tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post6104144402898892664..comments2023-10-24T14:51:45.756+02:00Comments on Bloggertropolis: Double ActsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-16586028426065262832008-12-16T13:00:00.000+01:002008-12-16T13:00:00.000+01:00Sadly Andrew, nobody quite as professional...Sadly Andrew, nobody quite as professional...Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-48932570582249726322008-12-16T10:31:00.000+01:002008-12-16T10:31:00.000+01:00Was it the Chuckle Brothers who were doing the wor...Was it the Chuckle Brothers who were doing the work !? :) To me !! To you !!Andrew Glazebrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10561008286443964427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-73901095221412990482008-12-16T08:16:00.000+01:002008-12-16T08:16:00.000+01:00Sweet Cheeks, I'm sure the average workman would l...Sweet Cheeks, I'm sure the average workman would love to be seen (and paid) on a par with the average GP!<BR/><BR/>Amanda, hope your PC gets over its tantrum very soon. It's very quiet on the internet without you! ;-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-60708985501848367292008-12-15T23:48:00.000+01:002008-12-15T23:48:00.000+01:00Sounds like the painters that were hired to paint ...Sounds like the painters that were hired to paint our offices! Must be a school they all go to eh, and all learn that phrasology. (My home PC has spat a big dummy, can't access internet...not ignoring you!!)The Sagittarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513045101496737031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-68711001385205054932008-12-15T20:06:00.000+01:002008-12-15T20:06:00.000+01:00Hi SteveI was thinking while reading your post tha...Hi Steve<BR/>I was thinking while reading your post that if you substituted the word physician for the word workman...it would be equally as true.<BR/>They use some of the same jokes you quoted (Funny that he's a brain surgeon-his mom dropped him on his head, or Fitting that he spends all day looking up rear ends because he is one), and doctors charge you a full week's pay for 15 minutes of work. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-75595043803771297392008-12-14T18:32:00.000+01:002008-12-14T18:32:00.000+01:00Dotterel, forget Gok Wan - you need your own fashi...Dotterel, forget Gok Wan - you need your own fashion show on TV giving advice to the ordinary man on the street. I'd pay to take part.<BR/><BR/>Rol, it's not the size of one's toolkit that counts but what you do with the allen keys.<BR/><BR/>True Kaz, but two single chaps together are a recipe for even bigger trouble. They egg each other on and are each blind to the other's (and their own) unattractiveness.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14795121189347356972008-12-14T17:31:00.000+01:002008-12-14T17:31:00.000+01:00Trouble with the single chaps is - they get lonely...Trouble with the single chaps is - they get lonely and down tools for a chat.<BR/>I have the same trouble with hairdressers who can't cut and talk at the same time.KAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06621294189351906599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-87386361885403430122008-12-14T16:30:00.000+01:002008-12-14T16:30:00.000+01:00Jealousy is SUCH an unpleasant trait, Steve. ;-)Jealousy is SUCH an unpleasant trait, Steve. ;-)Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-56785418780438267282008-12-14T16:03:00.000+01:002008-12-14T16:03:00.000+01:00But is it really true that all the curvy women in ...But is it really true that all the curvy women in the office love 'em? Maybe I need to put on weight. And buy ill-fitting trousers.Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14762949122015888302008-12-14T08:39:00.000+01:002008-12-14T08:39:00.000+01:00Even as a non-workman, Emma, I have not been offer...Even as a non-workman, Emma, I have not been offered as many cups of tea as I would have liked in my lifetime. I'm obviously not showing enough bum crack.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-58348624333929066682008-12-14T01:19:00.000+01:002008-12-14T01:19:00.000+01:00Best way to deal with workmen: be absolutely cold ...Best way to deal with workmen: be absolutely cold and businesslike and never offer them tea - if as a woman you offer them tea you may as well say "and would you like to remove my knickers too sir?" I do any and all repairs myself unless its something nightmarish like retiling the roof - its not worth hiring men and having to listen to their irritating chatMommyHeadachehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924035710478459520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-87563644679519787282008-12-13T16:06:00.000+01:002008-12-13T16:06:00.000+01:00Meva, I guess it's always good to see things from ...Meva, I guess it's always good to see things from the other side of the fence. Mr Surname gets what he deserves in my opinion. I'm on first name terms with all my contractors. And to some of them I am even "mate".<BR/><BR/>Errant, you have a point there. I think we'd all swing the lead a bit given half the chance.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-46031145571302059992008-12-13T15:04:00.000+01:002008-12-13T15:04:00.000+01:00that's very true ,, I agree .. If I were them I'll...that's very true ,, I agree .. If I were them I'll do the same ..Erranthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01684346395835339560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-39674780093257070172008-12-13T13:07:00.000+01:002008-12-13T13:07:00.000+01:00I'm all for the tradesman comedic duo. I have a co...I'm all for the tradesman comedic duo. I have a cousin, you see, who insists that all tradesmen call him Mr Surname. Total tosser, he is. If I was a tradesman working for him, I wouldn't bother with the banter, but I'd make bloody sure the job took twice as long as it should.mevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006090511428184077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-2527168124438322242008-12-13T11:14:00.000+01:002008-12-13T11:14:00.000+01:00Daisy, it's always good to have a look as it tends...Daisy, it's always good to have <I>a look</I> as it tends to be far more effective than sarcasm. For some reason sarcasm just doesn't work on workmen. They're immune to it. I think they just dismiss any kind of communication if it is language based. Looks, however, or a carving knife to the throat... now that gets them working.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-80227056971341557992008-12-13T10:43:00.000+01:002008-12-13T10:43:00.000+01:00btw when they are at the house working and pull th...btw when they are at the house working and pull that...i give them the look...apparently i have one that says "you really don't want to talk to her, she eats people"<BR/>it comes in handy sometimes...Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15190578784452773984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-34588688498600202622008-12-13T08:40:00.000+01:002008-12-13T08:40:00.000+01:00Gina. even when they speak English I fail to under...Gina. even when they speak English I fail to understand them half the time. Lad speak I think they call it...<BR/><BR/>Tashabud, sounds like you've had experience of the workman's gang - so many of them they distract themselves to the point of not appearing for the job. They are not customer friendly though expect to get paid.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-63500924069876005352008-12-12T21:36:00.000+01:002008-12-12T21:36:00.000+01:00At least, they stayed working. We hired a contract...At least, they stayed working. We hired a contractor to build an extension to our existing house seven years ago. He and his men hardly shown up for work. We had the entire side of our house with no wall and the temperature was cold at nights. Thus we would have liked for them to finish the project as soon as possible. We couldn't get a hold of the contractor most of the time. When we did, he made excuses. <BR/><BR/>Oh, I just had a plumber come fix the outside faucet today. For a 15-minute work, he charged me for the full hour rate, which is $67.00/hr. What a deal, huh? I wish I have a job that pays that much for working very little.<BR/><BR/>Tashatashabudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17707659728810975773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-7664064619429802782008-12-12T21:35:00.000+01:002008-12-12T21:35:00.000+01:00Oh yes, I have met these chaps too. They were the...Oh yes, I have met these chaps too. They were the ones who did most of the work/standing around on my old house and drank all my tea and munched their way through pots and pots of sugar. They must be standard issue these workmen. One good thing though - they spoke Welsh, so most of the time I simply pretended not to understand them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-4430756971022565702008-12-12T20:03:00.000+01:002008-12-12T20:03:00.000+01:00Thanks Kate - glad to have been of service! Of cou...Thanks Kate - glad to have been of service! Of course if I'd had a work partner whilst writing on this blog I'd still be writing it now with an estimated completion date of February 2009, luv, if you're lucky of course, depending on how the undercoat dries in this weather and while I think about it what letter comes after "S", oh yeah, "T" - milk no sugar for me darlin'...!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-46403162867976230642008-12-12T19:49:00.000+01:002008-12-12T19:49:00.000+01:00ha! Bulldog thanks you for his morning's entertain...ha! Bulldog thanks you for his morning's entertainment!<BR/>he's been snorting from the kitchen (making me a breakfast smoothie - awwwwwwwww!) while i've been shouting your entire post over the grrrrrrrrr of the blender.<BR/>details.<BR/>the thing that gets me here is that EVERY "road works" has a Spade Leaner - one (or two or three) guy(s) who are leaning on their spades, passing comment as one poor person digs the hole.<BR/>or maybe they're on permanent smoko? Xskatey katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586048408864521948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-89208490617793349982008-12-12T18:57:00.000+01:002008-12-12T18:57:00.000+01:00I experience the same dilemma, Brother T - do I dr...I experience the same dilemma, Brother T - do I drop my haitches and pretend to be a fellow salt of the earth type or do I install web-cam devices around the house to make sure they've not wiping their noses on the curtains or their bums on torn out pages of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare? Do I really need my radiators repairing <I>that</I> badly?Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009574.post-14473578055404024082008-12-12T16:54:00.000+01:002008-12-12T16:54:00.000+01:00Think I've encountered these characters. I never k...Think I've encountered these characters. I never know how to treat them at home either. Should one hang around chatting (swapping glottal stops for 'Ts to prove how egalitarian one is) - thereby increasing the duration and cost of the job? Or leave them too it, appearing like an arrogant git, finding they've put the socket in the wrong room, and discovering 8 weeks later that they lifted the silver frame with the photo of Aunt Ida in?Brother Tobiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14298549883526952305noreply@blogger.com