Beat this for customer service!
Beat this for customer service!
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Kermit power

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29,622 posts

235 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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It's currently 8:40 on Friday evening. It's cold, it's raining, and it's seriously windy, and the doorbell just rang.

I open the door to find our builder (currently doing our loft conversion) saying "didn't want to worry you with the noise, but I'm just going back up to check that everything is good and secure, given the weather forecast".

How outstanding is that? biggrin

daninsidious

156 posts

209 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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now that's a rarity is it not?

spidermanUK

808 posts

251 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Outstanding..............apart from the fact that he's rummaging through your wife's knicker drawer!biggrin

V8mate

45,899 posts

211 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Maybe he needs to check everything is secure because he doesn't have a professional indemnity insurance policy?

You did ask to see a copy of his policy before he started, didn't you?

Kermit power

Original Poster:

29,622 posts

235 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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spidermanUK said:
Outstanding..............apart from the fact that he's rummaging through your wife's knicker drawer!biggrin
He'd be doing bloody well to get in to the bedroom from the roof without making a noise! hehe

Kermit power

Original Poster:

29,622 posts

235 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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V8mate said:
Maybe he needs to check everything is secure because he doesn't have a professional indemnity insurance policy?

You did ask to see a copy of his policy before he started, didn't you?
Some people just can't help being cynical, can they. rolleyes

Pesty

42,655 posts

278 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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He left it not finished/bodged thinking he would have a few days to finish it properly.
the weather has tightened his schedule

Los Palmas 7

29,908 posts

252 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Kermit power said:
spidermanUK said:
Outstanding..............apart from the fact that he's rummaging through your wife's knicker drawer!biggrin
He'd be doing bloody well to get in to the bedroom from the roof without making a noise! hehe
Just check for small holes in the bedroom ceiling.

TheEnd

15,370 posts

210 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Well, if the roof does blow off, it'll cost him to do the repairs, so it's common sense to make sure everything is nailed down well.

touching cloth

11,706 posts

261 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Was he carrying a cat?






V8mate

45,899 posts

211 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Kermit power said:
V8mate said:
Maybe he needs to check everything is secure because he doesn't have a professional indemnity insurance policy?

You did ask to see a copy of his policy before he started, didn't you?
Some people just can't help being cynical, can they. rolleyes
Whilst others have no sense of humour. wink

V12Les

3,985 posts

218 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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swerni said:
touching cloth said:
Was he carrying a cat?





rofl


you're a very strange man wink
Made me laugh!hehe

Jasandjules

71,862 posts

251 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Customer Service? Sounds more like a Christmas Miracle to me....

Halb

53,012 posts

205 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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spidermanUK said:
Outstanding..............apart from the fact that he's rummaging through your wife's knicker drawer!biggrin
Just needed a 3rd sniff.

valve bounce66

2,754 posts

236 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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sounds like he left his porn mags up there or his special tools he needed ?

Fastra

4,286 posts

231 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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The webcams have steamed up!

He's just giving them a quick wipe!

biggrin

Engineer1

10,486 posts

231 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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options I can come up with are:
He is at an awkward stage where the wind could cause trouble.
He has no confidence in the work he has done so far.
He left something behind.
He really does care and wants to ensure things go well.
He's so busy if anything happens he doesn't have time to fix it before doing the next job.

Don1

16,348 posts

230 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Can you PM me this mans number etc? We're just buying a place between Farnham/Guildford, and looking for a good builder...

Vixpy1

42,695 posts

286 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Don1 said:
Can you PM me this mans number etc? We're just buying a place between Farnham/Guildford, and looking for a good builder...
In which case speak to D14 AYS on here, fellow SAG owner too.

Kermit power

Original Poster:

29,622 posts

235 months

Friday 13th November 2009
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Engineer1 said:
options I can come up with are:
He is at an awkward stage where the wind could cause trouble.
He has no confidence in the work he has done so far.
He left something behind.
He really does care and wants to ensure things go well.
He's so busy if anything happens he doesn't have time to fix it before doing the next job.
I'm going for option 4. smile

He wasn't checking the actual building work - that's external structure is basically complete. He was checking the sheeting/netting stuff on the scaffolding.

We're using him because he did a great job on a friend's loft conversion, and our neighbours have now signed him up having seen what he's done for us so far.

He's a guy making a bloody good living, all working within a mile or so of home. Why wouldn't he want to put up good customer service when he's getting that much out of it?