Odd things in folks houses.

[sparksburnout]

How’s this for a light-hearted Sunday thread. Working in a house the other day, went off in search of the customer for a chat, as I walked through his lounge I nearly jumped out of my skin as I was met with a horrendous, deafening screeching noise, I thought it was one of these intruder type alarms designed to make you leg it. Turns out is a blooming great parrot, sat on the mantelpiece, I nearly shat myself! Customer thought it was hilarious. What odd things have you come across (careful now)?

 

[LewisM]

Got a call by a customers whose fathers shower was tripping the circuit breaker. When I got to the house I wasn't expecting it to be in the condition it was in......

The guy let me in said about two words then sat back down and watched television.

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[Dave OCD]

That's beyond putting up with, I'd have been gone quicker than I arrived.

 

[Pete999]

Got a call by a customers whose fathers shower was tripping the circuit breaker. When I got to the house I wasn't expecting it to be in the condition it was in......

The guy let me in said about two words then sat back down and watched television.

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Slovenly git

 

[sparksburnout]

The things us house bashers have to do. I went to an immersion heater job earlier in the year, the woman that answered the door stank like a cess pit. She insisted on sitting at the top of the stairs watching me, still in her nighty at 2pm. I had to keep going out to "get some bits" so I could gulp down fresh air. When I finished in double quick time I thought right sod this and wound the bill up, she just smiled and said "oh thats very reasonable, do you have a business card?"

 

[Dave OCD]

I do an occasional small job for a couple like that, they're both rather large people and she seems to be permanently in her nighty while he slouches about in filthy jogging bottoms and bare footed - with dirt filled toenails impossible to miss. A while back I was changing a battenholder for an enclosed led fitting in their bathroom and had to pause and vacate as she needed the loo. Well ten minutes later it was hard to breathe in there, really horrible and I had to go outside to make an 'urgent phone call', stayed out for a good 15 minutes. And that's one of a few places where I always decline a cuppa - 'just had one thanks' even if it was hours ago.

 

[Pete999]

Doing some council rewires about 1973, had to move this box to get at the floorboards, bit heavy so I looked inside, ---- mags going back years, didn't dare look for fear of damaging them.

 

[sparksburnout]

Doing some council rewires about 1973, had to move this box to get at the floorboards, bit heavy so I looked inside, ---- mags going back years, didn't dare look for fear of damaging them.

Here we go again, Pete you are obsessed with sex. What were these mags back then?? I can remember H&E and RODOX from years ago

 

[sparksburnout]

I do an occasional small job for a couple like that, they're both rather large people and she seems to be permanently in her nighty while he slouches about in filthy jogging bottoms and bare footed - with dirt filled toenails impossible to miss. A while back I was changing a battenholder for an enclosed led fitting in their bathroom and had to pause and vacate as she needed the loo. Well ten minutes later it was hard to breathe in there, really horrible and I had to go outside to make an 'urgent phone call', stayed out for a good 15 minutes. And that's one of a few places where I always decline a cuppa - 'just had one thanks' even if it was hours ago.

One of my younger mates got a job working for a council, he rang me a bit ago to tell me that while he was working in one of the less salubrious estates in Derbyshire he was in a bathroom, fitting a new extractor. Midway the young “lady” living there just walked in, dropped her kecks and lost a few pounds right in front of him. Lovely……..

 

[Pete999]

Here we go again, Pete you are obsessed with sex. What were these mags back then?? I can remember H&E and RODOX from years ago

Parade, --- bits, no pun intended,

 

[Pete999]

One of my younger mates got a job working for a council, he rang me a bit ago to tell me that while he was working in one of the less salubrious estates in Derbyshire he was in a bathroom, fitting a new extractor. Midway the young “lady” living there just walked in, dropped her kecks and lost a few pounds right in front of him. Lovely……..

Nice, classy Lady

 

[sparksburnout]

Parade, --- bits, no pun intended,

I thought "--- bits" was a TV times type publication? I can remember parade though.

 

[Pete999]

Filthy Dirty family well known on one job I was on, found all things ladies sanitary wear, some prophylactics, all 2nd hand under the beds we had to move, fleas, roaches all sorts of wild life even dog dos, had to get deloused at the council office.

 

[Pete999]

I thought "--- bits" was a TV times type publication? I can remember parade though.

Yes but it still had bits in it, I think

 

[sparksburnout]

I just picked up on what you said there: " didn't dare look for fear of damaging them." Hehe I get the jist mate...........Bloody hard to get the pages apart. Bit like midwests "stiff"

 

[Al Q]

Where was this ? Going by your hands I'd say a coal mine.

Local steel processing plant. Won't name them. Needless to say I will be replacing with 100A BS88 Gg. Then see how they go. Clearly the maintenance team was anything goes if it still runs lol.