PaulK scribbled:

About 6 years ago, I was doing jobbing work in Wimbledon Village and
charging £10/hour to a client in 1.5 acre garden, 6/8 bed house in the
centre of the village. (Value then??? £5M??) They went off for a
weekend and came back telling me that their "friends in the country
only pay £4/hour for their gardener", and clearly expected me to
reduce my rates : Our relationship did not survive very long....
about 30 seconds!

Thats because those who can afford to pay want something for nothing , but
having said that they also pay their child minders less than their
gardeners.

I am an aircraft technician, due to the lack of thos jobs in my area I have
been working for £5/hr for the last six months through an agency and some of
those jobs have been paying me more than permanent staff. Ho hum!

Steve R
North Wilts