Well put sheddy,
I think some people believe that electricians are living some kind of extravagant lifestyle based on constantly charging for a full day and only doing an hours work for it.
The truth of the matter can be somewhat different and won't attract the attention of Matt Alwright - 'look at this conscientious electrician, doing a full days fault finding for £60, how is he ever going to pay his mortgage next month' Not great telly
I would imagine that a lot of customers that complain about charges are in full time employment. They get paid to turn up, clock in, work/sit around for a set number of hours, clock out, get paid a set amount of money.
How would they feel if they turned up for work each morning of the week, then get sent home as the work dried up after just one hour?
Thats all fine and dandy until they receive their payslip which shows hours paid = 5 not 40. How would they view their boss, if at an annual appraisal/pay review, they were told 'next year, i might pay you for the full year, or i might pay you for just a month or two, depends how it goes...' Then there would be much upset, cries of unfairness, how do i feed the kids etc.
Nobody wants to have their pants pulled down, but equally, everybody needs to understand that if the job won't pay, nobody will do it, then nothing will get done. Where does that leave us? Lots of electrical death traps/fire hazards all over the country as the only choices remaining are DIYing when you don't know how to do it properly? - or every single little job costing a fortune as the only electricans left are those in employment by large firms who will charge big call outs and high day rates as they have greater overheads to meet?
Would anyone apply the same level of suspicion to a dentist?
My last check up, IIRC was about £16.50, i was in there for approx 7 minutes.
If my dentist had then told me i need a filling, is she ripping me off or helping me out? Its a question of trust
Find a spark you can trust, then trust him