Certain accents not worth quoting for?

[peterhyper]

I have come to the point that I no longer even waste my time quoting when I hear Certain accents who call me. No disrespect to any accent but I have concluded that I have wasted far too much of my time over the years not having the majority of my quotes accepted or wanting discount to the point it's just not worth doing the job.

I won't say what accents I am referring to as that wouldn't be PC, but I am happy to work for anyone including Zulu warriors providing they don't waste my time (not that I do many quotes for zulu warriors).

Am I leaving myself open for criticism admitting this terrrible thing, and should I continue wasting my time just to remain PC?

 

[peterhyper]

Have you actually logged every (or even most) calls you recieve and quotes you provide, and whether they have the accent you refer to, and if they have led to a sale/job. And then analysed the data to come up with the figures you mention? Or have you just thought back and estimated how many of these quotes have been succesuful for either catagory.

A pre existing predudice (perhaps originating from bad experiences with those possesing the accent to which you refer), may cause you to subcontiously remember more of the failed quotes from the acentees and more of the sucesful quotes from the others.

Yes, every call logged and the data analysed.

 

[ipf]

Yes, every call logged and the data analysed.

Blimey!....mine have been going on for well over 40 years....and come from bad experiences....and won court cases.....with certain argumentative parts of the community who simply would not pay for agreed work done.
When logging was part of laying railway lines and data was a badly spelt name for a numeric day of the month.

 

[Baddegg]

To suggest I'm prejudiced is interesting and rather presumptuous. Of course everyone is different, of course there is good and bad in all people of all accents, cultures, religions etc etc.

After many years I concluded that I only got around a third of jobs I quoted to people with certain accents, but yet my quotes were accepted by two thirds of people without those accents, plus no wanting dicounts (and they would provide the cable etc).

I always clearly and transparently make my rates known and that I don't haggle (and it's the same price if they want to pay cash)

I charge the same rate to people regardless of their accent, and I am always friendly, polite and decent, but you have concluded that it must be down to me being prejudiced.

I would be interested to know how you make your rates clear before you turn up to quote someone, because how can you quote them if you haven't even seen the job, with the exception of some jobs such as fault finding which is an hourly rate?

That’s the trouble with this country at the moment Peter.....if your opinion differs from the perceived vocal minority you must be racist....prejudiced....doesn’t matter that your personal life experiences have led you to form this opinion if you voice it you’re going to hell

 

[Squid]

Those with a builder’s accent seem to be the worst of all

Nah, man bun effeminate vegan electricians or the ones tatted up with the kids names spelt incorrectly on their sleeve tattoo, usually in London a Millwall or West Ham supporter, take your pick.

 

[Squid]

That’s the trouble with this country at the moment Peter.....if your opinion differs from the perceived vocal minority you must be racist....prejudiced....doesn’t matter that your personal life experiences have led you to form this opinion if you voice it you’re going to hell

Shut it four eyes ;o))))))))

 

[telectrix]

this whole pc crap has gone out of hand. now we get people who want their new born brat "gender neutral" and won't call it he or she, how does a child feel being known as "It"?

 

[telectrix]

Nah, man bun effeminate vegan electricians or the ones tatted up with the kids names spelt incorrectly on their sleeve tattoo, usually in London a Millwall or West Ham supporter, take your pick.

a londoner mentioning bad spelling.... that's a joke. when "isn't it" is spelt down there as "innit". then again, in Polish it would have several skis and zeds innit.

 

[Baddegg]

Peter.....you did mean the scouse accent didn’t you?

 

[telectrix]

Peter.....you did mean the scouse accent didn’t you?

OI! there's yardarms in portsmouth.

 

[Baddegg]

Sorry tel couldn’t resist...

 

[telectrix]

haha. funny though it's a scouser non-payer i'm taking to court.

 

[Charlie_]

Recently whilst visiting loved ones in hospital I paid no notice whatsoever to the accents of those people trying their best to save the lives of all the patients within their care..

 

[telectrix]

best GP i ever had was Indian. not only was he a brilliant doctor, but i got a load of electrical and alarm work at his house and surgery

 

[Baddegg]

OI! there's yardarms in portsmouth.

I know tel once the suns past em we start drinking n fighting!

 

[telectrix]

i was thinking more along the lines of hanging from them.