After reading the post by Frankie(Good for the Gander), it made me think about how he said that he really did not want the job because of the red flag feelings.
How many bad jobs have you had that truly suprise you. I have learned to read people pretty well, and walk away, or approach with caution and handle my self differently to make sure things progress smoothly.
Replies
The thing in Frankies thread that would have convince me to walk was that the customers were treating him like a servant, demeaning to him as a professional.
I just left a potential job behind over the last couple months. I didn't act anxious to do it because I wasn't. I knew, and they did too, that I was the best one in the area to solve the unique problems the house has.
But they just started in with saying. "we're going to have you do this and that etc..." When I tried to communicate the difficulties so they could understand decisions they would have to leave to me, they demonstrated that they weren't interested in hearing me, just in me hearing them. The husband was leaving almost all of the contacts to her and did little more than acknowledge that I was there.
I wrote them a brief report/assesment of conditions with recommendations and a ballpark budgetary estimate at least 60% high and an invitation that, if they wanted to both invest some time and money in planning and communicating with me, I would be happy to recieve a deposit and schedule a day to meet.
Haven't heard back since.
They were trying to hold me in a subserviant position and when I reacted from confidence as from an equal position, they probably realized that they couldn't tread on me.
I do lot of work for upper class people with high expectations and tense, busy schedules but it's mostly only the new money that are high income and low class. I am learning to avoid them. The old school aristocracy, by and large, know how to mind their manners and look you in the eye.
Excellence is its own reward!
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.
The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are."
--Marcus Aurelius
Pif, you hit my nail on the head.
"I do lot of work for upper class people with high expectations and tense, busy schedules but it's mostly only the new money that are high income and low class. I am learning to avoid them. The old school aristocracy, by and large, know how to mind their manners and look you in the eye."
A men.
I call them hand wavers because thats what they do best when I am trying to understand what they want me to do for them!
Eric