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OK, guys, I'd like some input on this...
I petsit as a way to make a bit of extra money now in then. For a cat for one visit a day (about 30 minutes of time with the animal) I charge generally $5, never had a job last more than 2 weeks in a row.
A woman wants me to take care of her cat. She and her husband are going to Ohio because he needs a lung transplant. However, they do not know when they will have to go and will probably only be able to give me 24 hrs notice.
They will be gone for 2 months at least. (I'm guessing more, seeing as how its medical).
The woman told me she'll pay me $100 a month, I'd normally make $150. So at this point I'm thinking, OK, I may still take the job.
But I find out she expects me to come 2 times a day (morning and evening) for $100/month.
This will most likely happen in winter, when we have 2 feet snow on the ground and I can't bike, so walking there will take me 20 minutes each way... that's 80 minutes a day, plus the visiting time, comes to 140 minutes a day.
So what I would normally charge would be something like $8/day for the two visits, which would come to around $240/month...
So here's my question:
Should I
A) Take the job as a good deed for someone in hard circumstances... or
B) Decline the job, knowing I already have a busy schedule and I'll have to get up early and spend lots of time walking and get crappy pay (I could use $100, but the work's not worth the money IMO).
What do you guys think?
I petsit as a way to make a bit of extra money now in then. For a cat for one visit a day (about 30 minutes of time with the animal) I charge generally $5, never had a job last more than 2 weeks in a row.
A woman wants me to take care of her cat. She and her husband are going to Ohio because he needs a lung transplant. However, they do not know when they will have to go and will probably only be able to give me 24 hrs notice.
They will be gone for 2 months at least. (I'm guessing more, seeing as how its medical).
The woman told me she'll pay me $100 a month, I'd normally make $150. So at this point I'm thinking, OK, I may still take the job.
But I find out she expects me to come 2 times a day (morning and evening) for $100/month.
This will most likely happen in winter, when we have 2 feet snow on the ground and I can't bike, so walking there will take me 20 minutes each way... that's 80 minutes a day, plus the visiting time, comes to 140 minutes a day.
So what I would normally charge would be something like $8/day for the two visits, which would come to around $240/month...
So here's my question:
Should I
A) Take the job as a good deed for someone in hard circumstances... or
B) Decline the job, knowing I already have a busy schedule and I'll have to get up early and spend lots of time walking and get crappy pay (I could use $100, but the work's not worth the money IMO).
What do you guys think?
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