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Follow up on work - or how many times to you have to point out the line in the sand?
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<blockquote data-quote="DaisyFace" data-source="post: 484087" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Witz--</p><p></p><p>I get the feeling you are charging him a flat rate?</p><p></p><p>Perhaps you need to detail that a little bit when you bill him... ($100 - bookkeeping. $25 answering phones. $25 filing. $50 writing contracts. etc)</p><p></p><p>I had a part-time job that I took for *supposedly* three hours a day. A stable owner just needed a hand in the mornings....and I could use a little extra cash. Seemed like a win-win.</p><p></p><p>But soon - she started asking me to do extra things....like run to the store, get the dogs groomed, type up some contracts, etc. She tried telling me that "it's on your way, so..." or "Oh, it will just take you a minute....". She was not hearing me when I told her "NO."...</p><p></p><p>So I decided I'd be happy to do these extra things for her - on her dime.</p><p></p><p>I ran to the store - with her truck.</p><p></p><p>I got the dogs groomed and typed up her contracts....and I noted it right on my time sheet. '30 minutes - Typing'</p><p></p><p>One week, I handed her a time card with all sorts of extra junk written on it. When she read everything on the timesheet, I could see that she was really aggravated - but hey....it was all stuff she'd asked me to do.</p><p></p><p>After that, she started asking other folks to do her errands instead. After all.....it was on their way...</p><p></p><p></p><p>I get the feeling this guy will be the same way. If you won't do it for "free" - he'll get somebody else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DaisyFace, post: 484087, member: 6546"] Witz-- I get the feeling you are charging him a flat rate? Perhaps you need to detail that a little bit when you bill him... ($100 - bookkeeping. $25 answering phones. $25 filing. $50 writing contracts. etc) I had a part-time job that I took for *supposedly* three hours a day. A stable owner just needed a hand in the mornings....and I could use a little extra cash. Seemed like a win-win. But soon - she started asking me to do extra things....like run to the store, get the dogs groomed, type up some contracts, etc. She tried telling me that "it's on your way, so..." or "Oh, it will just take you a minute....". She was not hearing me when I told her "NO."... So I decided I'd be happy to do these extra things for her - on her dime. I ran to the store - with her truck. I got the dogs groomed and typed up her contracts....and I noted it right on my time sheet. '30 minutes - Typing' One week, I handed her a time card with all sorts of extra junk written on it. When she read everything on the timesheet, I could see that she was really aggravated - but hey....it was all stuff she'd asked me to do. After that, she started asking other folks to do her errands instead. After all.....it was on their way... I get the feeling this guy will be the same way. If you won't do it for "free" - he'll get somebody else. [/QUOTE]
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