I’m obviously far too nice. Christmas eve, 3am. Yes, the phone goes, yes, I go let them in. And charged them £60. I must be mad!
I’m obviously far too nice. I got there, and the couple had come back from a party in a taxi. No jackets, so when I got there 30 minutes after the call came in, she was nearly crying with the cold, poor lass. I gave her my jacket. He at least had long sleeves, but he was also frozen.
Fortunately, the hundreds of hours I spend fiddling with locks pays off in a lot of situations like this, and I got them in by hand picking in under 3 minutes. They were very thankful, and offered me a drink, which I declined, since it was now ten past 3, and I had been asleep in a nice warm bed. The rate for this job? Good question. Late night calls are always more expensive, and it was the morning of Christmas Eve, a Sunday to boot. But the job only took 3 minutes of my time. I was planning to charge £80, but because it was a nice quick one, I didn’t feel I could. Is that weird?
Has anyone else got any stories of Christmas/holiday charging?