Customers!!!

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Im off to grout up a bathroom today or imight be tiling another wall....i starteded tiling last saturday, found a box with smashd corners on opening a box , told the customer when she returned, didnt seemed fussed, sunday morning she says if you dont have enough tiles, just do three walls!!!!! So i adviced her itwould look rubbish and it would be best to tile just the bath and shower wall only and paint the others. So i said why dont you contact the shop to see if they have any of thetiles with matching batch numbers. She says, dont think they will, ive had them in the shed for six year!! That explains why the the supplied adhesive i decided not to use had a funny texture
So after finding another two broken boxes, Its two walls tiled, Why would you wait 6 years before sticking them on the wall....

 

[Andy Allen]

Get used to it, there's plenty of them out there....
Nothing surprises me anymore.

 

[Old Mod]

If that's the worst u've encountered so far, hang to your hat, you're in for a ride! Hahaha

 

[Qwerty]

There's some right corkers out there! Nothing surprises me anymore.......it just becomes another tale to tell on here!
Remember, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!

 

[Old Mod]

There's some right corkers out there! Nothing surprises me anymore.......it just becomes another tale to tell on here!
Remember, what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger!

 

[Ian]

I've had something similar in the past, not 6 years but, maybe 2. And just to add to that she'd been buying them as she could afford them from B&Q, 16m2, 4 different batches! Bought over a 6 month period, varied in size over the batches, fortunately the shade was ok so it was a case of starting with the largest and working from there, all good fun being a tile installation technician

 

[John Benton]

Who else can spot Brians' acronym - oooeeer missus

 

[peteablard]

Who else can spot Brians' acronym - oooeeer missus

Yep!

 

[Old Mod]

Hahaha good spot @Doug Boardley! Hahaha

 

[Ian]

What are you lot on about? Starting with the largest?

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

So it continues..... I've nearly grouted up, just to polish and she rocks up and says if I pay you today for the full room, will you comeback and tile the door wall. In the new year...... A - she didn't listen when i said it will look rubish. B -why not tell that before I grouted.....

 

[Italy]

I always say: besides tiler must be also a psychologist. to understand what the customer wants and anticipate what he thinks

 

[peteablard]

Reminds me of the Only fools and horses episode with the letterheads when Rodney says "We've got a company called TIT and a director with DIC after his name"

 

[andyb1]

Done a job this week with B&Q 60X30, £10M, size variation as you will all imagine, then she complained the some of the joints were 1mm out.

 

[StevieBoy]

Done a job this week with B&Q 60X30, £10M, size variation as you will all imagine, then she complained the some of the joints were 1mm out.

When they are that bad which usually they are and you can tell within 4 to 6 tiles, always point this out to the customer - then it's clear on all sides.

 

[andyb1]

That's the thing di tell her and showed her some tiles, still moaned afterwards!

 

[Italy]

Today the works is more talk and think that fatigue !!!!

 

[One Day]

That's the thing di tell her and showed her some tiles, still moaned afterwards!

Champagne taste - Lemonade pockets

 

[Mr Tiler]

some people plan early lol!... i guess things get put back, and put back, and put back, and eventually get left until one day... oh, we still have all those tiles and adhesive. they are prob all broken because they have been moved to make room and got batterd along the way lol

 

[thompsonbrown]

Its two walls tiled, Why would you wait 6 years before sticking them on the wall....
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Extra slow set adhesive? lol

 

[Wishiwasatoptiler]

Its two walls tiled, Why would you wait 6 years before sticking them on the wall....

Extra slow set adhesive? lol[/QUOTE]Lol, it was all the walls but now 3m2 short after 3 boxesfound to damaged..... been moved aound a lot she said... more like thrown around.