After he paid his overtime labor burden, and after hours operating expenses, he most likely lost money, and din't realize it.
A local high rise complex maint super was telling me just about all the service contractors charge a min $300 just to look at the problem, then get $200 to 300 an hour per man, he said the electrical contractors are just about the only group they can play with and jerk around, they will jump every hoop just to secure a crumb of work.
