Cheeky Builders.

gunsandbanjos

pimento wrote: »

At least if the electricity if off, their drill won't work.

It will if it is cordless;)

timbo58

Don't know why you couldn't have tackled the issue like an adult and when the builder asked for tea, said, 'Normally I would have supplied you with some hot water so you can have a brew (ie no way would I start making tea for them!) but not after waking my daughter at 6.30am I'm afraid!
If you agree to not start anything noisy until a reasonable hour in future, I'll supply hot water when it's convenient.

liam8282

I think the OP was a bit miffed at 6.30am when their daughter was awaken by the drill.

But by the time they had woken up properly and the tea incident happened, they had realised it is not the end of the world being woken up early and not worth starting an argument over.

The builders are there to do a job and they have been a bit inconsiderate, that's all. Maybe because the house was empty, they don't know who lives next door and where bedrooms etc. are situated, they didn't exactly think they were doing anything wrong.

Most of the posts by the OP come across as a bit tongue in cheek to me, but some people seem to have taken them as though the OP was somehow scared of the builders and should have gone round and "sorted em out" :rotfl:.

Yes I can see why the OP felt the need to vent on here and yes it could easily have been sorted out with a quick chat with the builders, but no there isn't any need for a big debate about what the OP should or shouldn't do nor is there any need for a slanging match in their street or a confrontation with the builders.

Outpost

Andystriker wrote: »

Well you certainly showed them who was boss. I'm sure they'll think twice before waking you up in the morning after that...

I haven't shown them. You asked me what I would've done in that situation. I haven't actually spoken with the builders.

Why has this confused you?

Outpost

timbo58 wrote: »

Don't know why you couldn't have tackled the issue like an adult and when the builder asked for tea, said, 'Normally I would have supplied you with some hot water so you can have a brew (ie no way would I start making tea for them!) but not after waking my daughter at 6.30am I'm afraid!

Bravo.

Andystriker

Outpost wrote: »

I haven't shown them. You asked me what I would've done in that situation. I haven't actually spoken with the builders.

Why has this confused you?

I am not confused in any way by you.

More amused by how you can sort the problem out and at the same time belittle other posters - all from behind the safety of your computer keyboard:)

Outpost

Andystriker wrote: »

I am not confused in any way by you.

More amused by how you can sort the problem out and at the same time belittle other posters - all from behind the safety of your computer keyboard:)

Is going next door to your neighbour's house and asking that the builders not make too much noise at half past six in the morning something that you would consider especially unsafe then?

Does this seem like an unreasonable request to make of them? Do you consider making the request a disproportionately risky move that would lead you to remain 'safe' behind the keyboard of your computer?

To each their own I suppose.

You may derive whatever amusement you wish, but agreeing to make them tea and then considering it some sort of a victory by subsequently not doing so is far more laughable in my opinion.

Andystriker

Outpost wrote: »

Is going next door to your neighbour's house and asking that the builders not make too much noise at half past six in the morning something that you would consider especially unsafe then?

Does this seem like an unreasonable request to make of them? Do you consider making the request a disproportionately risky move that would lead you to remain 'safe' behind the keyboard of your computer?

To each their own I suppose.

You may derive whatever amusement you wish, but agreeing to make them tea and then considering it some sort of a victory by subsequently not doing so is far more laughable in my opinion.

No not at all unreasonable. For whatever reason the OP decided not to take this course of action.

However the way you belittle him is indeed most amusing. Once again you cannot resist in your final paragraph by calling him laughable. So uncalled for and very very sad.

Outpost

Andystriker wrote: »

No not at all unreasonable. For whatever reason the OP decided not to take this course of action.

However the way you belittle him is indeed most amusing. Once again you cannot resist in your final paragraph by calling him laughable. So uncalled for and very very sad.

Not as laughable or sad as thinking that agreeing to make them tea and not doing so is an appropriate or effective way to deal with the situation I'm afraid. I think you'll find that the majority of people are, despite what society has come to believe, decent people who generally do not mean to cause offence to others.

The implication that simply speaking to the person making the noise at that time of the morning is in some way a dangerous and risky course of action is, in my opinion, cynical in the extreme. The first stage of any disagreement or issue such as this should be to talk to the person in question. The apparent concern over the OP's well-being and your 'safer behind the keyboard' remarks are overblown and unnecessary. Contrary to what you or the OP may believe, I very much doubt that the builder's first reaction will be to start swinging the nearest pickaxe and shouting obscenities.

Agreeing to make tea but then not doing so is hardly the most mature way to deal with the situation in question and unlikely to lead to a positive conclusion. Neither is playing music late at night in some misguided attempt to 'get your own back' at the neighbours.

Be an adult. Try to talk your problems out first.

Andystriker

Outpost wrote: »

Not as laughable or sad as thinking that agreeing to make them tea and not doing so is an appropriate or effective way to deal with the situation I'm afraid. I think you'll find that the majority of people are, despite what society has come to believe, decent people who generally do not mean to cause offence to others.

The implication that simply speaking to the person making the noise at that time of the morning is in some way a dangerous and risky course of action is, in my opinion, cynical in the extreme. The first stage of any disagreement or issue such as this should be to talk to the person in question. The apparent concern over the OP's well-being and your 'safer behind the keyboard' remarks are overblown and unnecessary. Contrary to what you or the OP may believe, I very much doubt that the builder's first reaction will be to start swinging the nearest pickaxe and shouting obscenities.

Agreeing to make tea but then not doing so is hardly the most mature way to deal with the situation in question and unlikely to lead to a positive conclusion. Neither is playing music late at night in some misguided attempt to 'get your own back' at the neighbours.

Be an adult. Try to talk your problems out first.

Not sure if you are talking to me or the op, but you are entitled to your opinion, and I don't disagree with what you say about dealing with the OP's problem. However the way you replied to him was to belittle him and I repeat that is easy to do from behind the safety of your keyboard.

Your penultimate sentence is apt, be an adult rather than comments questioning the OP's bottle.

An apology from you to the OP would be an 'adult' way forward.