@PatellarTendonitis
I'm glad you like stale half cold coffee with uht milk, oh no I almost forgot your Martyrdom 😜
When I said minimum, I didn't say or want it implied that I referred to substandard work, I said minimum.
Minimum is to do just the job, but no extras. So when you ask... If you can just.????? Then it's no, you can't be arsed to make me a brew, so I'm not gonna do you any free favours.
Do you work for free? I doubt it, I bet you make your clients a cuppa, or meet in a coffee shop, and get them a drink.... How is it any different making your contractor a drink?
Builders (all varieties) work down to a price, and obvs do as many "jobs" as possible to give their family a quality of life.
So what if they ask for a brew?
I know my "code" seems to some really harsh, but think about it.... What incentives do you get at work? If the boss rewards you with a bonus, don't you work harder.
Do you go that extra mile to catch a client?
So if you go on-site to do a job, you don't get a bonus, the only "perk" is a brew and biscuits or butty if lucky.
Your expected to go all day without needing a piss, and I'd they go off site n return with coffees, you go.... Oi, I'm paying you to do a job not go get drinks!
How about you go and work out of a garden shed, in someone else's garden and then get shouted at for wanting some water, or a go for a piss. Cos that's what you and the rest on here are doing.
So stop with the hollier than thou bollox, and respect you contractors.
They're there to make a living, and potentially return or get recommend .. the good ones.
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Anyone want to tell me, they don't work harder n smarter if they're given incentives or bonuses.