The builders are coming in!

[doug boardley]

Whoohh..........a whole new debate! bacon and eggs or no bacon and eggs that is the question! Since I started, every problem, arguement, conflict has been sorted out over breakfast, it must be the smell of the bacon frying or just getting away from the dispute on site that does it. A couple of full english's and a few mugs of tea are not going to skint me out, and the lads appreciate the gesture. At my meeting on Friday, they laid on tea and coffee and bacon and sausage sandwiches, I went away thinking how nice was that?! too many times we are treated like some kind of scumbags just there to be ignored. I shouldnt have stopped them working on Friday, I need the house doing, and it was thoughtless of me to hold them up, I dont want any bad feelings.

Lynn

must've got your knickers in a twist!

 

[DHTiling]

wot knickers.????

 

[Colour Republic]

wot knickers.????

you asked for Lynn :rofl:

 

[doug boardley]

anyway it's saturday night, we should all be having a thing thong........I'll get my coat...

 

[DHTiling]

anyway it's saturday night, we should all be having a thing thong........I'll get my coat...[/QU


Just for u Doug..

[video=youtube;VvOlGq2waog]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOlGq2waog[/video]

 

[user123]

Calm down now boys... let's keep this thread sober...

 

[DHTiling]

It's OK G... no Boys here.:lol:

 

[Colour Republic]

Calm down now boys... let's keep this thread sober...

Lynn started it!

I forgot to put my knickers on and thought I aint got time for them!

 

[doug boardley]

so is there any brazillian slate going down Lynn?

 

[DHTiling]

Only the fully honed type doug

 

[doug boardley]

Only the fully honed type doug

nice!!:drool5:

 

[mikethetile]

good thinking Lynn

they must have worked out what you do for a living by now, so its a new week and a new start under your rules LoL

 

[cornish_crofter]

Looks like Lynn's got it sorted.

The first time I had builders in my house I was about 22 years old. Well I bought my first house when I was just turning 20 and it was a home improvement grant from the local council.

I found out that they were buying their tea at a nearby cafe. They hadn't even sorted a kettle etc. So one evening (we weren't living in the house at the time) I took down a kettle, tea, coffee, sugar, mugs, tea spoons etc. The following morning the GF took down some milk for them.

It was a really small gesture, but it was amaizing how they appreciated it. Basically it was all down to the fact that I had thought of them. They used our kettle etc for the rest of the job but they willingly got their own milk as obviously it doesn't keep too well without a fridge etc.

When they finished, I bought a crate of lager for them, they had one or two there then I suggested they split the rest and take them with them to have that evening (I hate lager!).

On the whole the job went well. We did have a few arguments along the way. Me being so young didn't help I suppose.

 

[Rob Z]

In Germany, when I grew up, Jay, you will love this, you would never feed builders or decorators, but you'd always offer them a beer... :lol: beer was king of considered the right thing to give, and they never said no... :lol:

I can remember Dad telling me about doing business with the German unions at the docks back in the 1980's. He was in the miltiary and they would arrange to ship equipment to Germany for exercises with the German Army. He always had to have someone work out the contractual details with the German unions....they had stated times in the contract specified for beer breaks during the work day. Classic! :8:

 

[user123]

:lol: so very German....