FILE № 005OF 011DEPT: trades
“While you’re here, could you also…” and the margin’s gone.
The receipt · case 05Every file in the fix →
- Evidence
- a paraphrase · no quote on file
- Fix
- $35 · once
- Inside
- 7 files, README
The job grows by half an hour, then an hour, and the price never moves.
Not a quote. A pattern these owners describe constantly, written in my words.Saying no in the moment is awkward, so you say yes. The extra work is real; the extra money never gets written down, so it never gets paid.
Puts the add-on in writing, a clean scope plus a change order, before it quietly eats the job.
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