Pet hates

[tomspark93]

Just wondered what people pet hates were whilst working. I'll start us off.

- Electricians who refer to rough wiring as "illegal"
- Plasterers who fill back boxes up with plaster and don't clean them out
- faulty back box lugs

Theres plenty more but I don't want to sound too miserable.

 

[GMES]

Unlabelled ccts on large eicr's

 

[telectrix]

gorillas that give me lip.

 

[GMES]

gorillas that give me lip.

:001_icon16::001_icon16::001_icon16::001_icon16::001_icon16::001_icon16::001_icon16: like this you mean

 

[telectrix]

ARRRGH! a pink faced girolla. matches a babboon's arse.

 

[GMES]

ARRRGH! a pink faced girolla. matches a babboon's arse.

Not seen one of them before:freak:

 

[telectrix]

it's a gorilla with mixed up bowels, oops vowels.

 

[Hellmooth]

Work.......

 

[GMES]

Toyota Hiace Drivers :cuss::cuss::cuss:

 

[telectrix]

Toyota Hiace Drivers :cuss::cuss::cuss:

not as much as the stupid woman that rammed it up the arse, making it a cat. C write off.

 

[NDG Elecs]

Mine at the moment are slapdash decorators painting all over face plates etc and making new installs look she-ight....haven't you got 60 spare seconds to loosen the plate and mask it off.......and today it was Halotite 150VA trannys that kindly have a loop out on the 230V side but no room whatsoever to terminate neatly due to the carp positioning of the terminals with the N's together and the L's together.... Bloody idiots!

Oh, and plumbers going completely mental with insulation tape on y plan wiring. Just buy one of the purpose made enclosures n do it properly....ffffs...

 

[Slowhand]

Bi Polar customers. I can't work for people who are very happy with my work one minute and screaming and shouting at me the next.
It reminds me too much of my first marriage.

 

[Spoon]

Bi Polar customers.

I hate Bi Polar customers....... They are fantastic....

 

[markc123]

When you get home from a hard days graft and the missus hasn't cooked the tea

 

[firemanowl]

Average speed cameras on the motorway when travelling at night and no one working.

 

[Spoon]

People who can't drive:
Going through red lights.
Speeding
Obviously drive quite a bit for their job but can't be bothered to get a 'hands free' kit and drive around with their phone to their heads.
Driving in the middle lane on the motorway when the left hand lane is free.
Driving 12" from your bumper cause you are driving at the speed limit. (it's good to slow down just a bit if this happens. This may make me a bad driver....)
BMW drivers. Do I need to say anymore....
Can't be bothered to indicate.

I'm stopping now, before I get wound up.....

 

[telectrix]

People who can't drive:
Going through red lights.
Speeding
Obviously drive quite a bit for their job but can't be bothered to get a 'hands free' kit and drive around with their phone to their heads.
Driving in the middle lane on the motorway when the left hand lane is free.
Driving 12" from your bumper cause you are driving at the speed limit. (it's good to slow down just a bit if this happens. This may make me a bad driver....)
BMW drivers. Do I need to say anymore....
Can't be bothered to indicate.

I'm stopping now, before I get wound up.....

flick switch wired in parallel with the brake light switch is a nice deterrent.

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[Spoon]

flick switch wired in parallel with the brake light switch is a nice deterrent.

It's also good to see the expression on the drivers face when, instead of driving faster, you slow to 28. They are not happy.

 

[telectrix]

and wave them past when there's 2 cyclists abreast oncoming. double points.

 

[Flanders]

People who can't drive:
Going through red lights.
Speeding
Obviously drive quite a bit for their job but can't be bothered to get a 'hands free' kit and drive around with their phone to their heads.
Driving in the middle lane on the motorway when the left hand lane is free.
Driving 12" from your bumper cause you are driving at the speed limit. (it's good to slow down just a bit if this happens. This may make me a bad driver....)
BMW drivers. Do I need to say anymore....
Can't be bothered to indicate.

I'm stopping now, before I get wound up.....

People moaning about my driving when I'm trying to make 3 phone calls, program my sat nav, sink my ipod to the blue tooth thing and eating a sandwich!!! cant they see I haven't got time to concentrate on driving !!! :dizzy2:

 

[Pete999]

Gits who BORROW your tools and never give them back, oh I hate that with a vengeance

 

[Spoon]

I went out with a lass for a bit, who was a sales rep. Told me she used to drive along the motorway with a butty in one hand, phone in the other and steering with her knees.

 

[telectrix]

I went out with a lass for a bit, who was a sales rep. Told me she used to drive along the motorway with a butty in one hand, phone in the other and steering with her knees.

obviously another wench who can't keep her legs together.

 

[Spoon]

obviously another wench who can't keep her legs together.

haha.. what can I say mate. her legs may have been good for driving but unfortunately that was it.....

 

[Pete999]

People who don't fill their profile in fully, so we don't know what type of person we are responding to, DIYer, Trainee etc etc you know what I'm on about

 

[Jonboy1989]

Just gunna nip off and update my profile.... Haha

 

[Pete999]

Not a bad thing mate you try answering a question when you don't know what the subject's experience is.

 

[andyb]

People who don't fill their profile in fully, so we don't know what type of person we are responding to, DIYer, Trainee etc etc you know what I'm on about

Give us a chance Pete, I've only been a member 5 minutes,
I'll do it in a mo.

 

[Jonboy1989]

I completely agree mate, was just jestily highlighting the fact that I was one of the people you were talking about.

 

[Octopus]

People who don't fill their profile in fully, so we don't know what type of person we are responding to, DIYer, Trainee etc etc you know what I'm on about

Good point. Maybe the mods need to be more thorough about extracting facts from them....

So Andyb - where are you? We do need existing members to lead by example!

 

[GMES]

Trying to work out whether the fridge light really goes out once you've closed the door!!

 

[Pete999]

When the bottle is getting near empty and there is none left in the kitchen (red wine) that is

 

[Simonslimline]

Trying to work out whether the fridge light really goes out once you've closed the door!!

Drill a hole in the top and have a look.

:50:

 

[GMES]

Simon you're going to make a good Electrician, thinking outside the box like that.

 

[DuaneMHunt1976]

obviously another wench who can't keep her legs together.

at least if you fance a bit of action, just hand her your phone and a sandwich

 

[Barry White]

Ball end Allen keys Had to change a servo motor last night and the person who fitted it had broken off the ball in the locking collar

 

[jibjob]

schneider easy 9. nothing easy about a CU with no room above RCBOs, Main switrch arse about face, RCDs ( in Dual RCD boards) fed arse about face. i.e. incomer at bottom.

Fitted a metal clad one these the other day with RCBO's & was really surprised by the lack of space at the top & the huge void at the bottom. First time I've used RCBO's with one of these boards, right pain especially with 6mm or 10mm cable.