Post by ambersalamander on Oct 22, 2006 16:25:18 GMT
I have a new villain to follow up the boiler story from last week!
This time it's the plumber who came to fix said boiler.
After cancelling twice, he eventually turned up to fix the bugger on Wednesday, while I was out. He did a great job putting in a new one and fixing my shower, then tried to ring me twice while I was at work (he didn't know, but I can't answer my phone when I'm working) and left me a garbled voicemail that used up almost all of my remaining phone credit and didn't make an awful lot of sense. Something about the door needing to be fixed and that whoever had put the lock on the door had done a very poor job of it so it had needed replacing. I'd assumed that he meant my bathroom door- my landlord re-hung it a bit shabbily and it doesn't shut properly.
HOWEVER, I returned home to find that my front door had a bloody big hole in it and the locks had been changed.
Basically, because I was out when he came I had to leave a front door key in a certain place for him to find. He'd found it, but somehow done something weird when trying to open my door. He did leave me a new key so I could get in, but the new Chubb lock is so close to the doorframe that it's very difficult to lock and unlock, and the Yale lock didn't work at all because the door was about two millimetres away from shutting properly. There was also wet paint which Mr. Plumber had neglected to mention, and because it was dark I didnt notice and got the stuff over my clothes. I was very cross at this point, not least because I couldn't lock the door without using the Chubb, and this meant that I needed keys to get OUT of my flat- what if there'd been a fire and I couldn't find my keys?
The voicemail said something like "whoever put that lock in did a very poor job of it." Now I know good workmanship when I see it, and that had been a job well done. The lock used to work smoothly and easily, was secure and that particular key worked perfectly well, so I've no idea a) what he was on about and b) how he managed to break the thing. Does he think he's a plumber or a locksmith?
They did come back on Friday and cover the hole in the door, but it looks horrible and the locks are both very stiff and hard to use (but hey, at least they're secure). Now I have to fork out to get a load of new keys cut so I've got spares.
I phoned my landlord to complain, but he lost his signal before I could start my rant and I haven't been able to get back to him since.
Stupid plumber!!!
This time it's the plumber who came to fix said boiler.
After cancelling twice, he eventually turned up to fix the bugger on Wednesday, while I was out. He did a great job putting in a new one and fixing my shower, then tried to ring me twice while I was at work (he didn't know, but I can't answer my phone when I'm working) and left me a garbled voicemail that used up almost all of my remaining phone credit and didn't make an awful lot of sense. Something about the door needing to be fixed and that whoever had put the lock on the door had done a very poor job of it so it had needed replacing. I'd assumed that he meant my bathroom door- my landlord re-hung it a bit shabbily and it doesn't shut properly.
HOWEVER, I returned home to find that my front door had a bloody big hole in it and the locks had been changed.
Basically, because I was out when he came I had to leave a front door key in a certain place for him to find. He'd found it, but somehow done something weird when trying to open my door. He did leave me a new key so I could get in, but the new Chubb lock is so close to the doorframe that it's very difficult to lock and unlock, and the Yale lock didn't work at all because the door was about two millimetres away from shutting properly. There was also wet paint which Mr. Plumber had neglected to mention, and because it was dark I didnt notice and got the stuff over my clothes. I was very cross at this point, not least because I couldn't lock the door without using the Chubb, and this meant that I needed keys to get OUT of my flat- what if there'd been a fire and I couldn't find my keys?
The voicemail said something like "whoever put that lock in did a very poor job of it." Now I know good workmanship when I see it, and that had been a job well done. The lock used to work smoothly and easily, was secure and that particular key worked perfectly well, so I've no idea a) what he was on about and b) how he managed to break the thing. Does he think he's a plumber or a locksmith?
They did come back on Friday and cover the hole in the door, but it looks horrible and the locks are both very stiff and hard to use (but hey, at least they're secure). Now I have to fork out to get a load of new keys cut so I've got spares.
I phoned my landlord to complain, but he lost his signal before I could start my rant and I haven't been able to get back to him since.
Stupid plumber!!!
