Calling In A Roofer

A friend of ours dropped by last night when she had to wait out on her son's hockey practice close to our house. One spot on the living room wall seemed to have caught her eye and it clearly showed a leak from the above. We needed a roofer!

I called the first guy on the newspaper I grabbed.

Me: Can you come and check on our roof today?
Roofer A: Sorry, not today. It's raining.
Me: Oh, really. I didn't know it's raining, not at this part of the town, just cloudy.
Roofer A: Yea, it's raining.
Me: What about tomorrow?
Roofer A: No, I am also busy tomorrow.
Me: What about sometime in the next few days?
Roofer A: I am very busy lately. I have alot of return customers and referrals.
... ...

So I called the second guy on the list.

Me: Hi, it's raining outside. Do you go on the roof today?
Roofer B: Of course. That's when people start calling me.

I don't know why. If I had a choice, I probably would have used Roofer A. Anyways, Roofer B came in the afternoon and got it fixed. If more leak occurs, he will be back for free. According to him, our roof will have at least another 8 years to live. That was quite an accurate estimate as we knew the time when this one was replaced. Hopely no roofer calling in the next 8 years.

One question still lingers in my mind: Do roofers go on a roof or not, on a rainy day?