Doing “favors” as a business owner can sometimes work in your favor. But it can also come with a few risks. You could end up wasting valuable time or money, or even losing your (bigger-paying) regular clients. Many people flat-out refuse to do work as a favor. Others chance it.
An engineer has told how he agreed to help a friend’s in-laws with their home renovations. He’d been tipped off that the MIL could be quite difficult. But he totally underestimated her ability to make his job, and life, a living hell. The entitled woman treated him like a servant, snapping her fingers at him, and making difficult demands. When she went from “rude” to “incredibly hostile,” the engineer decided to teach her a lesson in humility.
Having a rude and difficult client can test even the most patient person’s limits
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But when that client is being charged a tenth of the usual price, it takes things to a whole new level
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