Now 'services' at your fingertips!

You have been waiting two days for your plumber to come and repair the clogged bathroom? Or maybe the electrician did a shoddy job and your entire home is now a “shock” zone? Or how about this – your bai constantly comes up with innovative excuses to take a holiday, leaving your entire schedule in a lurch?

In India, we have help for everything but what we face is also poor quality of service. Even those providing the service, often have complaints about how they are mistreated or exploited – too much work and less pay. And trying to make this very core and central relationship even more better are three apps – Timesaverz, Hands and Taskbob. At the click of a mouse or button, all three provide all services – cleaning, repairs, handyman, errands, pest-control and even grooming. You select your city, select the service you need, at what time and you will get that specified ‘agent’. All these agents have been background checked to ensure that the service is provided by trusted people who are 100% accountable for quality service. You can give your feedback and even the agents can come back and give their feedback. This way, both are accountable to behave responsibly. Payment is listed as per the service required and you can it up online or you can issue a cheque.

Sounds great! But for this kind of service to take off will require some more time. Maybe the newer generation might prefer this route but the older, used to their own set of helps, might take a while to shift. No doubts though, this might just be the way ahead in the future.