On 12/12/2010 16:54, ARWadsworth wrote:
I got a call this morning from a building firm I work with about a customer
with no HW or CH.

As it was Sunday morning and I live local to the job (everyone else is at
least 20 miles away) the owner of the firm called me and asked if I would
nip round for a quick look.

I went round and fixed the fixed the problem. However I was looking after my
girlfriend's 5 year old lad at the time so I took him with me.

The ungrateful *******s later phoned the company back to tell them I was
unprofessional by taking a child to work with me. That phone call moved them
from a "free courtesy call out" to a "billed call out" as they could have
fixed the problem themselves. With a bit of luck they will get the bill on
Tuesday morning:-)

Wife phoned our tame local plumber yesterday and he phoned back last
night to find out about the problem we had. (Leaking feed pipe to toilet
cistern.)

To cut the story short, he cut the copper pipe before the bends and
fitted a flexible one and fitted a replacement ball valve assembly, that
I supplied.

When I asked what he wanted for the job, he just said give me £20-00.
I'm going to give him £25-00 and tell him to buy himself a drink.

What with all this cold weather, I expected him to say that he couldn't
fit the job in till after Christmas, or the new year.

Dave