Originally Posted by Red ones

Welcome to the world of contractor management. It gets little better when you deal with the big boys on a professional level.

I am currently battling with a large construction firm over the fact that I usually expect the lock on a door to be on the opening side of the aperture, not the hinge side. I have another contractor who asked when he could switch of a water supply, I said "first thing in the morning" - I don't believe the pipe just broke 5 minutes later.