funny things that your customer says

[brian c]

I know here i go again on about the people who give me work.Anyway,any of you have any quirps from customers this week that cracked you up?I might make this a weekly occurence as it happens all the time with me...lol





i will start the ball rolling....here goes.....i had just finished tiling a ladys bathroom then her kitchen,she was very happy with the work as the bathroom had a border tile in between two listellos and chrome trim everywhere so she was chuffed.The kitchen was just about finished mosaic job....she says to me 'im thinking of having my outside steps tiled,what are you like at doing them?'i said 'well i have just done two jobs for you,so what do you think,do you think im going to say im no good at them?':mad2: KEEP

 

[Fekin]

You might be rubbish at steps fred

 

[White Room]

The shop told me:whatchutalkingabout

 

[LM Ceramics]

true uv done a good job with the kitchen and the bathroom but the steps are a different ball game haha they make u laugh dont they

 

[wivers]

" Get away from me you know i have a court order stating that you can't come within 10 miles of me in a borat thong!"

 

[brian c]

:lol:you make me laugh Wivs m8 :lol:

 

[brian c]

You might be rubbish at steps fred

ok Adam ok,i get the message :lol:

 

[doug boardley]

a funny thing they ask is "when do you want paying?" .............NOW!

 

[cornish_crofter]

a funny thing they ask is "when do you want paying?" .............NOW!

Yeah, as if you're going to say "leave it a couple of months if you could":lol:

Last Sunday I was asked to cut a tile for a customer. He really wanted to know if I could do it there and then, but asked "How will you do it....what will you use?" That wasn't a stupid question in itself, but I was in a jovial mood, so I told him I would use a bread knife. He looked puzzled.

I had to explain to him that I was joking.:lol:

 

[Grace'sDad]

I got a cheque recently and the guy asked if I could hold off banking it for a couple of weeks. I offered to take his TV until funds cleared. I soon got cash.

And a lady asked if I could get her some "soft" tiles - like shag pile carpet. WTF?

 

[cp3147]

Yeah, as if you're going to say "leave it a couple of months if you could":lol:

Last Sunday I was asked to cut a tile for a customer. He really wanted to know if I could do it there and then, but asked "How will you do it....what will you use?" That wasn't a stupid question in itself, but I was in a jovial mood, so I told him I would use a bread knife. He looked puzzled.

I had to explain to him that I was joking.:lol:

Silly questions always need a silly answer

 

[Rob Z]

One morning my customer came downstairs on her way into work to the bathroom that we were doing . We were nailing up metal lath on the studs, getting ready to float the wall. She says "So, will you guys have the tile on today when I get home?":huh2:

1. Now, keep in mind that this lady is a PHD in physics and is a professor at the local university.
2. Also, she had us do the bathroom upstairs, and saw how the work progressed there (we didn't go from bare studs to finished tile in one day).
3. She and her husband and I had just a few days before discussed the change order that took the job from cement board to a scratch-and-float mud job, along with my explanation of how that would alter the schedule to allow the mud to cure.
4. I waterproofed (tanked ) the upstairs bathroom, and she saw the drying time involved for the various coats. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY, IS IT?
5. The tile wasn't picked up from the tile store and thus wasn't on the job.
6. There was no thinset nor was my tile saw there in the room, where I had stored all my stuff when we worked on the kitchen and the other bathroom.

:mad2:

 

[CJ]

One morning my customer came downstairs on her way into work to the bathroom that we were doing . We were nailing up metal lath on the studs, getting ready to float the wall. She says "So, will you guys have the tile on today when I get home?":huh2:

1. Now, keep in mind that this lady is a PHD in physics and is a professor at the local university.
2. Also, she had us do the bathroom upstairs, and saw how the work progressed there (we didn't go from bare studs to finished tile in one day).
3. She and her husband and I had just a few days before discussed the change order that took the job from cement board to a scratch-and-float mud job, along with my explanation of how that would alter the schedule to allow the mud to cure.
4. I waterproofed (tanked ) the upstairs bathroom, and she saw the drying time involved for the various coats. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY, IS IT?
5. The tile wasn't picked up from the tile store and thus wasn't on the job.
6. There was no thinset nor was my tile saw there in the room, where I had stored all my stuff when we worked on the kitchen and the other bathroom.

:mad2:

So...........did you :lol:

 

[sWe]

One morning my customer came downstairs on her way into work to the bathroom that we were doing . We were nailing up metal lath on the studs, getting ready to float the wall. She says "So, will you guys have the tile on today when I get home?":huh2:

1. Now, keep in mind that this lady is a PHD in physics and is a professor at the local university.
2. Also, she had us do the bathroom upstairs, and saw how the work progressed there (we didn't go from bare studs to finished tile in one day).
3. She and her husband and I had just a few days before discussed the change order that took the job from cement board to a scratch-and-float mud job, along with my explanation of how that would alter the schedule to allow the mud to cure.
4. I waterproofed (tanked ) the upstairs bathroom, and she saw the drying time involved for the various coats. THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TODAY, IS IT?
5. The tile wasn't picked up from the tile store and thus wasn't on the job.
6. There was no thinset nor was my tile saw there in the room, where I had stored all my stuff when we worked on the kitchen and the other bathroom.

:mad2:

Bit like the site boss who expected me to grout 40 linear meters 7 meter high walls in half an hour, bcoz he wanted the scaffold removed. I asked him if he thought I was a magician or something, and he just shrugged and said "be done in half an hour". I laughed and said "I think I just saw a flock of pigs fly past the windows! No wait, I clearly didn't, because that's impossible." He just stared me and left. Half an hour later, he returned with the lads who were going to remove the scaffold and started yelling at me because I wasn't done, so I simply said "you're clearly insane and retarded, so I'll explain this slowly: I'm walking right now unless you leave me to do my work in peace". He actually left me alone.

 

[doug boardley]

was skimming a ceiling, on milk crate scaffold, when customer brought a cup of coffee just as I was reaching up to ceiling/ wall angle by the door, as I reached up my :wazzzup: popped out of my flies, "oh maybe you'd like a scone with your coffee!" she said