DD’s best friend’s dad asked for advice on how he could DIY something I do for a living, he was then nearly half an hour late meeting me and didn't try to get in touch as I was easily able to contact him when he was already 15 minutes late, he then started questioning the advice I was giving him.
Personally I think its a bit cheeky to ask someone how to do what they do for a living so you can do it yourself and save money. I think its rude being more than a few minutes late and if you don’t want to accept the advice given then why bother asking in the first place.
I don’t want to offer to take on the job. In the past he’s talked about me doing work for them but its never come to anything but he has suggested that I could probably do them a good deal and fit them in between other jobs if I've said I'm booked up. So I know he would expect a discount and priority over other customers.
DW, wants to avoid any awkwardness between the 2 families for DD’s sake and they do take offence at the drop of a hat, always hard done by in some shape or form, but I know where this is headed. Either he’ll want me to “help” him do the job on my time for a couple of cans and a take away curry or he’ll want me to pick up the pieces of a badly done job on the basis of him having done most of the work so there’s not much left to do.
WIBU to risk DD’s friendship by doing what I would be normally do in this situation and be quite blunt. Tell him that clearly he don’t know enough to do a half decent job done and if he wants something done properly he’ll need to employ someone to do it from start to finish but that I can’t help as I'm booked up (until the year 3000 as far as they are concerned)!
FWIW he's got a well paid job, nice car, 2 houses and they take nice holidays so I don't think it's a case that they can't afford to get the work done.