5 Things Every Tradesman Can Relate To

Waking up at the crack of dawn because someone’s geiser broke in the middle of the night. Leaving work late because the materials didn’t arrive on site at the right time. The struggles of a tradesman are endless. But we love our jobs, right?

Here are just a few of the fun, and frustrating, things that make every tradesman a legend!

Just a “Quick Favour”

You arrive at your friend Audrey’s house for dinner, with a malva pudding in your hand that your wife slaved over the whole afternoon. You’re greeted at the door and shown inside. And then… you’re asked for a “quick favour?”

Even though it’ll only take you an hour, you’d never ask your mates to work for free. So why do they? Besides, this is your time off, isn’t it?

“You never answer your phone!”

The endless complaints you receive about how hard it is to get hold of you. I’d like to see them take their hands out of a toilet, drenched in water, and pull a phone out of their pocket and answer it within a few rings!

There’s a general misunderstanding when it comes to what a tradesman actually does. We’re busy people, and we tend to make a mess, okay?

The Infamous Long Weekend

Being your own boss is amazing for a number of reasons. One of them is the fact that you can work a half day on Fridays and extend that well deserved weekend.

While your friends slave away indoors behind their computers, knackered, you’re throwing back a pint at the pub with your workmates. What a life!

The Lack of Professionalism

It’s bloody hard to seem like a professional without a landline number. Every time you answer the phone, you’re out of breath and have no reference to your diary.

This can make booking appointments hard, but it’s all in a day's work for a tradesman!

Being Rained Out

Rainy days often mean a lack of income for tradesmen. We all know the feeling of waking up to torrential rains, knowing you won’t be able to work today. Although getting an off day when everyone else is at work can be rewarding, when it leaves you without work for over a week, there’s nothing fun about it anymore.

But We Love It

When it comes to being a tradesman, there’s nowhere we’d rather be. Given the choice to work behind a desk or continue our hard manual labour, we’d choose to be tradesmen everytime. At the end of the day, there’s nowhere we’d rather be.

But, there are ways that you can make your daily struggles a little easier. For all those times you get stick for “being too busy to answer your phone”, a company like Virtel UK can offer you a virtual phone number with call hunting facilities. In other words, if you cannot get to your phone on time, the call will forward to a business partner or assistant who can.

Save those tradesmen headaches for something else!