Provider phones: never work properly
Hobbyist phones: work great all the time
Provider cars: always getting flats and breaking down
Hobbyist cars: run perfect all the time
Provider alarm clocks: always going on the fritz
Hobbyist alarm clocks: work perfect all the time
Providers kids: get sick quite often
Hobbyist kids: fit as fiddles
Providers Parents: always showing up unannounced at their front door at 9pm on a Sunday night
Hobbyist Parents: never show up unannounced always call first
Providers Parents: always flying in at ABIA unannounced and 30 minutes after we agree on a BCD time
Hobbyist Parents: never fly to ABIA unannounced
Providers Cycles: Aunt Flo always showing up at the wrong time
Hobbyist Cycles: well we dont have one.. ( :
those are just off the top of my head, feel free to add or subtract from these..
and this is not directed at one particular person its more of an amalgam of years of being a Hobbyist