Mid-Week Wind! ....Or, Kiteboarders Anonymous
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:36 pm
Looks like some mid-week wind is coming up! The last week seemed really long having almost no wind. If I wasn't self-employed doing this:
http://www.sidewallshingling.com
and this:
http://www.bayareashingleco.com, I'd be at best a marginally suitable employee and at worst, fired, as I take way too much time off chasing wind. It's worst when it turns out there is no wind, and I've left for nothing.
But I must say the best jobs I do are those where the clients are gone all day, so they don't really know when I leave.
If I'm working on a job for a contractor and there's other workers there, or even worse, the homeowners, it gets a little trickier. I don't want them to think I always leave early because I'm lazy or have a drinking problem or anything, but am reluctant to tell them the real reason. It's usually something like, "I have to go get more materials." Or, "I have to deliver some shingles."
Perhaps it should just be, "I have to go kiteboarding."
What do you think? Any suggestions? Surely others have experience with this? Any help would be appreciated.
http://www.sidewallshingling.com
and this:
http://www.bayareashingleco.com, I'd be at best a marginally suitable employee and at worst, fired, as I take way too much time off chasing wind. It's worst when it turns out there is no wind, and I've left for nothing.
But I must say the best jobs I do are those where the clients are gone all day, so they don't really know when I leave.
If I'm working on a job for a contractor and there's other workers there, or even worse, the homeowners, it gets a little trickier. I don't want them to think I always leave early because I'm lazy or have a drinking problem or anything, but am reluctant to tell them the real reason. It's usually something like, "I have to go get more materials." Or, "I have to deliver some shingles."
Perhaps it should just be, "I have to go kiteboarding."
What do you think? Any suggestions? Surely others have experience with this? Any help would be appreciated.