The challenge of doing a job well.

I must be getting old because my tolerance of people and their shoddy work is getting to be very limited. So I purchased my current house from afar. I relied on folks to represent me. I paid them well for their services and never once tried to talk them down from their cost. In return I have a house that has sucked the life out of me, my family and my bank account. After two years of fighting with the roofing company who did a shoddy job of roofing I received another roof. This morning after a night of stormy weather I have water inside the house. Early this week I found out my two year old water heater is shot. This is the same one that had a 15 year warrantee. Oh and how has to foot the bill for the labor, you guessed it.

We have become a society where our word is not worth anything. The only people able to get in front of the “issues” of life are contract specialist and lawyers. And we the average guy or gal are allowed to work hard and give it away to people who have no pride in their work. I understand the unexpected happens but really. Six different service calls on a roof not eighteen months old. Two service calls on a high dollar Bosch water heater in two years when it is warranted for fifteen years.

I pay good money for good service. Am I nuts to expect that I will get what I pay for. Oh and to make it better there is no government standing behind me to “bail” me out. The big names getting my taxes as a “bail out” should be put out of business. Their products are worthless, there prices are too high and they long ago proved that their word can not be trusted. Just lime my roofer and my hot water heater. I will be looking elsewhere for roofing and water heaters.

Let your yes be yes and your no be no.