I live in a row of four cottages and we are in the middle of no where.My neighbour at the end of the row goes away for three weeks in the summer to their house in France,MUGGINGS here waters their garden and greenhouse and last Christmas I fixed a leak under their bath while they had family round,I didn't charge them being neighbourly and it didn't take to long. This is where I realised I'm to nice,I get home from work today and the * is having a new bathroom fitted and I was never even asked to quote. WELL I HOPE IT ALL * LEAKS AND WASHES THE * AWAY!!!!!!!!!! THE END........ Edited due to language by screwfix peter
nice one PB. Did some odd jobs for a mate last year. (new flooring down in his lounge and some doors hung) Bumped into him recently and he's had a new kitchen fitted, but the tap's leaking and could I just nip round and sort it out for him. Told him to get the kitchen fitter back.
Good for you JJ!! Some people never fail to amaze me,I mean they must be on another planet if they can't see the problem. *****!!!!!!!
be patient PB, if you live remote its only a matter of time before they need a job doing and then, its payback time,,
I know Tom. I can hardly wait!! Let's hope its in the Christmas holiday again,I've already put it on my Christmas list.
It's a weird sico-logikal problem. Lots of things go through peep's heads in a situation like this - good chance they 'wanted' you to do the job, or even just thought they should offer you the chance to quote at least. But... could it literally be too close to home? I'm mean - the potential for awkwardness. Say your quote was higher than others - how could they turn you down without feeling really uncomfortable? Or say (unlikely, of course... ) they get you to do the job but they ain't happy with something? Awkward, eh? So's, they take the 'easy' way out. Risk a small offence now to avoid the possibility of a much larger one later. I'm not saying it's 'right', but chust suggesting it could be more complex than just a 'snub'. Still, I hope their taps leaks...
DA your just to damn good with words. I know what you saying and you could be right,maybe I'll keep smiling at them.knowing it was me who let all their tyres down. Would I do something like that....HHIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
yep that Devs knows a thing or two about seeing the big picture, no wonder he's called the devils advocate, I remember my neighbour calling out another plumber to fix his leaking cylinder, I was glad because of that 'too close' situation because my nieghbour nice old guy that he is, is a bit of a hoarder and the house is a bit manky, and i think he did't want me seeing how bad things were, the plumber he called out I know and he said to me, " I can see why you made an excuse not to go in", I felt hurt at the time the guy was making excuses for me cos he thought I'd blab to others of his living standards, I'd have done the job and said nowt , but hey wait a minute, I've just informed the whole world that my nieghbour is a scruffy bast%^£d,,,,,seems he was right to get someone else in,
I don't think he'd know how to switch a computer on, I feel sorry for him really. he's in his late eighties never goes out only to shop for food,his heating doesnt work and has not done for years, all through those bad winters we had 2009/2010 , I asked him then If he'd like me to look at his boiler ( an old balanced flue wall mounted) but he'd never let me past the falling off front door, He has family that never come down to see him, You can't help people who don't want help, he defo needs help but is a proud owd bugger who won't accept help, I have his families phone number for if anything bad happens, and one day soon he'll HAVE to , there's nowt so kweer as folk, ( i know i spelt kweer wrong, the auto mod won't allow the proper spelling)
That is naughty! I am sure its as DA has pointed out mate, but you would like to think you would have been asked to quote. Do they know you do plumbing for a living mate?
That's very sad Tom,but I'm sure he's happy in his own little world as you said earlier you can't help anyone who doesn't want helping.
hiya PB, this sounds really dumb mate, but some people don't link the two together. i mean they know you are a plumber/heating engineer but might not think you fit bathrooms (which of course you can). either way, dont forget to get the invoice book out next time they need you mate
I agree Fats people don't always link the two,but this guy knows what I can do. I have my invoice book ready and my tomplum pen which has the habit of adding extra £££££ to the bill.
I haven't used my Tomplum pen yet. (saving it for when a big job comes along) Mind you I decided to save some money for a rainy day and had only put £5.60p in the jar when't heavens opened.. Still mustn't grumble, it got me a pint and some chips on't way om.
some bad news for you guys with the tomplum pens, they fell a few £s on the stock market this week, I had a new batch made so they're not as rare as they used to be BUT,,,and its a big but, the new ones are a differant colour,changed text and better trained not to run wild with the noughts when invoicing, Hell I'm gonna sends you all one to see for yourselves,