Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 18:11:37 -0000, ARW wrote:

The best excuse so far is "I am bidding for a cordless drill on
eBay to help me with work, the auction ends at 11 and I want to
make sure I win and I might have to increase my bid". At 10.45 I
gave him his phone and said "go ahead win the drill - BTW I am
going to watch the screen whilst you bid".

For some reason he then decided that he no longer wanted the drill
and he did not need his phone.

Have these yoofs never had their bluff called before or are they so
dumb that they can't remember?

Dumb IMHO.

They can also blatantly lie.

When some damage occured to the rear of one of the vans an electricican got
the blame. However I knew that it was an apprentice that had caused the
damage. He swore blind that it was not him when the electrician confronted
him - and what a mistake he made when he raised his first to the
electrician. One punch and the apprentice was out cold.

And the one that swore blind he had not been smoking in the van stuck to his
story until we gave him the fixed penalty charge for thowing the tab end
out of the van window.And guess what - if you pay it early it is half price,
if you do not pay it at all you get a summons. He decided to get a summons
and will be up in court soon.

It's still better than the decorators apprentice who went through a 14 year
olds knicker drawer and then told her what he had done via facebook.

It's not all youngsters though. I took my late friends son with me on
Saturday to give me a hand. The owner of the house was so impressed with him
that he invited him back the next day to do some work for him. Every so
often you drop on a youngster that shines and you look after them.

--
Adam