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Citroen Bender said…
That if you have a Spanish guitar on a stand in your living room, it’s apparently OK for any visitor to pick up and fiddle with it, barely (if at all) preceded by a polite request that they might do so?
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Yep, I must admit, I nearly crack it myself when some unknown person that has been summoned by the other half thinks it's totally ok to use MY tools to do a job he's getting paid to do on the house.
Call me special, or precious, BUT, they are MY tools, and I know:
A) where I left them
B) know where to find them
C) know that they functioned perfectly when I last used them
D) know that I don't have an extra job of going to buy a tool, that I've had forever because some A hole has used / broken / stolen / damaged the tool.
Had this clown in recently, repainting the interior of the house. He says to me that there's a problem with the lamp / chandelier in the spare bedroom he's just finished repainting. Did a good job to, for the price charged.
Tells me when he "attempted" to change the blown light globe, that, whilst unscrewing the old globe, the whole fitting turned (i'm guessing he only used one hand to remove the Bailey socket globe) the whole fitting spun as he attempted to press and twist the globe, and broke the wires.
Now the light doesn't work. Tells me he's separated the wires and shielded them to stop them shorting out / or starting a fire. Recommends that we call call an electrician, at our cost to repair his fupar. I don't think so sunshine...
Pull Ease. Spare me.
I really dislike touching anything that can kill me without my knowledge.
Had a look. 2 wires, 2 holes. Isolated the light switch, which is visible to me the whole time while doing repair. Tested the wires with a non contact electrical tester. Tick.
Stripped 2 wires, unscrewed 2 brass terminals, inserted stripped wires into each of their respective terminals. Tightened each of the 2 brass screws.
Re-Assemble. Test. Tick.
Job done. Tick.
Another 12 mins out of my life I will never see again, versus waiting for a sparkologist for a few weeks, then being reamed for who knows how much for the call out fee + I'm guessing a minimum 1 hour labour fee...
Fsckin muppet.
Really did my head in that he could be so useless / clueless.
I guess I just afford some people with to WAY to much intelligence.
As a sparky, this guy makes a good painter.
Rant off,
One Mad Man.