[pianotech] Saturday Appointments

[David Weiss]

I used to work Saturdays but stopped as my kids got older and I wanted to be
at their weekend activities.  Once I stopped I found I really liked have the
weekend for no work.  

 

I had a few clients who told me they could only tune on Saturday.  After I
told them I was no longer working on Saturdays,  every one of them found a
way to adjust their schedule to accommodate me during regular Monday through
Friday normal business hours.  

 

David Weiss  

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Monroe
Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:13 AM
To: Ed Sutton; pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Saturday Appointments

 

Hi Ed,

I don't work Saturdays.  Well........like you I will take a special request
to do it occasionally.  While it may lead to the occasional Saturday
expectation, I don't know that I've given my clients that much control.
Most often I find we can work it out by making an exceptionally early or
late appointment during the week - which I much prefer to weekends.  And, if
everything else fails, I work a Saturday, and take Monday (or Tuesday, or
Weds........) off.  That's one of the pleasures of self-employment in my
mind, flexibility, and I don't mind sharing that with my clients.  I thought
of charging extra, but it just didn't work for me.  As I said, I have the
option of working or not.  Ultimately it's my decision and I had a hard time
justifying an extra charge if I chose to work weekends.  That's what works
for me.

William R. Monroe

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com> wrote:

I'm considering establishing a policy of "No Saturday Appointments."

It began as a favor to a customer who lived nearby, when they both began
working away from home weekdays.

Once you make a Saturday appointment, you have a customer who will demand
Saturday only appointments, and it doesn't take very many of those to claim
most (soon all) available Saturdays.

How have others dealt with this?

Ed S.

 

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