Best Customers ever

[CJ CERAMICS]

hi all
started a new job today small bathroom floor and regrout main bathroom.
Arrived at job to be greeted by a cup of coffee (may have mentioned when quoting)
started overboarding floor with hardie backer...and up pops another cuppa and a egg sarnie.

1'oclock and 5 cups of coffee later the husband shouts that dinner is ready??
now i thought that he was talking to his family, but 2 mins later he comes in and says again dinners ready.

Chicken breasts with roast potatoes carrotts and brocolli. Now in this house there are 2 sparky's, a painter and a plumber and me, all sat round the kitchen table having lunch, i turned to the guy sitting next to me dave the painter and asked if it was always like this.
oh yes mate he said i've been here for nearly 2 weeks now and i must have put on a stone in weight.....oh and you get fresh baked apple pie about 4'oclock:yikes::yikes: dont think my pants will fit by the time i leave on friday

chris

 

[Colour Republic]

Sounds great!

Although be careful, many years ago some of the boys were working at this cafe and on the first day the owner said 'you'd like a bacon sarnie lads?' of course they obliged, then came the coffees, more food, whatever they could eat.

I thought what a great bloke! until it came to paying and he deducted the 'tab':yikes: , thought it was a joke to start with but he was deadly serious

 

[White Room]

Now thats quality CJ:drool5:

 

[SandyFloor]

I heard a story ( second hand I admit) about a guest house being refurbished and the place was full of trades. Every day the rather camp owner would provide excellent catering for all the guys working there up until he was caught pleasuring himself into the frying pan while doing the bacon and eggs.

Enjoy your lunch tomorrow :lol:

 

[jay]

nice find enjoy

 

[hillhead]

3 years ago I got the bulk of a hotel job and the builders, joiners, sparks etc had been enjoying lovely dinners every day in the still operational restaurant! Turns out there was 26 of them and the orders got more extravagant every day until the owner said enough is enough lads. I arrived two weeks after that so no luck there. Lol.
I did get on well with ownner and got a few lovely dinners when on late shifts etc.
I have had dinners of all sorts set down in front of me and believe me one or two were shockingly poor and un eatable. Lol.

 

[cornish_crofter]

I've got a few customers who will go out of their way like this.

When refitting a shower last year the lady served me bacon sandwitches, cake etc. Nothing fancy, just very welcome.

She wasn't the customer, the customer was her landlord!

She did get a few small odd jobs seen to, saving her the trouble of contacting the landlord

 

[Saltire69]

Wouldn't be able to much work after all that.:lol:

 

[Andy Allen]

i had the opposite today......got offered a cup of coffee and when it arrived i couldnt find a clean bit of the cup to drink it from.

 

[Colour Republic]

i had the opposite today......got offered a cup of coffee and when it arrived i couldnt find a clean bit of the cup to drink it from.

ungrateful git, that's the last time I make you a cuppa

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

Years ago (I know all my posts start like that, groan.....) my partner ( at the time ) and I were working in a domestic bathroom, for a very nice elderly Italian lady. About lunch time she shouted up to us "would you like some SLIMY sandwiches" my mate and I looked at each other grimacing and replied politely "no thank you, we're fine" a few minutes later she appeared at the bathroom door with two cups of tea, and was munching on a very nice looking salami sandwich with all the trimmings, I can't believe you english boys don't like slimy sandwiches, you don't know what you are missing:mad2: Things can get lost with accents:lol: we lost out on that one

 

[Colour Republic]

[video=youtube;YjXGywPzkw0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjXGywPzkw0&feature=related[/video]

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

:lol::lol::lol:

 

[SandyFloor]

Did a job two weeks ago for a scottish customer who lives in Luxembourg and previously in Germany.He has a few properties in the UK. He told me over there the customer will never offer a tradesmen tea or similar and none is expected. The done thing is tradesmen will have their own tea, food etc and only consume it in the van. Not sure I could handle flask tea every day.