Back to Work
Posted: Thu 28 July, 2005 Filed under: Customer Services, Thoughts 3 Comments »They finally turned up at just gone mid-day. So – not morning at all then. Tossers.
The work itself took just about an hour. Turns out that the company that had orginally fitted the carpet were utter fuckwits, and had managed to put in every single gripper-rod facing the wrong way, so basically the carpet just slipped off the nails that were supposed to be holding it in place. Cue lots of head-shaking, and “I’ve never seen a job as bad as this. Ever.” repeatedly.
To cap it all, I haven’t paid them. “Oh, the boss’ll be round to get the cheque. I don’t deal with the money side” sayeth the fitter. OK, this is the boss who couldn’t be arsed to tell me when they were coming until I called him to find out, the one who promised a quote for the other work we want doing and hasn’t provided it, and also the one who says “morning” and means “noon”. Fuck that, I’m not waiting for him to just turn up when he wants to in order to get his money, so I’m now in the office, and the shitepot can call me when he’s good and ready.
Seems fair to me.
I once waited in for someone (can’t remember who now) and it got to midday so I rang them. I was told that morning was any time from 8 am until 1 pm. I asked what school she went to, since I was taught afternoon began at 12. The question went right over her head.
That’s as bad as (current example) UPS, who give you a helpful window for collection of “9am to 5pm” – nothing more specific. It’s like, shall I just abandon the whole fucking day because you can’t be more specific?
Fucking tradesmen, no wonder they created a rear entrance for em, thats where they belong 😀 I have a very low opinion of the skills of any tradesmen, basically through experience of working alongside them for over ten years. If you want them to do it, u need to know how to do it urself and watch them, essentially you might as well do it urself.