Whats the hardest Arb job ?

[Stephen Blair]

etc alongside whatever drunk or junkie they dragged out of the pub to make the numbers up.

 

ha ha priceless:laugh1:

[Sam Thompson]

Agreed, and clients who are too tight/ thick to offer you a cup of tea when you are hanging out of your hoop

 

True.

[john p]

Staying positive and being able to motivate your team when both you and them know that the job that your boss has sent you on is clearly undermanned and the final touches needed to finish the job and achieve the customers expectation is that part of the day where you are grafting past home time knowing that you wont have any extra in your wage packet because "we dont pay overtime!"

 

you on about a exeter company weve both worked for grant??

[mattpete]

the boss

[grumpydavesmith]

Getting the mrs to understand that I can't always finish on time and that I can't always immediately reply to her txts!

[AlexB]

Forestry, tonage rate felling. You start sweating at 7 am and stop half an hour after your shower in the evening.

[swinny]

Getting the mrs to understand that I can't always finish on time and that I can't always immediately reply to her txts!

 

haha, if you work that out then please can you let me know

[Chris Sheppard]

Forestry, tonage rate felling. You start sweating at 7 am and stop half an hour after your shower in the evening.

 

Did originally read it as swearing rather than sweating - either would suit

[Sam Thompson]

Forestry, tonage rate felling. You start sweating at 7 am and stop half an hour after your shower in the evening.

 

If you the words Western Hemlock to that you have my idea of hell!

[Big Joe]

Shortwooding at £13/tonne was hard, pruning Xmas trees pretty horrible, managing Sitka plantations to help the rich limit their taxable liabilities very grim, Variations on Utility contract across England & Wales just hideous, but the toughest by far is Council Arb Officer: several reminders every day of just how ignorant of trees the general public truly are...