I had the same issue when I started in building maintenance. I would be shocked that I would get a work order for a whole section of light being off and told it was an electrical/breaker issue. Then I would walk in and flip the switch and problem solved. You friends words of wisdom are very true, take the easy jobs, flip a switch, and smile as they write a check.
That time of the year tell me about it. I have a rather standard New Yorker oil boiler in my house, the lucky thing is my mom has the same one. So I don't really need to learn something new if something happens to hers. I get a call on the first cold night of the year after a 12 hour day..."Son, my heat is not working". I go over and there is no flame. Look at a few things and I really should be working on hers more often. Every bolt on the blower/pump/ignitor assembly are rusted shut, cant unscrew anything. Just going to have to rebuild it, o boy what fun. The main issue is that she has an electric hot water heater so the oil burner does not run for most of the year and the moister just builds up on everything. sigh
What gets me is when someone calls you to fix a problem, but they hover over you the whole time making comments about what they know it is.... and I'm checking the wrong things. Let me do my job...
I occasionally roll my eyes on some of the easy resi calls but I can't be mad at someone backing off and calling me before they really screw something up.
to pimp your van out and make the ride quieter, you should buy some of those cheap black foam pads and glue them the inside of the roof. Will cut down the sound a ton.
There's an old saying in our trade. You get paid whether you're fighting or marching. I've seen guys who would spend hrs on a job that the switch or valves were off. Make up some b.s story just to kill time. Sometimes that's a good thing if times are slow but the only person they were kidding were themselves.
While these easy jobs can be annoying when you're already overloaded with actual problems, outside of these times, I just see them as free money. Drive 30min., flip 1 switch., get paid. Easiest way to pay your rent!
Nobody wants to be bothered. It’s all well and good as long as you don’t try to get the call for free like some idiots used to do. Here’s your stupid sign! Now pay me!
I’m on call Sundays all day went out last Sunday at 930pm for a switch off made an extra $200 to drive 20 mins and flip a switch can’t beat that
The customer would say that "All you did was flip a switch". I would reply "But, I knew which switch to flip"...LOL...
or you just say, well it'd be covered with a miantainance contract.
I had the same issue when I started in building maintenance. I would be shocked that I would get a work order for a whole section of light being off and told it was an electrical/breaker issue. Then I would walk in and flip the switch and problem solved.
You friends words of wisdom are very true, take the easy jobs, flip a switch, and smile as they write a check.
That time of the year tell me about it. I have a rather standard New Yorker oil boiler in my house, the lucky thing is my mom has the same one. So I don't really need to learn something new if something happens to hers.
I get a call on the first cold night of the year after a 12 hour day..."Son, my heat is not working". I go over and there is no flame. Look at a few things and I really should be working on hers more often. Every bolt on the blower/pump/ignitor assembly are rusted shut, cant unscrew anything. Just going to have to rebuild it, o boy what fun.
The main issue is that she has an electric hot water heater so the oil burner does not run for most of the year and the moister just builds up on everything.
sigh
What gets me is when someone calls you to fix a problem, but they hover over you the whole time making comments about what they know it is.... and I'm checking the wrong things. Let me do my job...
Nice vid, have a question about wiring those tekmar controls, if you have any videos it will be nice ,thanks
I occasionally roll my eyes on some of the easy resi calls but I can't be mad at someone backing off and calling me before they really screw something up.
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to pimp your van out and make the ride quieter, you should buy some of those cheap black foam pads and glue them the inside of the roof. Will cut down the sound a ton.
Thank you for the tip! 🤟🏻
I did an oil change for my neighbor.well i measured the oil it was 1 quart car takes 5 quarts. They were oblivious. I was like how did it run
old army saying: "Marching or fighting, it all pays the same."
Or travel time to the job site.
Exactly! Im hourly. Switches better than dirty britches
There's an old saying in our trade. You get paid whether you're fighting or marching. I've seen guys who would spend hrs on a job that the switch or valves were off. Make up some b.s story just to kill time. Sometimes that's a good thing if times are slow but the only person they were kidding were themselves.
Some of these people are renters and they don’t give a fuck. Don’t blame them either.
and they pay for the right not to care
While these easy jobs can be annoying when you're already overloaded with actual problems, outside of these times, I just see them as free money. Drive 30min., flip 1 switch., get paid. Easiest way to pay your rent!
Nobody wants to be bothered. It’s all well and good as long as you don’t try to get the call for free like some idiots used to do. Here’s your stupid sign! Now pay me!