.For the last two days, my shower has been leaking. I put a bucket underneath to capture the water which I then dumped into the tub for future use. After all, I am paying for the water anyway so instead it going down the drain, I can use it for something else! This workaround requires me to dump the container every few hours making sure that I don’t spill it on the trip between the standup shower and the tub.
Drip, drip, drip
I told my husband two days ago about it. First he suggested calling the handyman. Since it is a holiday weekend and the situation is not an emergency, there is no point; we wouldn’t see him until Tuesday anyway.
Drip, drip, drip
So I asked my husband can he just fix it himself. He hasn’t had time in the last two days, but he did this morning. He went to his toolbox, grabbed a wrench and fixed it…or so I thought! He fixes all kinds of stuff so I thought it would be a piece of cake. It turns out that he doesn’t have the right tool after all.
Drip, drip, drip
So our current situation is this:
Like many business owners with no specialized expertise in a particular area, I am still doing the workaround trying to avoid the extra costs.
My husband is frustrated because he couldn’t solve this issue. He is no plumber or handyman but he knows related stuff. When business owners have an issue, we go to an employee or a friend who knows related stuff. We get them to tackle it and realize that they may not have the time, the tools or the expertise to resolve it.
Now we are waiting for the handyman who we won’t see until Tuesday at the earliest. Like a plumber, he has the time, tools and expertise but without the high cost. If my pipe was busted, I would call the plumber but this issue is short-term so the cost of a plumber is not justified.
Many small business consultants are like the handyman, they get the short-term issue resolved at a lower cost. If you have a long-term issue like busted pipe or perhaps a regulatory or IRS issue, you call in the plumber, lawyer or accountant, not the handyman.
Drip, drip, drip
So now, we will wait until Tuesday, pay a few bucks and hope to have the issue resolved by the outside expert who has the time, tools and expertise to get it done.
More to come…
Drip, drip, drip
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