What is it with the British workman?

**DimPrawn** · 22 March 2010, 16:24

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**sasguru** · 22 March 2010, 16:25

What's the betting it leaks when finally installed?

**sasguru** · 22 March 2010, 16:26

Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post

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Would be funny if it wasn't so tragic that the only competent people are foreign.

**Mich the Tester** · 22 March 2010, 16:28

Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Why is it that he is invariably a cock-up merchant? Needed a new pane of glass for the shower/steamer/jacuzzi thingy. Glazier comes in and measures it last Monday. On wednesday brings it in, glass is wrong size FFS.
Re-orders, due in on friday, says could not make it.
Meant to come today - hasn't.

Should have got a fooking Pole.

mad

You may be drawing your conclusions too quickly. Where was it manufactured?

Of course, if the manufacturing's outsourced, a good tradesman should check the materials before coming to the client, but it may be that he measured correctly and they made it wrong.

**stek** · 22 March 2010, 16:28

I blame it on the Metric system...

**DimPrawn** · 22 March 2010, 16:28

Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Should have got a fooking Pole.

mad

Yes a shower curtain would have been a better solution.

**sasguru** · 22 March 2010, 16:31

Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post

You may be drawing your conclusions too quickly. Where was it manufactured?

Of course, if the manufacturing's outsourced, a good tradesman should check the materials before coming to the client, but it may be that he measured correctly and they made it wrong.

I doubt it was manufactured abroad, as he mentioned something about it being a foreign shower and that that English glaziers didn't do 5mm width (or some other such bollux).
Either way my comment stands.

**ratewhore** · 22 March 2010, 16:32

Originally posted by sasguru View Post

Why is it that he is invariably a cock-up merchant? Needed a new pane of glass for the shower/steamer/jacuzzi thingy. Glazier comes in and measures it last Monday. On wednesday brings it in, glass is wrong size FFS.
Re-orders, due in on friday, says could not make it.
Meant to come today - hasn't.

Should have got a fooking Pole.

mad

Seems a bit wilmslow-esque to me...

**DimPrawn** · 22 March 2010, 16:33

Originally posted by ratewhore View Post

Seems a bit wilmslow-esque to me...

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What is it with the British workman?