Landscape Artistes In A Knot Over Collecting Dues
By Rosli Abidin Yahya

Bandar Seri Begawan - Grass cutters are lamenting over the difficulty they are faced with whets it comes to collecting their dues from certain homeowners.

They say that when the job is completed, the homeowners pull off disappearing acts or cough up excuses.

"The occupants would request us to trim their compounds. When we seek payment after the job is done, they would ask us to come back the next day, saying they have not yet withdrawn cash from the bank."

"However, when we returned the next day, no one was there to answer the door."

"Sometimes, the maid would answer the door and inform us that her employer was out."

"Time is of the essence to us. We have to move elsewhere to offer our services. We cannot afford to wait for the owners to return home," they lamented. "We need the money to feed ourselves and our families."

They, however, stressed that not all homeowners are guilty of such acts. "It happens at a rate of one in 10," they said, adding that they normally charge between $15 to $25 to trim the garden within the compound of a house.  -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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