customers clean toilets

[buzzlightyear]

how many of you turn up to job and a customer say would you like a cup of tea or coffee .and think to yourselves if the mug or cup is clean maybe the toilet is clean has well ,and you pop your head in the loo.
and s**t &P*** all over the place .would you drink that tea and wondering if that mug or cup is clean .

 

[telectrix]

as long as the cup ain't got pi$$ and $hit on it. yes. but i'd not drink out of thre toilet unless it was clean.

 

[rapparee]

I once age my lunch off a bench covered in splatterings of mercury

I thought it was solder.

 

[Dillb]

As Tel said, as long the cup is clean and not been washed in the toilet theres no problem.

 

[telectrix]

so that's where Freddie has gone in the after life. (respond to #3).

 

[buzzlightyear]

over time before I start job me looks in the bog first .you never know .

 

[Leesparkykent]

If I walk in the house and it's dive I won't accept the offer of cuppa. The worst is when you are not even offered one though.

 

[buzzlightyear]

some customer don't like giving you a drink just in case they catch something ,you work there in the house and gaging like camel in a dry desert.

 

[telectrix]

refuse tea and ask for a bottle of beer. it's sealed and uncontaminated ( unless of course it's russian, ).

 

[Dillb]

some customer don't like giving you a drink just in case they catch something ,you work there in the house and gaging like camel in a dry desert.

I always keep a few bottles of water in my vehicle so that I dont suffer this issue.

 

[telectrix]

i never drink water fish fcuk in it

 

[LankyWill]

I’m a tart and a bit soft when it comes to hygiene, i do a quick visual health check as soon as I walk in. If it’s a bit grotty I go nil by mouth, my fave is the housewives with slight ocd who offer you a cuppa and bring a biscuit.

 

[KEV 1 N]

Never drink all the tea, leave a bit and that way you’ll never see what the bottom of the cup is like!

 

[buzzlightyear]

it nice when a customer leaves a mug or cup on the side in the kitchen
and tell you help your self's in their ,so I take a empty bag and start filling it up with tins from the cupboards and the fridge . if they say what are you doing, you told me .

 

[KEV 1 N]

I remember doing an EICR for an old lady who was selling her house. She asked if I'd like a cup of tea, so I said yes please and went to work. The tea was taking a while but eventually she shouts upstairs that it's ready, so I go down and she has set the table, made sandwiches, put out cakes and biscuits and a large pot of tea!

 

[Squid]

I remember doing an EICR for an old lady who was selling her house. She asked if I'd like a cup of tea, so I said yes please and went to work. The tea was taking a while but eventually she shouts upstairs that it's ready, so I go down and she has set the table, made sandwiches, put out cakes and biscuits and a large pot of tea!

You missed the bit about the sexy negligee, stocking suspenders and heels, as well as the Rohypnol in the tea..........

 

[Adam W]

I don't like using customers' toilets if I can help it, instead using toilets in community centres, stopping off at home or using supermarket toilets.

Saying that though on Friday I stopped by Asda for a comfort break, went in the cubicle and thought it smelled of farts. A quick look around and some mature adult had smeared faecal matter on the flush button. The lady on the customer service desk said it had been happening a lot recently.

 

[sparkdog]

I like the ones that also do really good home baking.

 

[Rockingit]

Not linked to sparky work but in my former life I used to get involved on occasions with artist management. I once had a meeting with Sylvia Anderson, co-creator of the Thunderbirds stable, at her house. Well..... Lady Penelope was a puppet caricature of her, and she was the voice for her too........ being served tea and cucumber sandwiches by Lady Penelope was a rather surreal moment!! Lovely lady though, she sadly passed away a couple of years ago.

 

[pirate]

In a former life I sold houses as part of my job...visiting ladies in their homes while hubby was at work?
Not the worst job in the world!

 

[camerabloke]

Just waiting for @Pete999 to come on and tell us the jam jar debarkle

 

[Squid]

In a former life I sold houses as part of my job...visiting ladies in their homes while hubby was at work?
Not the worst job in the world!

An estate agent and a Pirate, you'll be telling us next that you where a lawyer or a defrocked priest.......

 

[Dave OCD]

If I walk in the house and it's dive I won't accept the offer of cuppa. The worst is when you are not even offered one though.

That scenario tends to result in a bigger invoice Lee, tenner minimum.

 

[Toneyz]

Just waiting for @Pete999 to come on and tell us the jam jar debarkle

Seems his shy all of a sudden if not his busy polishing his tools.

 

[ruston]

I remember doing an EICR for an old lady who was selling her house. She asked if I'd like a cup of tea, so I said yes please and went to work. The tea was taking a while but eventually she shouts upstairs that it's ready, so I go down and she has set the table, made sandwiches, put out cakes and biscuits and a large pot of tea!

It used to be like that this side of the Tyne too. Hospitality is still good , but mainly died with the mining community.

 

[Dave OCD]

Generally all the old dears in my patch are lovely to work for, always plenty of tea on the go and they try to feed you cakes and biscuits.

 

[Squid]

Generally all the old dears in my patch are lovely to work for, always plenty of tea on the go and they try to feed you cakes and biscuits.

Its a sly cunning plan to soften you up, its part of the Help The Age'd advice strategy "how to soften workers up for a discount" do they show you photos of their divorced daughters with the promise of something "speshal" on offer?

 

[AJshep]

If the house is dirty I too refuse the offer.
Always careful of biscuits though especially if the customer is elderly.
When i was an apprentice I watched my mate eat a handful of biscuits invested with weevils, greedy bloke eat about 5 I couldn't tell him as the old girl was chatting to him.
I found it funny, but it put me off.

 

[telectrix]

what's wrong with weevils. crunchy, a bit like overcooked bacon.

 

[buzzlightyear]

what's wrong with weevils. crunchy

not like these then.

 

[EbolaSideRoom]

We always carry kettle (Electric & Gas), bottled water, mugs & tea paraphernalia so that, should we hit a “dry spell”, we are ok.
Most houses are ok and both ends (tea in & out) are catered for acceptably, but a couple we go to you need to wipe your feet on the way out. Fortunately, they rarely offer anything in the way of refreshments....

 

[Octopus]

I leave the house every day with my travel mug full of coffee ... so if I am offered a drink, and there is any doubt about the cleanliness, I ask if they will do a refill for me...

 

[stevels4]

not like these then.

Please not the living doll customer!!!

 

[stevels4]

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not like these then.

Please not the living doll customer!!!

 

[pirate]

Just to put the record straight, not a defrocked priest!

 

[Marvo]

We always carry kettle (Electric & Gas), bottled water, mugs & tea paraphernalia ....

This reminds me of when I was an apprentice an old dear asked if I'd like a cup of tea. I said yes please so she boiled the kettle, put the hot water in a cup and then she asked me for my tea bag. I thought it was really weird and was a bit confused, I told her I was in such a rush that morning that I'd forgotten to bring them with me and she said that just this once I could have one of hers....like she was doing me some enormous favour. Reading your post I'm wondering if it's the norm that contractors are expected to provide their own tea sundries....

 

[Santa]

When I used to deliver machines to fish and chip shops, it wasn't unusual to be offered a meal, or at least a bag of chips. At some establishments, strangely enough - often the ones with the flashy front shop - it would be 'no thanks - I already ate'.

One memorable place, the owner asked me what would I like. "Fish and chips would be nice," say I. He serves them up and then asks for the money...

 

[Rockingit]

I guess I musn't grumble really at some of the perks I've enjoyed through my years doing rock n roll sparkying - everything from groupies to champagne and lobster. Often the champagne would taste nicer than the groupy so it's a mixed bag

 

[mattg4321]

I guess I musn't grumble really at some of the perks I've enjoyed through my years doing rock n roll sparkying - everything from groupies to champagne and lobster. Often the champagne would taste nicer than the groupy so it's a mixed bag

It's never good to get an unexpected fish course

 

[Rockingit]

It's never good to get an unexpected fish course

Yeah, you see the difference between youth and experience is that youth just goes "----!!" whereas experience knows that they've been attached to something sweating profusely in the mosh pit for six hours after spending hours in a queue not wanting to leave their place for a pee break. There's more than one reason that soggy knickers get thrown onto a stage!!

 

[oracle]

Been offered everything from a glass of water to intimacy with the lady of the house. Since I don't have any ugly disfiguring diseases ,and don't want any I always decline.