called a plumber to fix a leak in our ceiling.
he arrives. $250 just to "diagnose"
turns out it's some valve thing.
easy fix.
i see him writing out a paper invoice.
i chuckle. so quaint.
i tell him "you should be using AI for that."
"what?" he says.
"yeah, you should get a mac mini and set up openclaw and automate all of this with your own personal ai agents" i say.
"huh?" he says.
clearly he's not getting it... I clarify in simple terms: "you're writing invoices by hand using paper. you're handing me a physical piece of paper for my invoice. this should all be digital. you can have your ai agents automatically generate invoices you verbally dictate into your phone via a telegram chat with your own personal ai workforce. they can handle billing too. this is just really inefficient and you're wasting time. time is money, after all."
"ok. i'm going to go fix your leak now" he says.
maybe he's finally starting to get it??
the job takes 15 minutes.
he hands me the invoice. it's $2500. plus the $250 "diagnosis."
i stare at the total.
$2750.
he looks at me and says “you’re right, time is money.”
then he adds one more line to the invoice... a discount...
$5 off for “AI consultation fee”
