Do you pay a plumber?

So,,,i know it may seem like that i rant from time to time, but hey ,thats what blogs are for right,,?

To moan about the day to day shit that no one in the office, at home, or sleeping in a shop door clutching a bottle of JD in a brown paper bag wants to listen to.

any who,, back to topic,

A hypothetical,...

you have a friend, right,, hes or she is a plumber, painter, electrician, debt collector or a hooker, you get the picture, they are a trades person of somekind but lets not forget for an instant that they are a friend a buddy, a pal, a confident, a fuck budy.....

how come when they come to your house and fix a problem or do something that is associated to thier respected trade,,, (of which they have no doubt spent hours perfecting and also get paid to do and earn ,,no doubt a very respectable living). . . . they still get paid, friend or not,, even a gesture, a 'oh thanks for fixing my blocked pipes.. (plumber or hooker, you decide... ) heres a 20.

but how come,, how come,, !!!!!!!!!!

when you fix pcs,, or know how they work a little more than the regular guy , girl or space fairing monkey on the street its just expected that you take a look at stuff for nothing..

I just dont get it, it takes time to take a look at a problem,, to understand why a pc is running slow, to remove a virus cause your buddy has been taking a dip in the pond of inter species erotica,, i mean how do you not act embarrassed when you come across an Internet history that has wwwww.ilovedonkeys.com and wwww.bigscareyandhairy.tv,, thats a skill in its self..

And when you get that call 'my machines died and ive lost allllllll my files',,,

'back owt up?'

'No,,, pcs never break down do they ,,i mean why would i want to have a copy of all my important files?... so can you come round and fix it?'

then you fix thier pc so its in a reasonable state, virus free , porn pop up free , chug noise less , digestive in the cd drive free,, and what happens. .. what happens..

not a,, 'heres a twenty for your time,, 'not a ,, 'how much do i owe you ', sometimes not even a ,'fancy a coffee?' its more a blank look and a 'are you done?' ,,'Thanks for your time,,dont catch your ass on the door on the way out.. '

Rant over,,, ohhhh look,, a dolphin that can type,, whoda thunk it.. .


Until next time..