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Some of my memorable 'after hours' work:
Driving up to Sisters Hotel on a Friday night to repair a broken boat trailer tongue - and then having to deal with a drunk friend of the 'group leader' of the weekend guys' fishing trip who thought I was charging too much. This was easy though as I told the 'leader' to shut his boy up NOW or I leave.
Another boat trailer tongue repair on a Sunday and they guy telling me when I was done he had no money to pay me. I left with a Stevens 16 ga. shotgun from that deal.
Welding a battery box for a guy building a motorhome on a new years day (but this I agreed to when he called me the previous day eve and ASKED if I would do it) Then he had sandwiches, a half rack of Deschutes Brewery Beer for when I was done and handed me basically double in cash what I estimated.
Responding to a Redmond business on a Friday night to disassemble and take back to my shop a stainless steel oven door to repair a broken hinge, then meet him at six AM the following Saturday morning to reassemble it so he would be up and running for the weekend - and then ask me for a bill (when I saw his till full of cash when he opened it)
Answering my phone one Saturday morning at five am and the guy was talking to me like it was ten AM on a weekday. He needed something repaired and he was very sincere, just didn't seem cognizant that it was five AM. I asked him politely if he could at least wait until I got up and dressed and had coffee, and he said "Oh I am sorry for calling so early and when can I come over" I told him seven would be great.
My point? You need to be flexible as a small business owner but not allow anyone to take advantage of you.
Well said!!