Ahh, so noobs and coursers ALL getting labled as being chancers, fking up the trade, undercutting the pros, driving down prices and turning out shite work is banter.. more fool me for biting then.. I should have known really but as its a common theme in a lot of threads about the state of the trade etc I didnt see the hidden bait.
Theres a thread in the "Place to meet n say hello" forum called New Members where post #4 reads
"BUt still none the less everybody needs to be nice and make them feel welcome!
Chancer, courser, full time spread, diy'er they all need to be respected (to a point ;-))"
PS - Im generalising here wiganlad, this is in no way aimed at you or any one person in particular.. its just an observation and as a courser I am fighting my corner, losing battle i know ;-)
You will always have people with the attitude of 'If you can't do what I can do you are just a chancer, a courser, a DIY-er, a cowboy or whatever, how dare you come onto MY forum asking questions'
That's just how it is :-0 and here's why, in my opinion.............
It's very annoying for people - myself included - who are full-time or Self Employed Plasterers and are losing work (their livelihoods) to people who have done a weeks course instead of serving an 'apprenticeship' of 3 to 4 years learning the game, on sh*te money.
The chancers & coursers won't last long on site (if they can even get on), as their lack of speed/know-how would soon see them kicked into touch, so this applies mainly to domestic jobs.
The mind-set of a lot of The Great British Public is that they don't want to pay any more than they have to. (You only need to look at your own town centre to see this effect every day, with shops closing down as The Great British Public flock to the supermarkets instead). So when they hear that 'Joe Bloggs is cheap' they jump in, only to realise afterwards that they have indeed been mugged:RpS_mad: where the guy they employed 'thinks' he has left a good job but in reality he hasn't.
I don't & won't condemn anyone who is having a go to make a pound or two - good luck to them:RpS_thumbup:...........but they've got to do it right!
Perhaps we need a system in place similar to the gas-fitters 'CORGI' scheme, backed up by a massive public awareness campaign so that 'Joe Bloggs' & his trowel wouldn't get through the front door without a ticket. The major pitfall here though is that a dodgy plastering job ain't gonna kill anybody - unlike gas - so TGBP aren't too fussed if they think they're gonna save money, BUT - it will stop a lot of 'dodgy tradesmen' quoting for jobs they aren't entitled to quote for, in my opinion.
I know that a lot of folks just sign up to forums for information - it's the questions that make a forum good (and funny at times!) and it's also what annoys some of the regulars as they are gaining a good insight as well as FREE information, so - if you've read this right to the end you owe me a quid - paypal will do nicely ta:RpS_thumbup:
And me cuppa tea's gone cold:RpS_scared:
Thinking about it, I used to get a mag off a Plasterers Federation, are they still on the go?
