Archive for May, 2008
A response to a random roofing rant
Ok, I found this roofing rant on the internet one day and thought I’d publish it PLUS my take on the whole thing:
The original Letter- Author unknown:
I hate it when you don’t show up on time. I hate it when you’re slow in returning my phone calls. I hate it when you point fingers at the builder, the architect, the supplier, rush-hour traffic, the weather, someone calling in sick o any other real or imagined cause of delays and screw-ups Excuses don’t cut it when thousands of dollars of my money are on the line.
I hate it when I have to pay you more than I expected. I don’ give a snot about the semantic distinction between an “estimate” and a “quote.” I want to know how much the job is going to cost before it starts. Yes, I understand that may change with changes in the work, but I expect to know exactly how mud those changes will cost before I approve them.
I don’t care how talented you are, or what you did for me last year, business is business. As long as I’m paying for your services, I’m the boss and you are my servant. I hate it when you act like you are the one doing me a favor instead of the other way around.
I am The Almighty…
My Response: Well… unknown author, I think I’ll call you Dick for the rant response… I find it easier for me to relate my thoughts to you if I have a name.
Showing up on time: I can’t speak for all roofers about showing up on time or being slow to return your phone calls… these are completely legit bitches I won’t touch. Rush hour traffic?? Come on Dick… YOU have NEVER been late for a job due to traffic?? The weather?? Are you kidding Dick? How hard do you think it would be to put a roof on your home when its pouring rain or snowing? This is Calgary you knob… We can have all four seasons in all four quadrants of the city in one day dude.
You hate it when we point fingers at: The Builder, The architect, the supplier: The ROOFER has to put a roof on top of a house that the BUILDER is building. The BUILDER has to follow a screwed up drawing an ARCHITECT drew on paper. The SUPPLIER supplies the products for the builder and ROOFER.
You whine and complain there are delays…
OF COURSE THERE ARE DELAYS! It’s an imperfect world Dick! One affects the other.
If there are no supplies the builder/ roofer cannot put anything on your roof.
Ok… I’m going to assume this ‘rant’ is directed at roofers and I’m going to assume that the house is built and is getting a new roof put on. That said, you are usually given an estimate cost because there are unknown factors involved.
Roofers go up to your roof and strip off the old shingles, shakes or what have you. They may encounter wood ROT on the boards, mold which leads to ROT, big ass HOLES in the roof that the BUILDERS may have sluffed off, not enough ventilation from roof vents. Sections of roof boards not properly secured to trusses etc.
These are things the roofers and sales people DON’T KNOW until the roof has been stripped. Now it doesn’ t take a rocket scientist Dick to figure out you have roof problems if you need a new roof put on…. The roofers don’t want to proceed until the homeowner knows what is wrong and how much it will be to fix it. The Sales people won’t tell you a fixed price, because these repairs can easily be in the thousands of dollars to fix PRIOR to putting the new roof on… we do that because any roofer worth their name WANT to warranty their work for YOU.
Sure we can just throw new shingles on the roof at the quoted price, but will your
roof leak like it did before? Of course it WILL Dick.
I don’t care how talented you are, or what you did for me last year, business is business. Yes it is just business. So given this rant, why aren’t you a bit more rational.
As long as I’m paying for your services, I’m the boss and you are my servant. Ummm NO Dick… You may be paying for a service and you may be a “boss” for a short period of time, but to assume we are your “servant” is nothing but a retarded statement that shows that you have a very small penis Dick.
I hate it when you act like you are the one doing me a favor instead of the other way around.
I am The Almighty… We ARE trying to do you a favor, by your roof not leaking either now or in the future… and yes Dick… You ARE THE almighty DICK if you fail to understand these more than reasonable statements.