OH Just let new plumber in and went back to work!

nickj_2

if you picked a plumber at random from yellow pages i would be cautious , but if he's local or recommended by friends i would have no problems ,

ukwoody

amcluesent wrote: »

Surely all the secret filming done in 'Rogue trader' etc. on the telly shows what to expect? I imagine the tea will taste a bit funny for a while

If those cameras were to follow decent tradesmen (and women!,lol) around they would show the real world of Rogue Customers, who want everything done for free, agree prices then quible, refuse to except your proffessional knowledge, speak to you like a lump of dog doo on the bottom of their shoe, get upset when you have your one and only coffee of the morning forgetting you were at the merchants an hour before they were out of bed and accusing you of tearing their 25 year old threadbare carpet into 5 bits in the main doorway in a house of 5 kids 2dogs and rabid chipmunk!

woody

amcluesent

>accusing you of tearing their 25 year old threadbare carpet into 5 bits in the main doorway in a house of 5 kids 2dogs and rabid chipmunk!<

Aaaaaand, relax!

nelly_2

Im a plasterer and, and quite often get left olone in house when people have only met me when I priced the job.

Although I am seriouisly aimiable and polite and I have a webby with all my details, home number address etc on.

but even so I'm not sure I'd leave someone on their own in my house.

One girl Who had got me off the internet just gave me a key and said come
round when you want!!!!

Weird init

Phlik

steveo3002 wrote: »

prob wee'ing in your sink now lol

Whilst wearing a pair of your knickers on his head

Whatever you do don't use your toothbrush again either


Seriously, as others have said I wouldn't worry too much.

Phlik

Dick_here

Has the cat been seen since ?

lady_stardust

tbh I tend to leave them to it, if I took a day's leave for every time a tradesman came to our house I wouldn't have much left!

KiwiB

Thanks all for your replies - as expected, everything was fine in the end - he did the work promptly, was friendly, reasonably priced, knickers were as I left them that morning and my cup of tea after dinner tasted normal! :rotfl:

I just panicked I think because it was all so last minute, the house was a pigsty and we did not have a chance to check anything about him... I didn't even consider that OH would have just let him in and then left....plus we have only recently moved into our house and I'm a bit of a cautious soul.

The cat was fine - OH had locked her in a room with her litter tray out of the way

KiwiB

ukwoody wrote: »

If those cameras were to follow decent tradesmen (and women!,lol) around they would show the real world of Rogue Customers, who want everything done for free, agree prices then quible, refuse to except your proffessional knowledge, speak to you like a lump of dog doo on the bottom of their shoe, get upset when you have your one and only coffee of the morning forgetting you were at the merchants an hour before they were out of bed and accusing you of tearing their 25 year old threadbare carpet into 5 bits in the main doorway in a house of 5 kids 2dogs and rabid chipmunk!

woody

Love the bit about the rabid chipmunk!!

ukwoody

cheers Kiwi

woody