When one does occasional menial-work oneself: 1. It is tax free, and therefore worth somewhat more. 2. It is supervision-cost free, and therefore worth somewh

When one does occasional menial-work oneself: 1. It is tax free, and therefore worth somewhat more. 2. It is supervision-cost free, and therefore worth somewhat more. 3. It is hiring-cost free, and therefore worth somewhat more. 4. It doesn't show up as a business expense, otherwise potentially costing thousands or millions of dollars at exit. 5. It is not necessarily done as slowly or as sloppily as by the typical $10/hr worker. It might very well be done four times as fast. 6. The security risk/cost of having a once-in-a-while worker (who could be casing the place, or spying, or actively stealing while there {a lot of thieves admit they get car-keys this way}) in one's home or business is avoided.