Liz burbled:


>Gosh!  I may have discovered the ideal career for him: temporary
>short-term house-sitter for employed house-holders expecting
>deliveries or workmen.  I must send him to the bank with a business
>plan so that he can get a loan to pay for a moped.  What do you think
>would be a reasonable hourly rate?  (Plus expenses, of course.)

How about the honour of being a slave?

My class were saying they'd plumb my new kitchen in.
The first boy said £1000 per hour.
The others very quickly undercut him, until it got to £0 per hour.

I don't think they've got the hang of haggling.
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Sheel          (Change me to me2 to email.)

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:53 +0100, Sheel wrote:

>Liz burbled:
>
>
>>Gosh!  I may have discovered the ideal career for him: temporary
>>short-term house-sitter for employed house-holders expecting
>>deliveries or workmen.  I must send him to the bank with a business
>>plan so that he can get a loan to pay for a moped.  What do you think
>>would be a reasonable hourly rate?  (Plus expenses, of course.)
>
>How about the honour of being a slave?
>

About twenty years ago that might have worked.

>My class were saying they'd plumb my new kitchen in.
>The first boy said £1000 per hour.
>The others very quickly undercut him, until it got to £0 per hour.
>
>I don't think they've got the hang of haggling.

I think they also need to realise that you would expect to see some
proof of plumbing expertise!
-- 
Liz

Liz burbled:

>On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:15:53 +0100, Sheel wrote:

>>My class were saying they'd plumb my new kitchen in.
>>The first boy said £1000 per hour.
>>The others very quickly undercut him, until it got to £0 per hour.
>>
>>I don't think they've got the hang of haggling.
>
>I think they also need to realise that you would expect to see some
>proof of plumbing expertise!

They also offered to paint the kitchen.

It's taken me since last August and I finished last weekend.
They said they could do it in half an hour.

I said I'd want the paint on the walls.
That flummoxed them a bit.
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