Just get me a drink....

[Leakygutter]

I wish he'd just named his price.

I know a man who has set himself up as a handyman. As a widow he's a very useful man to know, for those jobs that frankly need more brute strength than I have.

He recently replaced my fence for me and charged (I thought) a very fair price.

Today he's been to do a small job that I could have done myself except that it needed a big ladder and I don't do heights!. He was here about 15 mins.

Initially he said don't worry about it when I asked what I owed, but he quickly changed that to "just get me a drink".

I know a pint is about £5/£6 these days, but I suspect that's not what he means! £20? £30?

He's had to drive here, about 8 miles from home.

I need to keep him at my beck and call, it's not easy finding people to do little jobs 😆

A drink is £25.

@Leakygutter your handyman has just subtly asked you on a date! So do you fancy him?

All he wanted was a cup of tea FFS.

😁

Really. And you base that on what?

Grow up.

As @FamSender said you've already asked this so why are you asking again???????

My previous handyman used to say the same, and so I asked him what his favourite tipple was, which was special bottles of brewed beers and I used to give him 4-6 of them (£5 for 4 in Tesco) when he'd done very short jobs. And he seemed happy, and kept coming back til he moved out of area.

My current handyman charges £20 per hour so if he said that and I knew he'd been there only 15 minutes, I would ask him what his favourite tipple was and buy him £5-£10 of beer or wine etc.

He wants cash and if you want him to come back and do other little jobs better start keeping some cash at home ready. My mum has a handyman he’s retired and does little jobs to supplement his pension he likes £20 - £50 in cash depending on how long the job takes. The man who does her garden is all official and sends invoices so she goes along with what they prefer.