Well, the way I see it is this - all the complaining about them probably won't help your case if they figure out who you are. But that aside, truly, if for *you* they are so rude and painful to work for, why not just do a job for someone who appreciates you and your efforts more, probably pays better, and take the cash from that shop and go see a movie on your own?
For me, they are fine. I choose only shops I get a direct benefit from, very infrequently (about once a month,) have always been treated politely, have never gotten an early morning call from them even though they are on the EC and I am in HI, and they always take the "no' I mainly say gracefully. But maybe the folks who deal with my area are nicer than some there. I do only seem to talk to one or two of the same people all the time. Oh yea, and they pay fast. But if they were rude to me or slow to pay, I am sure I would pay for my own movie another way. Life is too short for "it" to come from my hide-I really don;t get why you want "it" to come from yours.
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