On 09/01/2018 21:19, Bill Wright wrote:
This was a sheltered housing scheme in Nottingham. We look after the
communal TV system.
The last time we were there was because the mains sockets in the
hallways had been changed by the electricians for ones with keys so that
the tenants can't plug scooters in (how mean is that?). They'd installed
these sockets in the old back boxes and there wasn't enough room so the
cables were crushed and shorted out. TV was off for 5 days last time and
it's happened again. This time the electrician was installing these new
sockets in surface mounted steel backboxes and he managed to blow all
the fuses leaving them with no TV. When we switched the RCD back on one
of the tenants saw sparks flying out of the front of one of the mains
sockets. I think it was a bit of a shock for the old lady on her scooter
when the wall started sparking!
Electricians that can't even install mains sockets without ****ing it up!
One of the old ladies threatened to sue both us and the housing
association cause she'd missed 5 days of TV last time, seriously. Gave
her a right ear full in front of some other tenants. They later told me
that she's a well-known crack pot.

Bill

Faced with that degree of incompetence my sympathies are rather with the
old lady.