You just cant get the workers these days

[Bob Eager]

You forgot 'pimp'!

[The Medway Handyman]

We even have our own TV channel...

[tony sayer]

Yep but I bet the bottom of your toolbox that they screw suppliers for as much credit as they can get and then some!.....

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "George" saying something like:

Ah, years ago workers tugged their forelocks and mumbled as the gentry passed. Happy days.

It's a common problem, and not just in your neck of the woods. It was always the case that some eejits just couldn't be bothered or it didn't occur to them to phone and let you know. If I can't make it I always call, and I've been thanked for it, but I do try to be there on time.

[Bruce]

As a cowboy handyman. ;-)

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Ah - but do you really truly know them?

[Dave Plowman (News)]

He might well have an account with his suppliers so doesn't have to lay out cash up front. I see nothing wrong in paying instantly for materials

*on site* or to fund the purchase of large items - provided the work has started. Especially with a small contractor.

[Andy Hall]

.. and especially if the items are specific to the customer and not usable elsewhere.

[Owain]

Are they particularly good burgers then, a cut above the usual McD's and Burger King?

Owain