At about 6:30 this evening I and a coworker finished up a big job. It involved removing an electric water heater and installing two gas ones in its place. We probably spent twenty four man-hours on it if you include the time it took to hunt down various necessary components.<\/p>\n
I tallied up the receipts tonight. It looks like we cleared $210. My coworker will get $200, since it was my job and he was helping me. It isn’t his fault that I underestimated the job.<\/p>\n
The customer got a bargain. I got a lesson in careful estimating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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