Razor blade left in bathroom after repairs

Forwandert

Probably a Stanley knife blade of something similar.

phillo365

Perhaps engineer had a shave before he left, will be grateful to know where he left his razor.

paddyrg

Riversong wrote: »

I don't want compo. I want to make sure it doesn't happen again to others. I'm leaving this thread now I can see I'm just going to get flamed.

Believe me, I wasn't flaming! Just cutting to the chase!

Anyway - you say you are not after compo, just to make sure it doesn't happen again. That's cool, nobody wants it to happen again. In fact I am sure the tradesman didn't want it to happen in the first place, it was a mistake. The reason I say their response is at best going to be 'whoops' is that anything else admits a liability which in this litigation-mad world opens them up as a target for legal action. In the same way as if you crash your car, you are not supposed to say "it was my fault" as your insurer cannot defend if you have already admitted liability.

Luckily nobody picked up and swallowed a three-inch razor blade/stanley blade, it wasn't intentional, and you're unlikely to change whether or not it will ever happen again if it was an honest mistake... For the stress, probably wisest to just leave it.

That is the painful on the thumb to type on this little phone keypad version of what I tried to keep short up above!

im-lost

whats more disgusting is that you would allow your children to crawl around on a dirty bathroom floor, not only a dirty floor, but a floor of a room that has had the builders / plumbers in, with all their tools of the trade in.

If you wouldnt allow them to do so, then where is the issue?

If it were my home, I would have cleaned and checked the bathroom before allowing the kids to roam free, not that id allow them to play on a disgusting germ riddled bathroom floor anyway, but then, I'm a good parent.

jamespir

arent bathrooms the placef for razors i know i use mine should i use the kitchen


not sure why a child was playing in the bathroom though

wary

Riversong wrote: »

I don't want compo. I want to make sure it doesn't happen again to others.

Yes, it was pretty shoddy, although we all make mistakes.

I'd guess the main reason for your complaint is to create a black mark on the engineer with his employers, and also to get it off your chest. From experience, I doubt whether the former will happen to any significance. Re the latter, if making a formal complaint does indeed help you to get it off your chest, then maybe it was worth it. However, you have to be careful that it doesn't end up winding you up further or prolonging the anger (as appears to already be the case), when you don't get the response you were hoping for.

I've found this happens all-too-often when one makes a complaint. For this reason, unless I'm after something tangible, as opposed to simply making a point or my feelings known, I tend not to bother complaining now.

georgiesmum

I think you are all a bit blas! about the blade. It was careless in the extreme and if the op hadn't called attention to it it could have terrible results next time it happens. Workmen should know not to leave dangerous thing around when their are children there. I's just common sense. Have none of got kids? can you not see how bad this is. My son was badly hurt when he was 3 by somebody leaving a razor around.

ellay864

Georgiesmum I would expect there's a few of here who do have kids and can appreciate the safety issues of workmen being careless with blades. But as has already been said, most people after having repair work done in their house would check round, probably hoover up etc after workmen have been in. I do think the comments about childen playing in the bathroom are a bit harsh - I don't see anything wrong with a child being sat safely in the room while mum's cleaning her teeth - but I would have expected OP to have checked over the room before using it with children

fluffnutter

Serious question here, people...

Person A finds razor blade, thinks 'crikey, thank God I found that before one of the kids did', removes blade from bathroom, thinks no more of it.

Person B finds razor blade, complains to company, comes on interweb to moan about it.

I know the world's full of all sorts but what exactly in people's make-up/personalities/experiences etc. makes people have such different reactions?

haynick

It was an accident - that's all.
The engineer did not do it on purpose