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all my younger work friends constantly going on 'plenty of fish.com'. " Nonono cant talk im fishing"
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had a job before knee op where custard saved a 1/2 days labour by ripping out old cyl for me to pop in new uv cyl. Not a problem, just upped my daily rate to cover loss, he was happy and I spent 1/2 a day less on my knees!!! oh life can be so good🙂
You buy the holder which is a pen type thing and a pack of these rope type things which go in the pen. You light em with a lighter/ blowtorch/ on the hob, and then blow the flame out so they just smoke, last for as long as you want, 1 stick lasts for ages, when you have finished your spillage test you extinguish the cartridge completely and it is ready to be re-used next time. They are a little pricey but WELL worth the money IMHO. Don't think I'll ever use a match again.
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Doing quotes and you know all the customer is doing is picking your brain . Get a txt 2 days later asking how much to sign off if her brother does the work !! Err yeah do one love
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Is it just me thats noticed or are there a lot of ops at the moment who wont listen to a word anybody tells them because were not giving them the answer 'they' think it is. or get mardy when people are short with them because theve been told the same thing over and over again, then try and tell you why your wrong.!!
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A custard last week (engineering background) had drawn a boiler template on the wall he'd researched to tell me where and how to fit it (cos they dont come in the box do they), even told me the best place i should run pipework.And how to hang rads..He didnt realise the flue would go straight into the back of a cast stack....didnt plan for that did ya mouth. and heres my drill and level i'll be in the van.
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Or if you have a sneaky poo it stinks the loo out then say "Blimey your drain smell a bit".
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Some people are just tossers. In the pump house of a large domestic pool . We fitted two flat faced dc rads cost on rads was £2k stripped and serviced his two combi boilers 28 cdi on around 45m of 22mm and his 837 with burned graphite seal blocked burner and at. 6 pm when I packed up he said but it's not fixed ? Said yeh I know should have taken better care of your money.
Heard him talking he's changing his £68k car with SEVEN tho on clock at a loss of nearly £20k . His wife's car was same at and getting swapped . Yet he spent best part of afternoon arguing with BT over £2 rise in tarrif? His wife remarked on82p phone call cost to doctors! WTF. Can't wait to AR boilers for being undergassed! Also wants a PT quote ..... Oh 5kw that's £20k
Heard him talking he's changing his £68k car with SEVEN tho on clock at a loss of nearly £20k . His wife's car was same at and getting swapped . Yet he spent best part of afternoon arguing with BT over £2 rise in tarrif? His wife remarked on82p phone call cost to doctors! WTF. Can't wait to AR boilers for being undergassed! Also wants a PT quote ..... Oh 5kw that's £20k
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social housing. when did people have the right to let there gardens and house turn into complete 5h1t holes at the expense of the old couple next door who are flawless.. i'm sure years ago there used to be council inspectors who made you have respect for neighbors by saying keep it clean or F off. when exactly did self respect and empathy die..?
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Spot on mate, some people are just happy to live in their own shyte these days with no regards to those around them or who's property they are staying in 🙁
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sick of telling people that trickle vents in their new patio doors aren't adequate for a back boiler or dfe.. or explaining theyve just stuck the cooker in the middle of the house having that conservatory built where the window used to be.
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i wish people would look at Op's original calls for help before jumping on the the last engineers post (post upping, licking arse whatever) and turning threads into a circus..
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Going to a low pressure call out, topping up then having to find something to do in order to "look busy" so the customer doesn't get narked off and says "but it took you 5 minutes and I could of done that" justify the call out charge. Then even says I could of done that, it only took you 5 minutes! Well don't call me out on a Sunday night complaining your cold and can't wait till 8 on Monday!!!!!!,!
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Dog owners who say "ooh you don't mind dogs do you". No i don't provided A: Don't expect me to let it lick me with that 'ive just licked my bum hole' tongue. B: Don't expect me to stroke it cos my hand will stink like a tramps fanny. C: I'm not its playmate for the day and get it away from my tools.
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Walk into a house with a dug, just ignore it and tell them to put it in the other room or freeze as you are allergic to dugs.
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i'd stroke ya provided you dont lick your bum hole..
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When you are called to do a service and it's broken.
A service is not a diagnose and repair, Oh and yes I understand that you want me out in 15 minutes because you have to pick up the kids.
A service is not a diagnose and repair, Oh and yes I understand that you want me out in 15 minutes because you have to pick up the kids.
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Man......who the hell would go near the undercarriage of anything drinking Tennants Super gravy
Parts that don't come with all the bits needed to fit them even though I have asked the manufacturer does it come with everything!
People who see you and go "are you a heating engineer? Can you come and have a look at this for me?" Phone the office and get it booked in! "Oh but it will only take 5 minutes and they will charge"
People who don't listen and make you do more work to come to the same conclusion that you've had for the past 4 visits and for the sake of having somebody drop ladders and a roof ladder off to me it would of been sorted in 30mins!
And most of all ed milliband! Or whatever his name is.
People who see you and go "are you a heating engineer? Can you come and have a look at this for me?" Phone the office and get it booked in! "Oh but it will only take 5 minutes and they will charge"
People who don't listen and make you do more work to come to the same conclusion that you've had for the past 4 visits and for the sake of having somebody drop ladders and a roof ladder off to me it would of been sorted in 30mins!
And most of all ed milliband! Or whatever his name is.
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Lazy engineers.
Yeh fga was at 400! Yeh it's the flue......
This is how the inside looked after a service from Said subby
Yeh fga was at 400! Yeh it's the flue......
This is how the inside looked after a service from Said subby
ooohh its urgent my boiler dosen't work,
make an appointment turn up and customers not in....:73:
make an appointment turn up and customers not in....:73:
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or turn up at there house in the most god forsaken street in town with no parking nearby to fit the rad they have bought, to find its at their office/workshop 6 miles away still, and the office is locked when you get there as they have popped out on a delivery!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yet again Bellend apprentices. Asked to shut all bleed pips he opened, "are they shut", "yeah"..Psssssssssss....what about the towel warmer cunningly hidden behind a towel in the now flooded en suite..Dick...He cross threaded 3 rad valves and left them till they pished out on fill and made a right dogs dinner of all the lagging ffs.
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You need to get him sorted out. Sit the little fudge stick town and let rip. Clearly some thing wrong in your relationship. Your the pimp he's the ho. He should be able to make mistakes as that's how we learn but mistakes due to lazy ness or ignorance = being treated like poop for a week. Actions have consequences. Probably still gets mommy to clean his clothes and pay his phone bill
People who book a job in and have to go out 20 mins after you arrive
Liars who say things we're working until you carried out work on a completely unrelated thing.
tight customers who quibble everything or question everything
customers who make you stand there listening to there cr*p for over an hour when you know you don't want the job within 5 mins of looking at it, asking if you can reuse there existing half meter of copper in a different place to save money on a boiler change
Smelly filthy houses
ex lift engineers who grab the plate to plate out your hand after you have cleaned all the sludge out and start scrubbing around we're the o rings go telling you you will make more work for yourself as it will leak if you don't do this. Thanks mate it was clean anyway and I've only done about 100. Can you f**k off now and watch TV or something please.
People who tell you road by road how to get to there house. Yeah I'm busy and have a sat nav if I can't find it I'll ring you. Shut up.
Liars who say things we're working until you carried out work on a completely unrelated thing.
tight customers who quibble everything or question everything
customers who make you stand there listening to there cr*p for over an hour when you know you don't want the job within 5 mins of looking at it, asking if you can reuse there existing half meter of copper in a different place to save money on a boiler change
Smelly filthy houses
ex lift engineers who grab the plate to plate out your hand after you have cleaned all the sludge out and start scrubbing around we're the o rings go telling you you will make more work for yourself as it will leak if you don't do this. Thanks mate it was clean anyway and I've only done about 100. Can you f**k off now and watch TV or something please.
People who tell you road by road how to get to there house. Yeah I'm busy and have a sat nav if I can't find it I'll ring you. Shut up.
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People who have baby on board notices on their car rear windows who drive like complete funts. They should put the notice on windscreen.
Working for anyone who has had a career in engineering
Unsolicited phone calls from PPI, scammers or SEO mofo's
Plumbing merchants and diy sheds with no stock
Customers who think they can pay by the minute
That'll do for starters, feel a bit bit better now thanks
Working for anyone who has had a career in engineering
Unsolicited phone calls from PPI, scammers or SEO mofo's
Plumbing merchants and diy sheds with no stock
Customers who think they can pay by the minute
That'll do for starters, feel a bit bit better now thanks
Don't get this now as I'm on the books but, customers who are great to your face and call the office to complain about you as soon as you are out the door, usually to try and get some money back, only for them to discover that the office dials direct through to your mobile and the end up speaking to you... the backtracking when they realise who they are talking to sometimes makes it worthwhile.
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A custard today beckoned me into the loft to show me a few stubbs of copper on the insulation after a boiler swap, Then proceeded to pull all the insulation up to make sure i hadn't thrown all my crap under it...Thanks for making my whole body and eyeballs itch Paranoid Android.
What does me is when 19/20 year old girls decide to shower while we've got the stairs and landing carpet up and half the floorboards, then walk past dressed just in their underwear back to their bedroom. Just not on IMO.
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Don't spend your time chatting to custard looking down her top as you may make a silly mistake
Answers on a post card
Answers on a post card
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Boom! The airing cupboard. Remote gauge and loop. Disconnect expansion and cold fill tee into rising cold
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I went to a logic on Monday lazy gits couldn't even be bothered to brick up the balanced flue hole so the put 30mm MDF board on the wall and mounted the boiler on that ffs.
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