Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[maviczap]

No, just a common garden flying rat. Stupid things as this was one of two who came to feed on our bird feeder and had close calls with the cat before

[Biker Biggles]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Number of birds killed by wind turbines 200-300,000 per year
Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr
Number of birds killed by cats 1.5 - 3.5 BILLION/yr

put a bell on its collar.

(Do cats taste like chicken? )

Number of statistical facts that are made up------87.3%

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Number of birds killed by wind turbines 200-300,000 per year
Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr
Number of birds killed by cats 1.5 - 3.5 BILLION/yr

put a bell on its collar.

(Do cats taste like chicken? )

It has a bell but it's a ninja cat and pigeons are stupid. One less pigeon isn't going to decimate the species, especially if you see the numbers flying around the grain terminal at my local docks.

Originally Posted by Biker Biggles

Number of statistical facts that are made up------87.3%

[ophic]

Originally Posted by Seeker

Number of birds killed by collision with cellphone/radio/tv towers 6-7 million/yr

Well if they can't see a huge static object right in front of them then how are they supposed to deal with a ninja cat?

Good job they don't make insurance claims
"It just ran out in front of me"
"The cat?"
"No the BT telecom tower..."

[dirtydog]

Customers! Not all of them but a growing number want everything done on the cheap and try and haggle or just don't understand what the job entails. Current job that I only started on Monday is a bathroom refit including removing the bath and fitting a shower enclosure except they want it on the opposite wall, move basin to the opposite wall, move the toilet along the wall 60cm to accommodate the new shower enclosure and tiling of 3 walls after removing the current tiles.
I got a text from the owner today saying they're disappointed with the progress made on the bathroom and they expected it to be finished tomorrow!!!

[SV650rules]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

Customers! Not all of them but a growing number want everything done on the cheap and try and haggle or just don't understand what the job entails. Current job that I only started on Monday is a bathroom refit including removing the bath and fitting a shower enclosure except they want it on the opposite wall, move basin to the opposite wall, move the toilet along the wall 60cm to accommodate the new shower enclosure and tiling of 3 walls after removing the current tiles.
I got a text from the owner today saying they're disappointed with the progress made on the bathroom and they expected it to be finished tomorrow!!!

Only someone who has done DIY and actually got their hands dirty knows what jobs entail and how many things can go wrong with even the best planned jobs. The people who have never done DIY themselves are undoubtedly the worst for being impatient and penny pinching. They probably value their own job skills (if they have any) highly, but obviously not yours.

[dirtydog]

yeah I don't think she's ever done diy and her ex husband clearly wasn't any good at it either but the main problem with this one is the lodger sticking her oar in. She tries to make out she's done loads of house renovations but I know for a fact all she's ever had done was having a bathroom and kitchen replaced in 1 house about 10 years ago

[maviczap]

Originally Posted by dirtydog

yeah I don't think she's ever done diy and her ex husband clearly wasn't any good at it either but the main problem with this one is the lodger sticking her oar in. She tries to make out she's done loads of house renovations but I know for a fact all she's ever had done was having a bathroom and kitchen replaced in 1 house about 10 years ago

They've also seen stuff done on DIY SOS and it only takes an hour

Some people just don't have a grasp on reality.

When you quote, do you give them an estimate of how long it's going to take in writing?

If you do, I'd refer to the written quote.

[Red ones]

I thought today was going well when I argued out of a parking ticket.

Then I had a day of a door being slammed every 30 seconds behind my desk. Got a headache.

A car drove into the bike parking knocking one over and rammed it into mine. Car drove off.

[dirtydog]

Originally Posted by maviczap

They've also seen stuff done on DIY SOS and it only takes an hour

Some people just don't have a grasp on reality.

When you quote, do you give them an estimate of how long it's going to take in writing?

If you do, I'd refer to the written quote.

On this occasion it was just a verbal guide to time but it's down to the lodger twisting it to suit her as she's a bit of a poop stirrer