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[Lazydocker]

Josh, IMO you should stick with it for at least another 2-3 years... I still haven't managed to get the perfect replacement for my car

But on a serious note... You have to be happy. Life is far too short to be miserable/unhappy. Yes, there are people we have to deal with who are unpleasant (I mean, we have to put up with STOM on here! ) but just push through.

At the end of the day, you are the only person who can make the decision though. If you want to chat, you know where I am

[Vamps]

Josh, IMO you should stick with it for at least another 2-3 years... I still haven't managed to get the perfect replacement for my car

But on a serious note... You have to be happy. Life is far too short to be miserable/unhappy. Yes, there are people we have to deal with who are unpleasant (I mean, we have to put up with STOM on here! ) but just push through.

At the end of the day, you are the only person who can make the decision though. If you want to chat, you know where I am

In any Job you will have that, in mine it is about 50to 75% are aggressive or challenging aggressively, this week I have been told to make sure I have 'Security' at a meeting we need to have...wtf Another situation where I have a meeting on Thursday that could become difficult......and mean working for some years with them.....

Some good news today, I can't say but the perpetrator has died......

[tidla]

my two pennies worth.

as a self employed grease monkey, i work on both hgv and plg motors. hgv is on site. do the work, leave, send an invoice and hopefully recieve in the post. calls in office hours.

the other side of the coin is the private customer (almost like car sales).
they would ring/want service at all times of the day(full of beer, knock at the door). i now have the workshop at a seperate location from my home, customers i know, i dont see. they leave the car , i repair , they get the money to me.
as for car sales, may be a cheap lock up on a farm. seen some very sucessful busineses work this way.
office hours. call out of hours, it up to you depending how you feel, other wise ring back in hours as a missed call.

[TheBoy]

So you can compare, Mr Wyatt, my day today, people I've had to converse with, either by face-to-face, phone, email or IM, would break down as follows:

Pleasant and helpful (or having capacity to understand, if its them asking for assistance): 10%
Pleasant, but just plain incompitent/stupid: 25%
Arrogant tossers who prefer their own voice to getting a resolution to an issue: 40%
Arrogant and stupid (but not included above): 20%
Immediate Colleagues: 5%


Today was slightly unusual, in that a couple of the conference calls about an issue had too many managers trying to suck each other off than get a meaningful resolution to an issue - normally these particular tosspots stay well clear, but once very senior management started to get involved, the wannabe 'nobodys' all wanted a quick gobble of trouser sausage, delaying a fix.




So if you're only suffering with 10% R-souls, you are very lucky.

[Auto Addict]

So you can compare, Mr Wyatt, my day today, people I've had to converse with, either by face-to-face, phone, email or IM, would break down as follows:

Pleasant and helpful (or having capacity to understand, if its them asking for assistance): 10%
Pleasant, but just plain incompitent/stupid: 25%
Arrogant tossers who prefer their own voice to getting a resolution to an issue: 40%
Arrogant and stupid (but not included above): 20%
Immediate Colleagues: 5%


Today was slightly unusual, in that a couple of the conference calls about an issue had too many managers trying to suck each other off than get a meaningful resolution to an issue - normally these particular tosspots stay well clear, but once very senior management started to get involved, the wannabe 'nobodys' all wanted a quick gobble of trouser sausage, delaying a fix.




So if you're only suffering with 10% R-souls, you are very lucky.

Had a good day then

[tunnie]

So you can compare, Mr Wyatt, my day today, people I've had to converse with, either by face-to-face, phone, email or IM, would break down as follows:

Pleasant and helpful (or having capacity to understand, if its them asking for assistance): 10%
Pleasant, but just plain incompitent/stupid: 25%
Arrogant tossers who prefer their own voice to getting a resolution to an issue: 40%
Arrogant and stupid (but not included above): 20%
Immediate Colleagues: 5%


Today was slightly unusual, in that a couple of the conference calls about an issue had too many managers trying to suck each other off than get a meaningful resolution to an issue - normally these particular tosspots stay well clear, but once very senior management started to get involved, the wannabe 'nobodys' all wanted a quick gobble of trouser sausage, delaying a fix.




So if you're only suffering with 10% R-souls, you are very lucky.

Very similar % here 

[Radar]

Josh,

You too have given so much to the OOF.
I would do your sums, see what your 1st year accounts are and compare that to what you could earn in the open market. Obviously the first year is the hardest so if the figures are quite close it would be worth pursuing the trade route. A bit of diversification might help (e.g. specialist parts - irmschers etc.. for a few car types or a service to find a dedicated spec. of car) If you don't already have one a simple web page could be good and register with the free internet / free paper  search engines, google maps etc.. using key words like used cars oxfordshire for example. I would also recommend keeping your overheads as low as possible - this is key.

Unfortunately in all businesses you have to deal with awkward characters - i would suggest to have in your mind a bottom figure for each vehicle and anything under that could be met with a "thats the price and its up to you"

Best of fortune for the future