S’now joke

[mbdas]

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I’m stuck at home van has not moved since monday 🙁 spent all morning digging drive out again ❗ ❗ but the van can stay there now coz wont be able to get it back its just not worth it 🙁 the guy next door to me is the weatherman http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/

[Martin]

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Bit chilly here but only a dusting of snow. Just spoke to a very posh lady that I’m off to see tomorrow out in the sticks about 15 – 20 miles south of here and she said………………….. ” we have snow here and in our drive it is awfully slippy so do be so very careful when you drive in won’t you?….it’s only an inch or so but so frightfully cold I fear when you call tomorrow it may still be here!” :rolls:

[funkyboogy]

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the guy next door to me is the weatherman http://www.buxtonweather.co.uk/

nice of him to warn us all ? … i have seen 1 gritter in 3 days dont know if its cutbacks or what …

maybe the council think we using our ufo,s here in bonnybridge ..

just cleared drive way for about 5th time now .. i felt a great sense of purpose with my fellow snow moving neighbours the first couple of times ..

now we just mutter over the mountain of snow we have created between the drives .. still better than listing to the wife about the schools being off and that we are down to our last 30 loafs ..

lol ally

[leavemetogetonwithit]

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funkyboogy wrote: we are down to our last 30 loafs ..

ally
Why not get a bread maker and a ton of flour and save energy on refrigeration? Or just leave the loaves outside in the back garden. 😆
Mike.

[squadman]

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Well we have a foot of snow here and two days lossed due to it, bloody nuisance ! No Gritters or Snow Ploughs to clear the roads complete disaster

[iadom]

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Got my new winter tyres on this morning, I will report back on performance. 8)

Jim.

[spimps]

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Thought I’d give it a go today,dug myself out once and then thanks to the customer having a 4 wheel drive and my rope I escaped again.
Probably carry too much stuff in the van,plus peugot experts have a narrow wheel base which doesn’t help in bad weather,anyway in the drive again now for the rest of the week.
It gets frustrating when you can’t get out for a few days and that probably clouds judgement a bit.
At least I tried though.

[Martin]

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iadom wrote:Got my new winter tyres on this morning, I will report back on performance. 8)

Great news indeed!…By the way, if you find a tree in your way Jim just use the axe on the side! 💡

4″ in deepest Hampshire this morning and cruising up this ladies driveway it was indeed “awfully slippy!”:rotl:

[allan73]

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Treked out into the pennines yesterday to an “urgent” call, candy cic60 dryer with no heat. Customer insisted I take a heater with me as she couldnt take any more time off work. So i duly order heater assy to take with me and battle through the snow 😡

I got as near as possible then left the van to walk the remaining distance. When I got to the door I was greeted by her husband who obviously hadn’t made it into work, the lady herself was nowhere to be seen 😕

Anyway luckly the heater was the problem and I fitted the new one, did my tests and billed the customer for £70 8) Customer now has a pained expression, ” £70 how do you justify that ” he says and then moans about the wife not going to be happy !
Don’t know why I bother.

Allan.

[Martin]

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allan73 wrote:Don’t know why I bother.

For a lousy 70 quid, trekking through the snow in god awful conditions to serve the ungrateful, first time fix as well, I would pack the job in altogether….I surely would!:rolls:

It’s obvious that, just from that given example, you’re seriously underselling your excellent services, for darn certain sure my friend. 🙁

[leavemetogetonwithit]

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I’d have offered to take the heater back out and refund the payment less call out and labour. 😈
Mike.

[bigchrisoioi]

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makes me laugh, we have been told to ring the customers ahead to check out the conditions of their roads before making a judgement…..of course everyone says its ok, even if they are snowed in, because they must have that bulb working in the fridge, or the cracked handle on the oven that has been like it for 6 months but xmas is coming!!!…customers honestly !!!!!!

[odom]

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Martin wrote:

allan73 wrote:
Don’t know why I bother.

For a lousy 70 quid, trekking through the snow in god awful conditions to serve the ungrateful, first time fix as well, I would pack the job in altogether….I surely would!:rolls:

It’s obvious that, just from that given example, you’re seriously underselling your excellent services, for darn certain sure my friend. 🙁
Plus you have to remember you can never please all the people, all the time. I used to take it personally – because it’s my business I used to think they were saying I was ripping them off.

Now I realise for every person who winces and moans about the price, there’s another customer who thinks you’re a bargain and tells all their friends about you. Some people seriously think that we can fund telephones, vans, tools, insurance, advertising and time all for £20 or whatever ridiculous price they had in mind.

I always figure if I lose that sort of person as a customer, it’s no big deal. They’re inevitably the type who cause problems after the repair anyway.

Although thanks to Martin’s tip about having a mobile card machine it’s much easier now – when they say “I’ve only got £x”, I just whip out the card machine – “No problem, I can charge your card directly instead” 😆

Back on topic, roads aren’t much fun around here as soon as you get out into the country – had a rather scary moment as van started to slide, the three Amicas in the back no doubt helping no end :). But all was okay in the end, quiet day anyway as no-one doing any washing here!

[iadom]

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iadom wrote:Got my new winter tyres on this morning, I will report back on performance. 8)

Jim.

These tyres are Ay–May–Zing, bloody brilliant.

I went back to complete a call from yesterday near the bottom of a cul de sac. I had to do a lot of faffing back and forwards to get out with the help of my large spade and bag of grit yesterday. Today I couldn’t even get the wheels to spin, one of the best £500+ I have ever spent. 😀

Jim.

[leavemetogetonwithit]

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Hope you get good use out of them Jim. But if these conditions only last a week, you could have just taken the week off instead.
Might try letting a bit of air out of my tyres, see if I get a better grip. 😆
Mike.

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