Pet Hates

[tbs1983]

1.Twisted Earths,
2. dodgy threads on metal back boxes,
3. that horrible cellophane and foil inside some brands of FP200,
4. cheap soft brass terminal screws on switches/sockets etc.
5. snapping small terminal screwdrivers cos I'm too lazy to get the bigger one out of my toolbox!

 

[pepparz]

not using a large enough enclosure for a panel

 

[thesnowman]

-constantly searching for a new job

-when accepted for that new job, its the arse-end of the job ie the last week or 2 before completion, where everything is rushed and deadline must be met!!!

 

[markc123]

Getting to the petrol station - you have a certain routine.

Fill up - Pick Paper - Get Sarnie - Get Crisps - Get choccy bar - get scratch card.

Now, when you get there and your favourite choccy bar isn't in stock, and you have to settle for the still nice but still #2 bar.

That's definitley a pet hate.

 

[varilite]

Those new Socket outlets that are really thin that customers insist on changing the old ones for and will not fit nicely into a 25mm box

 

[telectrix]

Getting to the petrol station - you have a certain routine.

Fill up - Pick Paper - Get Sarnie - Get Crisps - Get choccy bar - get scratch card.

Now, when you get there and your favourite choccy bar isn't in stock, and you have to settle for the still nice but still #2 bar.

That's definitley a pet hate.

queuing at the pump whilst her from the car in front, blocking the pump, is doing her shopping in the filling station over priced mini-mart.

 

[Aindowsimon]

People saying " looks good ..... But I would have done it this way........... " you can f**k right off

 

[Englishman]

Those new Socket outlets that are really thin that customers insist on changing the old ones for and will not fit nicely into a 25mm box

Flat plates and 25mm boxes are two key components in the only job I've come close to walking off. I despise them.

 

[overskilled]

1. earths twisted in sleeving also
2. small PL downlights balanced on the remains on an old broken large PL downlight (today's fun)
3. Cheap and nasty SWA Glands
4. cheap sockets
5. Can you knock the VAT off?
6. I've just decorated...
7. CFL bulbs (all too many times find CU's in cupboards and the only light is some worn out CFL that takes 20 seconds to come on and forever to get brighter than a damp match....)

 

[overskilled]

inappropriately small earth sleeving (i.e. earth from 16mm2 T+E split into 3 separate sleeved bundles, connected to the same earth terminal)....it does come in sizes bigger than 2mm....

 

[MDJ]

Builders, end of

 

[Chris sparky]

Twisted earths in same bit of sleeving (bet that,s been said a lot already)
Plasterer's who fill up boxes.
Consumer units in kitchen cupboards, usually the one with every handheld appliance known to man obstructing them!
Flat plate chrome, and rope edge brass because it look's awful.

There are lots more but cant think right now

 

[Welchyboy1]

Slotted screws

 

[telectrix]

of all the hates, nothing gets higher than a 5 on a scale of 10, where plumbers score 10.

 

[overskilled]

Houses fitted with underfloor heating on both ground and first floors, which makes adding sockets etc "interesting".....

 

[robsparky1975]

Chipboard flooring arghhhhhhhhh awful stuff.

Making a list for the wholesalers only to find a few hours later when going through your materials that you forgot 1 damned item!