You're a good man, Jerry. I'm certain that a high percentage of your established customers understand that very fact. My advice, for what it's worth, is to do what the docs tell you to; don't let the macho bug bite you, letting yourself do too much too soon; and keep your head in the game. One way to do that might be to write (using real mail, not email) to every customer in your file, explaining your medical situation and the time frame you think most likely for you to get back out working. I'd bet that this would cement your ties to many of them, and they'd be more than willing to adjust some of their expectations to your reality. Everyone has been (or will be) in similar situations. Joseph On Jan 21, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Gerald Groot wrote: > Thanks for the answers and for the support so far, everyone. > > I feel soooooo GUILTY for NOT working!!! I know I shouldn’t but, I do! L I’m booked a month ahead and I’m a whole month behind in work besides thanks to this. I haven’t worked most of January. I took the last 2 weeks of December off for vacation. I generally do. But, now things are going crazy around here again, including ME! > > I have thought of that Mike and I may have to resort to it in the end. However, I am VERY WARY of allowing most techs to do certain things for me. One is quality. Two is dependability. Three is that I’ve been burned big time while trying this in the past. Short explanation: While we had both agreed at the time “verbally” stupid on my behalf I guess, that customers would not be stolen…, behind my back, they were slowly being taken away by underbidding. By an RPT no less!!!!! Consequently, it is a very tough call for me to trust someone again that much for tuning while I’m incapacitated. > > Too much greed from techs is another concern. Instead of just “helping for income” for me while I am incapacitated, they want most if not all of it for themselves. While I can get by for some time, by sending away for investments and savings, still, you know? The principal of the thing just bugs me. Jealousy maybe on their behalf that I am so busy all of the time? I don’t know. > > Years ago, I’ve not told this story before but, we had a tech that was a member of our local PTG chapter. He had a stroke. He couldn’t tune for the rest of his life. For a long time, I would drive 60 miles out of my way to do tunings for him on the side. I gave him the whole amount of the tuning. I took nothing. He needed the money. I was there to help and so I did just that. When I stopped, he had sold his business to someone up there, I never kept one client for myself, not one. But it seems so much different with today’s generation…. For whatever that’s worth… > > Jerry Groot RPT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130123/5d9e925b/attachment.htm>
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