Quote Originally Posted by nike123 View Post
I agree, fair comment.


What about:
You need to go on service call 3,5 hours of driving to site and 3,5 hours back. You came to site, open your lunch box and take your lunch pause. Than you say hello to customer and tell him that you need to drive 3,5 hours back and your working day is finished as stated by law? (i know it is little exaggerated but it illustrate my point)
Would you ask him to sign your working order?
Would you ask from your boss to rent room and rest since you cannot get home in working hours if you start your service job? You still wont be with your dearest that day?
How many driving hours you call fair?
Could you give some economic solution for above situation and in same time that you are not working more than 8 hours per day/40 hours per week and, in same time, that that solution is satisfactory to your customer?
Would you be satisfied with salary of same amount as some clerk in state job for that 40 hours per week "no matter what"?

We tried it here in Croatia for 50 years of socialism. It appear that that doesn't work since peoples are driven by natural laws and not for general prosperity.

P.S.
Nothing personal my dear friend. It is not addressed to you or anybody else here. Just another point of view.
Maybe I should use other pronoun instead of "you"?
Your ok mate - I dont take it as me personally

To sum up an answer for your questions,

I expect to be availble for 16 hours a day

including work & travel

I will do that for 2 days on the bounce - no quibble

next day I expect to do max 12 - so I can catch up on some sleep

and then I'll do 2 more days of 16 hours

Its all about give and take - give what you can

then time to rest

I dont drink (no more) maybe once in a blue moon

The only thing I do weekdays is work or RE (or as mad would say "get a bl*w job of the mrs)

Then weekends are normally free for work aswell unless I have done too many hours already

And every 2-3 weeks on a sunday I do motocross

So I do play fair - I am nearly always available for work