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OK laughing may not be right :rolls:
Went to a d/w yesterday, not emptying. Switch on and it empties 😕 ten seconds later we have flood 😕
Half an hour later after I have managed to extracate the d/w from what was loosely described as a fitted kitchen (DIY) I discover that some screws are missing from the d/w 😕 on enquiring with madam she advised me that hubby had taken a look. Normally at this stage I walk away but I knew the couple quite well. OK lets start again, what has he done? Oh he took a few pipes off underneath, is that all he did I asked?No, he spent the rest of the day in casualty getting six stiches in his hand after he cut himself on the sharp edges of the d/w :rotl:Re: Youv’e just got to laugh
Don’t you find it amazing how you have to tease this information out of them a bit at a time?
I went to Bosch W/m the other day, and as I walked into the kitchen I just happened to see a worn carbon brush on one of the worktops.
It took me a good five minutes of gentle persuasion and ‘interrogation’ before the lady sheepishly admitted that her husband had taken ‘some bits’ off.
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Laugh?!!! Think I’ve reached the point where it’s best to keep sharp knives out of my reach or else I’ll be slitting my wrists! Just come back from a call booked this morning where an old dear couldn’t get her washer door open on her “Electric 100{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} Autowasher”, except when I arrived she had already had the job done by some clown that had charged just £10. Didn’t even know who I was although she admitted she had rung a few!!
And earlier on I was asked to quote over the phone to replace brushes on a Hoover machine by a youngish sounding chap whose mum had had a look for him and told him that’s what he needed. Give me strength!Phil
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Spent about an hour today, after changing the heater on a Indespoint dishwasher, changing boards and messing about with a no start fault which I presumed the shorting heater had caused, to find that the board retainers were worn. After much jiggery and pokery managed to get the stupid little lamp indicator bars to line up again and the switch button to sit correctly the machine finally worked. On telling the customer of my woes she admitted ‘ Oh yeah, we really have to push the button in hard to get it to work at all :con: ‘
Charged accordingly!! 😉
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A landlady phones me today, wants to know when I could fix a w/machine in a village 15 miles away? That she needs it fixed before the weekend before the new tenants move in? I told her I could call this morning, no probs!:D
Apparently she’s been let down by one of the local competition who called earlier in the week, diagnosed a faulty interlock and module. But couldn’t return and complete the job until next Monday! She asked me if I carried the parts in stock, I said no and she said: “In that case, can you call in to the shop of my competitor and buy the bits I need. Then call round at the flat, the security staff will let me in. Then I fix the machine and then invoice her.” 🙁
What a brilliant idea I said…..but I’ve spotted a flaw in your plan…..It’s going to take at least an extra hour or more to call to the other side of town and buy the parts, then drive in the opposite direction and fit them. Supposing they have misdiagnosed the fault and the bits purchased by me were’nt required at all, what then? :rolls:
Tell you what….why don’t you let them complete the job next Monday. I’m not getting involved lady, have a nice day, goodbye! 😈
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hi martin where did you get the engineer with the tool box he does a far bit of walking 🙂 fasetester.
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fasetester wrote:hi martin where did you get the engineer with the tool box he does a far bit of walking 🙂 fasetester.
That’s me fase!….I never stop walking to all the bl**dy flats round here and charge an extra £5 every time I’m asked to show my ID Card 😆
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He doesn’t actually carry the tool box any more – he’s got a remote control one with wheels. Honest…
Chris.
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