A Roofers Life

Hi! Got up around 6:30 am this morning and began planning my day. Mapping out leads/estimates i needed to run before some jackleg beat me to the draw and snagged up a couple of jobs that could of been mine. Finally got it all ready and headed for the truck about 8 a.m. As soon as i backed out of the garage i get the word the secretary is sick and will not be working today. She was supposed to run a couple errands for me ( as in pick up a check and do a deposit so i can make payroll tomorrow ) Well i had to delay my bids and head to the office to get the info to call and collect and then go to the bank and make a deposit. Got it, came back out but no answer so i just left a message. Picked up my cell phone to call my first lead and set the time ( preferrably now ) but before i could dial my crew leader called from the supply house saying they did not have all of the shingle color i had put in the order for the day before. So back to the office to straighten that out. Call around and try to find out who has it and who's gonna take it to the job. They also only had enough of another color i needed to deliver 1 job instead of both other jobs. Finally got that straighted out but then said supplier called saying my account was maxed for the month so would have to come down and pay upfront! lol So i did that. By now it was lunch time so i grabbed a burger and hit the freeway. Couldn't contact any of my leads at this time so i stopped in for the oil change i was 4000 miles overdue for before my motor blew up. Tried contacting leads again to no avail ( 6 different leads 0 phone calls answered ) left messages with all 6. Decided to go the office and catch up on calls etc. while i wait for a call back from a lead. Did all that but still no one had called back. Said to heck with it and decided to just get the haircut i was a month overdue for ( could barely see through the bangs ) and then go home and cut the grass. 4 of the 6 leads calls back as im on the way to the barber shop. lol Lined them up for tomorrow. After the hair cut i decided i would try the other 2 leads again to finish the day. Was really sick of it all at this point but felt i had not done enough yet on the day. Contacted one 20 miles away at rush hour traffic time and it took an hour to get to his house. ( But as good fortune would have it i made the sale ) Was really stressed out by now and made a lare exhale sigh of relief as i knew i could now go home. lol Phone rings. Its the inspection/collection i need for payroll tomorrow saying they are going out of town in the morning. lol So head all the way across town to take care of that. Get held up there for over an hour but did manage to collect. Now back to the office to make a work order for the job i sold and get a deposit slip. Made the mistake of checking the mail box and adding 45 more minutes to my list. lol Got home finally at 8 p.m. to learn from the lovely Mrs. Willie that a customer had filed a complaint with the BBB. It was a bogus complaint where this lady "thought" she "may" have a leak because of seeing some sheetrock nail heads on her 40 year old ceilings. lol Filed a response on the computer trying to defend my company's precious reputation! Finally ended it all around 10 p.m. Oh well just another 14 hour day in roofers paradise! lol>>>

Well done Willie,

A day like that shows just how fexible you are, in that 14 hours you wore a lot of hats;

Business man planning the day.

Truck driver collecting materials etc.

Accounts department.

Secretarial duties.

Roofer (repair).

Salesman.

Fleet maintenance supervisor.

Personal grooming.

40 Squares ? Proof you can still have a sense of humor :)

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Thanks for that reply gkr. You are absolutely right. I was just having one of those days when i made this post. Took 14 hours to do what seemed like a little bit of nothing. I had my day all planned and mapped out but due to other things popping up all day long one after another i was unable to even start on the first thing i had planned until around 2 p.m. Very stressfull as i had been working those longe hours for several days in a row. But the end result was very good. I got it all done by the end of the week. And all those things were necessary to get there. P.S. let me see if i can get my last reply a little more truthfully accurate. I could have put on 20 sq. in the same 14 hours but not been able to work for the next 2 days after that. lol>>>

Hey! I could of nailed on 40 squares in the same 14 hours! lol>>>

Gosh, what a day. Makes me feel guilty for sitting around all day snacking on the bon-bons.

Yeah, right.

LOL :S :woohoo:>>>

Ya know, you would think that business being as it was.....that your distributor would have given you the courtesy of a little "let it slide" , and not held up your crew. If I couldn't have that type of consideration from an outside rep, I would find one that could. If you went over your limits, that either means that your buying more this month, or your shipping way too far in advance. Either way...they're stopping you from doing business, but maybe the girl i the office would have handled that for you, and it's just a bad day...!

Yes...working is more pleasureable than chasing....but when rigimortis sets in while your still alive......life can be a .....pain.>>>

Ha! Ha! Ha! Good one! Well, the 15 years i did work on the roof all day long were not anywhere near as stressfull as this B.S. or maybe it was becuase i was much younger. What the hell do i know i'm just a roofer! lol Oh i forgot the part about the crew calling for wood during all the rest! lol P.S. The driving is not a big deal its handling all the incoming b.s. while doing so. lol P.P.s. I did do one repair i forgot to mention! Does that qualify as working? :woohoo: Triple P.S. I did 2 tear offs by myself back in the winter when it was slow to dead. Man it sure was peaceful. That is until i was awaken at 3 a.m. with both legs cramping in excruciating pain! lol>>>