Quoting a Job: Think you Got it Hard?

I marvel at the late English steeplejack, Fred Dibnah, who’s work was highlighted a number of years back by the BBC’s Made in Britain. I’ve always loved to listen to Fred ramble on as he goes about his work at high altitudes with little to no protection.

Here, he can be seen painstakingly putting up a series of maybe 20 ladders just to inspect the chimney so he can prepare a quotation for services. So the next time you complain about the effort it takes to put a quotation together, have a look at this wonderful short: