When is it whining?

I went through this with cylinder heads. two years in a row i dropped a set off in January right after new years. guy had the 2 months plus each time. Id call hed say "oh yeah I can finish them up this week..." Its like I understand he works on them here and there but Id wait and wait then when I called hed quick finish them up...now what if I needed them for my daily driver...? I was able to be patient but...anyway now I have two sets of heads redone and a grand plus set out between both of them so....but the thig is hes close and there arent machine shops on every corner so...if the guy is good and price is right...ya may have to be patient also its no 1990 anymore alot of folks are retiring young guys arent taking up the trade either... which kind of irks me also...there arent any machine shops yet used machine equipment is expensive...