Visiting a friend in a council house she said someone would be coming to test her kitchen appliances.
There was nothing to show they had been tested before.
When the person arrived to do the PAT testing, the first thing he did was ring the bell, then disappeared behind the sheds to urinate.
He then came in with his tester and a roll of stickers and started putting his stickers on the appliances.
I asked why he wasn't testing anything and he replied "I'm doing a visual inspection, VISUAL Inspection", as though I was simple and needed the emphasis.
I told him that the equipment had never been tested and a visual inspection required more than just seeing it was there
He said he needed someone to make the equipment available for testing, so I said I'd bring them into the middle of the kitchen so he could access them all he wanted, but he declined.
He then left having been there for a few minutes and couldn't get out quickly enough. I believe he realised that he was out of his depth with me.
His interpretation of visual inspection was looking for somewhere to put his stickers on. That's all he did.