14-08-2012, 04:17 PM
Hi,
Many thanks for your comments Lawrence and of course you are right in that people casually dropping in can be real time wasters and some want everything for nothing.
I always try to play fair and find our local timber yards usually have offcuts stacked against the wall near the saw. I always offer to pay for offcuts or take something along as a thank you as it would be simply scrounging expecting to return time and again on the take.
I also support the timber yards that are happy to let me have offcuts as I buy my general timber and sheet materials from them so they don't lose out. There are always people who will spoil a good thing through selfishness and greed though.
If Joe lived nearby I would drive him around a few of my local places where I obtain my raw material from.
Your response to time wasters isn't miserable Lawrence and under the conditions you describe you are well justified in telling these people to get lost; I would do the same as I have already done so with some of our neighbours who believe I retired so that I could be their slave. A bit of fair play goes a long way and I've usually found timber yard staff to be friendly once the ice is broken.
I'd better not send Joe down to your place Lawrence or it might put him off for life.
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks for your comments Lawrence and of course you are right in that people casually dropping in can be real time wasters and some want everything for nothing.
I always try to play fair and find our local timber yards usually have offcuts stacked against the wall near the saw. I always offer to pay for offcuts or take something along as a thank you as it would be simply scrounging expecting to return time and again on the take.
I also support the timber yards that are happy to let me have offcuts as I buy my general timber and sheet materials from them so they don't lose out. There are always people who will spoil a good thing through selfishness and greed though.
If Joe lived nearby I would drive him around a few of my local places where I obtain my raw material from.
Your response to time wasters isn't miserable Lawrence and under the conditions you describe you are well justified in telling these people to get lost; I would do the same as I have already done so with some of our neighbours who believe I retired so that I could be their slave. A bit of fair play goes a long way and I've usually found timber yard staff to be friendly once the ice is broken.
I'd better not send Joe down to your place Lawrence or it might put him off for life.
Kind regards, Col.
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