fernandopartridge
Well-Known Member
They're allowed to do it
suffolkskyblue24
Well-Known Member
Seconded
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Fucking tradesmen. Why are they all cunts? Like i think i can count the number of honest and capable builders/plumbers/roofers I’ve met on one finger.
Guy comes over, quotes for roof repairs, I get an extension to my mortagage arranged to pay, he’s due to turn up today. I text him to confirm we’re good. Message read no answer. Text again. Same. Call, goes straight to voicemail.
Fucking pricks. If they’re not acting like 12 year olds they’re just being fucking incompetent (see previous rant about replacing a bath debacle) or they’re ripping people off.
Robots can’t come soon enough. Why there’s not a KwikFit style national company that does this stuff I don’t know cos they’d clean up. Sorry if you’re the miracle honest and decent tradesman out there, but the vast majority are fucking up your reputation.
Guy comes over, quotes for roof repairs, I get an extension to my mortagage arranged to pay, he’s due to turn up today. I text him to confirm we’re good. Message read no answer. Text again. Same. Call, goes straight to voicemail.
Fucking pricks. If they’re not acting like 12 year olds they’re just being fucking incompetent (see previous rant about replacing a bath debacle) or they’re ripping people off.
Robots can’t come soon enough. Why there’s not a KwikFit style national company that does this stuff I don’t know cos they’d clean up. Sorry if you’re the miracle honest and decent tradesman out there, but the vast majority are fucking up your reputation.
Marty
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He had no intention of doing the job, if you talk to people in real life like you do on here, than he probably thought you were a right condescending bell end.
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Shouldn’t you be out ripping off grannies and snorting coke?
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
Oh look more “condescending people on the internet”
Completely agree actually. Plasterers are alright generally.
Completely agree actually. Plasterers are alright generally.
chiefdave
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I had to have loads of work done on my house when I bought it, which I was not expecting. The vast majority of trademen I dealt with were a fucking nightmare. Wouldn't turn up for appointments to quote, would quote and then disappear off the face of the earth, would schedule to do the job and then just not turn up.
Local facebook group is always full of posts from people who had work booked in and have had someone no show.
How hard is it to just say if you're not available or not interested?
Nick
Administrator
To be honest, when I was self employed although not a "tradesmen" I'd often just blank people if they were knobs or refuse to do any work.
Even had to cut a couple of past customers off when they asked for more work because they were dickheads.
Word of mouth is a thing though.
Even had to cut a couple of past customers off when they asked for more work because they were dickheads.
Word of mouth is a thing though.
Terry_dactyl
Well-Known Member
It’s the no showing that kills me. Just send a fucking message…I get that you work differently to me but a message wouldn’t kill you!
Even a bloke I knew from football just didn’t turn up once! If he was gonna miss football he’d text and let us know!!
Terry_dactyl
Well-Known Member
For me it’s often people who are offering quotes but I’ve still had to take time off to meet up with. So before they’ve had a chance to find out how much of a knob I really am!
shmmeee
Well-Known Member
ironically when I was actually a condescending arsehole to this guy cos I’m grumpy from quitting smoking and was sure ge was never replying he replied apologising profusely and offering me a new date.
CovValleyBoy
Well-Known Member
People who park their cars on main roads. Example ; Broad Lane.
Turning the road into a single track.
Turning the road into a single track.
Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Raise you blocks of cars parking on pavements making you walk in the road towards oncoming traffic.