05/16/2012) those being the first in about a week.
Today I inventoried the Schlage/Dexter locks that have been accumulating from the Fannie Mae properties I re-key form clients. Fannie Mae requires Kwikset locks be used on those properties. So i end up taking them off re-keying them and then storing them in the garage in large containers. What will I do with them??
This is the knobs!
This is the deadbolts!
And this is the levers!
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