is my customer trying to tell me something

[mikethetile]

on last weeks job the tea was flowing constantly

but the mug was a big yellow one with danger diy in progress written on the side

on friday after I finished he said ive put your mug in the dishwasher but I know you like your tea so ive found an even bigger mug for you

it had a picture of clint eastwood on it

I told him ive put up with the diy jibe all week, now what are you trying to tell me:lol:

 

[DHTiling]

Fist full of dollars..

 

[Daz]

:lol:.

I always carry my own mug, it's a massive great thing I got free from sportsdirect website. I just tell customer that I don't want the risk of breaking theirs .

Your customer sounds a "right laff" .

 

[DHTiling]

 

[Rob Z]

Mike, our customer on Friday gave us pineapple, freshly cut. Delicious.

Also some coffee, freshly ground.

 

[Colour Republic]

Fist full of dollars..

good answer!

 

[mikethetile]

:lol:.

I always carry my own mug, it's a massive great thing I got free from sportsdirect website. I just tell customer that I don't want the risk of breaking theirs .

Your customer sounds a "right laff" .

he is a bit of a character, retired electrician in his seventies

its an ex council house that hes extended, it has electric everything, when I arrived in the morning he would see me drive up the road on his cctv and open the electric gates for me, i would pull onto his drive and his garage door would roll up so I could get access to the rear of his house, by the time I got out of the van the kettle was boiled and he was making me tea

I soon learnt that twice a day I had to move my kit and stop painting as the entire property was covered in an automatic watering system for his hanging baskets , tubs etc

he even had popup sprinklers in the lawn and borders

either him or his sons have painted it over the years so it was looking pretty rough and took a lot of prep , their over the moon with it as its the first time since the council owned it that its been professionaly painted and it looks a treat now

 

[doug boardley]

did you ask him who was "good" "bad" and "ugly"?

 

[Rav daniels]

I'd be worried if he gave me a mug with a cowboy on it, mike, :lol:

 

[mikethetile]

Fist full of dollars..

I wish it was Dave

I underestimated how much prep was needed and job over run by two days

but id rather make less on a job and have it right as I want more work off it and its still cheaper than advertising

they are delighted and that was the aim:hurray:

 

[mikethetile]

did you ask him who was "good" "bad" and "ugly"?

:lol::lol::lol:

im the the good looking one:lol:

 

[mikethetile]

I'd be worried if he gave me a mug with a cowboy on it, mike, :lol:

he saw the funny side of it when I pointed it out

his wifes talking about buying me my own mug for the next job so I dread to think what that will say

the last job I did for them was straight before xmas and I got some lovely socks off them

 

[Scott]

Clint eastwood? Could it be a link to 'Paint your wagon'

Im guessing he wasnt making reference to 'The Rookie' :yikes:

 

[White Room]

Yeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaa

 

[doug boardley]

Wivers would've got a mug with "Dirty Harry" on it:smilewinkgrin: