Dunbar Plumbing
Master Plumber
Do you think I held these people at gunpoint to hand over the liquor chocolates I got for christmas eve?
Value of a service isn't always determined by the monetary amount charged.
Given the randomness of numerous plumbers that "could" of answered that phone, the price "could" of been significantly higher.
They wanted peace of mind, I gave them that and not blowing their head off on price is the reason why they said I'd be their plumber from here on.
I like that, and that's maybe why I got candy. mmm candy. chocolate.
You're being a lone voice on here complaining about this issue, and I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, is that you have to do a ton of work, spend a lot of time and gas money to earn that amount or amounts of money to achieve those numbers.
That, is a personal choice, want or need on your end that I or no one has any control of but yourself. Classifying yourself as a handyman automatically puts you in a certain wage earning status that'll never break any ceiling of making a lot of money.
That's not to put you or your profession down as there's a need for handymen as much as there is for plumbers. I constantly refer out to customers in trying to close a sale to "hire a handyman to tear it all out, give me a clean shot to put it all back in" ritual so I don't have to work as hard, customer saves money and the story rolls on.
I would tend to agree with you more about your anger towards what we charge, but a lot of what we do deals with human byproducts, urine, feces, blood, saliva, stomach acid, sperm, menstrual blood, ear cheese, toe jam, snot, phlegm, nose bugers, rotting food, poisons, chemicals, sometimes animal waste.
You should get the point that our profession follows high hazard pay given a lot of people don't like it, don't want to be exposed to it. So next time you see a clogged toilet with floaters and corn in it, realize that someone who is licensed by their state has to have background knowledge how that process starts and ends, when it malfunctions and how to deal with it correctly to make sure the issue doesn't repeat itself.
But for the majority, residential plumbing is simple push-n-connect, a glue fitting here, a crimp there, and that's fine to take it as that. But apparently it's not "real" easy as there's plumbing forums filled with questions that search for knowledge for the "how-to". It's a rather broad field covering many values and to think it's not is an understatement to all its own.
I'm not responding for your benefit entirely, I'm putting it out there for the whole world to see that our job does require rubber gloves, eye protection and a slew of shots to keep us healthy in this profession.
There's not another trade in the world that follows so closely to that of the medical profession.
A trip to Africa will prove those words, hell pick any local neighborhood in your community and eventually you'll find a toilet or drain that's been backing up for days/weeks/months that keeps getting ignored and causing a health hazard.
People think that if it's their poop, it shouldn't harm them because it came out of them to begin with, right? Riiiiiight.
Value of a service isn't always determined by the monetary amount charged.
Given the randomness of numerous plumbers that "could" of answered that phone, the price "could" of been significantly higher.
They wanted peace of mind, I gave them that and not blowing their head off on price is the reason why they said I'd be their plumber from here on.
I like that, and that's maybe why I got candy. mmm candy. chocolate.
You're being a lone voice on here complaining about this issue, and I believe, correct me if I'm wrong, is that you have to do a ton of work, spend a lot of time and gas money to earn that amount or amounts of money to achieve those numbers.
That, is a personal choice, want or need on your end that I or no one has any control of but yourself. Classifying yourself as a handyman automatically puts you in a certain wage earning status that'll never break any ceiling of making a lot of money.
That's not to put you or your profession down as there's a need for handymen as much as there is for plumbers. I constantly refer out to customers in trying to close a sale to "hire a handyman to tear it all out, give me a clean shot to put it all back in" ritual so I don't have to work as hard, customer saves money and the story rolls on.
I would tend to agree with you more about your anger towards what we charge, but a lot of what we do deals with human byproducts, urine, feces, blood, saliva, stomach acid, sperm, menstrual blood, ear cheese, toe jam, snot, phlegm, nose bugers, rotting food, poisons, chemicals, sometimes animal waste.
You should get the point that our profession follows high hazard pay given a lot of people don't like it, don't want to be exposed to it. So next time you see a clogged toilet with floaters and corn in it, realize that someone who is licensed by their state has to have background knowledge how that process starts and ends, when it malfunctions and how to deal with it correctly to make sure the issue doesn't repeat itself.
But for the majority, residential plumbing is simple push-n-connect, a glue fitting here, a crimp there, and that's fine to take it as that. But apparently it's not "real" easy as there's plumbing forums filled with questions that search for knowledge for the "how-to". It's a rather broad field covering many values and to think it's not is an understatement to all its own.
I'm not responding for your benefit entirely, I'm putting it out there for the whole world to see that our job does require rubber gloves, eye protection and a slew of shots to keep us healthy in this profession.
There's not another trade in the world that follows so closely to that of the medical profession.
A trip to Africa will prove those words, hell pick any local neighborhood in your community and eventually you'll find a toilet or drain that's been backing up for days/weeks/months that keeps getting ignored and causing a health hazard.
People think that if it's their poop, it shouldn't harm them because it came out of them to begin with, right? Riiiiiight.