So, after many trials and tribbulations, I'm back. But I'm now working for myself in a small country town in New South Wales. No bosses or management is wonderful, but there's plenty of SC's.
One of which is a regular customer. He has an acquired brain injury from a bad virus, which makes him slightly slower than other people, but he's very switched on about normal life. Until he needs to use a computer, that is.
Every other week, he has a problem with his computers. The screen needs adjusting, his internet isn't connecting, etc. You get the idea. So at least once every 10 days, I'll be around there to twiddle with his computer for him.
Now, I grew up in this town and know how things work, so I don't mind local customers offering to pay me in ways other than cash. A box of veges here, a couple of drinks there, and so on. But a phonecall from regular customer today suggests I may need to rethink.
He wanted me to accept a bale of wool.
While this would be ok with other people, I don't have the contacts to translate it into hard cash. So I had to decline, which is a bit of a shame given decent wool prices at the moment.
One of which is a regular customer. He has an acquired brain injury from a bad virus, which makes him slightly slower than other people, but he's very switched on about normal life. Until he needs to use a computer, that is.
Every other week, he has a problem with his computers. The screen needs adjusting, his internet isn't connecting, etc. You get the idea. So at least once every 10 days, I'll be around there to twiddle with his computer for him.
Now, I grew up in this town and know how things work, so I don't mind local customers offering to pay me in ways other than cash. A box of veges here, a couple of drinks there, and so on. But a phonecall from regular customer today suggests I may need to rethink.
He wanted me to accept a bale of wool.
While this would be ok with other people, I don't have the contacts to translate it into hard cash. So I had to decline, which is a bit of a shame given decent wool prices at the moment.
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