Customer, plasterer!!!

[Engineer54]

Eng54, you'll be delighted to here this, I can't take anymore of this, I'm off.
Bye

Delighted, .....what do you mean here??

 

[Guitarist]

Nothing wrong with what you did m8. As others have said, if the plasterer took off the plate then plastered over your cables then he is in the wrong, no question.
Shame you lost your cool. Was the plate definitely removed at the owners request? If so, then a call-out fee is due.

 

[alarm man]

as has been said not the fault of hs,if it was a game of cluedo..it was the plasterer,a trowel, in the living room..:biggrin:

 

[timbobelfast]

Typical customer thinking they know best then passing the buck!

 

[timo1]

Glad that a bit of balance has been restored, give a guy a hard time or what! I hope Im lucky enough one day to work after all of the people who do every job totally over and above the regs, as Im yet to see it in any of the houses I have worked on! Usually in these situations its whoever gets in first gets the customer on side as most of the time they will listen to anybody as they dont have the depth of knowledge to disagree.

 

[robd]

It strikes me that people should read a post two or three times to makes sure they've read it properly before they start calling people incompetent and a danger to others.

 

[D80]

In fairness the OP confused me, and still has me confused, with this tape and cardboard thing.

Blanked off redundant switch - all fine. Blank plate removed and tape/cardboard mentioned - lost me on how this will be useful.

An old foreman of mine used to say thank blank plates looked horrendous and wouldn't let us use them - he preferred a 1way switch instead. Not connected, but acting as a blank plate. It looked like it was there for a reason.

 

[plugsandsparks]

Looked straight forward to me, plasterer (hate them) wants to get a good finish but this plate is in the way. Removes plate and gobs up, normal service resumed. Trips house, oh bugger, calls electrcian who has a hissy fit (he also hates plasteres) and suggests if he had to remove the faceplate to put some cardboard etc in the hole to stop the gob bunging up the works. When plaster goes off , take out carboard to reveal un-molested connections.
Jobs a gud up.
Dont think i would have lost it though, unless i had driven 100mls and the client let rip before listening to what i had to say.

 

[Knobhead]

Thank you D80, perhaps others will understand why I went off on one.

The OP did not set out what were the eventual facts.

Chaos rules, simply because it’s better organised.

 

[pencilpusher]

In fairness the OP confused me, and still has me confused, with this tape and cardboard thing.

Blanked off redundant switch - all fine. Blank plate removed and tape/cardboard mentioned - lost me on how this will be useful.

An old foreman of mine used to say thank blank plates looked horrendous and wouldn't let us use them - he preferred a 1way switch instead. Not connected, but acting as a blank plate. It looked like it was there for a reason.

and of course the next occupier will call someone out becuase her light switch doesn't work!! Classic :rockon2:.