You wont ever get it worse then this poor git i saw in Paris when i was on holiday with the missus at the time.
This bloke, out with dinner with his wife and two kids, ordered his food and politely sat and waited a good 60 minutes for it to arrive (at which point i would have already have been up at the chef like a pitbull demanding where my grub is). upon arrival of his glazed chicken and veg or whatever it was, i couldnt quite make out such finer details from my table, but i could hear the conversation wel enough and obviously his food had arrived not only late but cold. so he very politely asked the waiter if he could either have it replaced, or warmed up. I think most people at this stage after waiting so long for their food when the rest of their family had already finished! and then having your food arrival cold, would have been the right time to tell the restaraunt to do one, and leave without paying, but he didnt, he sat there again and patiently waited..... when al of a sudden i heard this WHOOOSSH and looked over my shoulder into the kitchen and saw they had actually set his food ON FIRE!!! the **** of a waiter then re-emerges with a plate of burning food (obviously brandy coated or something) and plonks down on the table and says in a very arrogant and nasel french accent .."hot enough for you sir?"
The British are genetically bad at complaining, but that waiter would have left work that night with a fork in his eye if he did that to me.
Jedisparks, I think a lot of the inspecting engineers are like that as it goes with the job and i should say most of them know each other and talk so i'm told. You will prob be refered to as the trouble maker with whoever your with, I'm sure your remarks have been noted as i can't beleive if none are on here. I feel your pain but it is only once a year and they are there to find fault as i'm sure if you look hard enough we all miss the old bits on a job.
I remember having a head on with mine a few years back over something silly as i felt the same as you, ended up i called him a few choice words and there was silence the he ****ed himself laughing. Been great since then, really nice bloke. (thought better add that last bit, just incase
Jedi, are you a door mat? I will guess as NO as you can type and speak like a human being.
You really should get this whole thread deleted or put in the arms so not to be seen by one of the NIC as "bitching"
Phone them up tomorrow and make it clear YOU are NOT happy with HIM and his manner.
Tell them you are fed up with it and shall leave at the end of the year or now and demand a refund.
Do not put up with it and take action NOW!
Alternatively, give me all your details and his and I will do it for you.
Jedi, are you a door mat? I will guess as NO as you can type and speak like a human being.
You really should get this whole thread deleted or put in the arms so not to be seen by one of the NIC as "bitching"
Phone them up tomorrow and make it clear YOU are NOT happy with HIM and his manner.
Tell them you are fed up with it and shall leave at the end of the year or now and demand a refund.
Do not put up with it and take action NOW!
Alternatively, give me all your details and his and I will do it for you.
WHY?? No names have been mentioned or implied!! What have the NIC got to be worried about, or the OP come to that. As wade88 Stated in his post the Brit's don't complain enough when they have received or given a bad service, this thread may well help others put in this position...
Cakey - I should be more like that, I'm crap at complaining! It's like if you complain about your starter in a restaurant, I worry that my main cousre will then be laced with the chef's special sauce or the like!
I feel that if I complain, he might be even more picky and horrible next time.
I don't do biscuits but i do make him a cuppa like I would anyone who is visiting my house (I work based from home).
Thanks everyone for your posts so far, some funny ones too!
I agree with you about complaining in restaurants..... Always a last resort. And I too make tea and if there are any digestives about he can have them too because I'm a nice guy but not so it might mean he won't pick on me so much. As said above we are the customer and come to think of it never mind tea and biscuits id like a few gifts from them on thier visit to keep my custom. A nice pen maybe or a Christmas card like the the bank give me. What u reckon?
For me it's just about treating people the way you would like to be treated, basic manners one man to another, whether I'm paying or not. If someone thinks it should be moved then go for it, I'm not worried who sees it, no names mentioned anyway. I'm also perfectly happy with being picked up on there is anything wrong with my work, that's the whole point isn't it.
Get yourself down elecsa/ECA mate, they're all nice as pie, easy going, only want 1 small assessment job which you can choose and generally just leave you to get on with it and treat you like the proffessional that you are.
I agree with you about complaining in restaurants..... Always a last resort. And I too make tea and if there are any digestives about he can have them too because I'm a nice guy but not so it might mean he won't pick on me so much. As said above we are the customer and come to think of it never mind tea and biscuits id like a few gifts from them on thier visit to keep my custom. A nice pen maybe or a Christmas card like the the bank give me. What u reckon?
Get yourself down elecsa/ECA mate, they're all nice as pie, easy going, only want 1 small assessment job which you can choose and generally just leave you to get on with it and treat you like the proffessional that you are.
Are you on the DI or AC scheme.. Remember the DI engineers are often experienced local AC's paid by the NICEIC to do assessments.
He might have a chip on his shoulder about you being competition.
The guy who does the DI assessments round here (Scott) has his own electrical firm (and is an AC).... He's a nice guy for the record.. although I've never met him in a professional capacity.
Having been on both sides of being assessed and being the assessor I can understand that personalities can react but there are some that are so far up the darkside.
I did some assessing of workshops for the National Caravan Councils Approved Workshop Scheme a while ago and it can work both ways had a site whose arrogance while trying to book the visit on the phone didn't bode well for a good visit, the notes on the previous assessment visit for another site indicated an attitude problem with the workshop manager and other people mentioned his arrogance, during my visit there was no problem and he couldn't have been more polite. On another site I had to be very insistent on seeing all the documentation which due to their filing system was mislaid or misfiled and also not having on open display in the waiting area the mandatory documents required by the AWS made me possibly appear aggressive towards them as I insisted that this needed to be sorted to receive a favourable assessment
On the other side I have in other businesses been assessed by the NICEIC, SSAIB and various other bodies and never had a problem with the people they have sent out
I have often thought that it would be useful if you had to fill in a questionnaire about your assessment and how well the assessor did
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