Would you respond to a call out on Christmas day ?

Suppose a tree comes down blocking a residents car park or commercial premises, care home or hospital etc that you maintain. Or heavy snowfall makes a sloping site impossible to enter or exit by car then would you go out on Christmas day to solve the customers problem for them ?

I would. My personal circumstances mean it would be easy to do so but i'd like to think that even if i had kids i still would anyway. Its not a case of money grabbing but being there when your customers need you most. My dad was a milkman back in the days when the rounds used to go out on Christmas day and i can remember having to wait until he got back from work to open the presents, it never did us any harm.

Just wondered what other juicers thought about this ?

Mike.

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by andy@ Doughty Garden Maintenance on December 19, 2011 at 21:14
I am on tree callout at my manor house contract as they have woods that are next to the road, they would only call me out on Christmas if it was an absolute emergency, and yes I would go. I would also help out any of my elderly customers if they needed it.
Permalink Reply by Matt Brown on December 19, 2011 at 21:52

i'm sure none of my customers would call me on christmas day but if absolutely neccesary i propbably would help out. i am 20 miles away from my customers though so i doubt in an emergency i would be of any use

Permalink Reply by briggsandscrapem on December 27, 2011 at 21:11

Well a lot more would work it than i thought so it just goes to show how much juicers are prepared do to help their clients out.

Now its over, did anyone work ? ? ?


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Mick Gammage on December 27, 2011 at 21:40

not christmas day but i did work boxing day on a job that had to be done whilst no cars were driving onto a commercial site, the job was adjacent to the barrier at the entrance and the block paving had moved due to the tarmac holding it in place and had fallen apart

we lifted the block paving, relaid it and put a concrete strip 300mm wide to hold it all together

if it had meant doing this job on christmas day then I would of had no hesitation what so ever in working

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