Pet hates

[tomspark93]

Just wondered what people pet hates were whilst working. I'll start us off.

- Electricians who refer to rough wiring as "illegal"
- Plasterers who fill back boxes up with plaster and don't clean them out
- faulty back box lugs

Theres plenty more but I don't want to sound too miserable.

 

[DuaneMHunt1976]

I cant stand Hamsters, they are Fat Lazy and only wake up at Night, and they Bite.. that is my PET that i Hate

 

[ruston]

minging bogs and cups.

 

[Octopus]

People posting on here "because their sparky is away"! and then with only 1/2 the story!

 

[Andy78]

Currently, joiners.

 

[slingshot2000]

Someone is going to say it sooner rather than later, so it may as well be me; plumbers !

 

[VoltzElectrical]

Council pricing policies that are too short sighted to see the logic of pulling in a new length of cable to sort out a fault in favour of sending a gang and a spark to a fault for a week, cutting and testing and putting in a dozen joints which will inevitably go down within twelve months, and keeping no records of what has been done and where....

... and doing four hours work a day,,,, for eight hours pay..... then being surprised that the budget is being cut by 50 %...... and then hoping to compete for new work against companies that operate at half our costs!

 

[telectrix]

schneider easy 9. nothing easy about a CU with no room above RCBOs, Main switrch arse about face, RCDs ( in Dual RCD boards) fed arse about face. i.e. incomer at bottom.

 

[jdd]

'Electricians' who can carry out 6 EICRs a day complete with remedial works and paperwork.

 

[Richard Burns]

Today it is plasterboard boxes with wings that do not stay in position!

 

[Dave OCD]

Horrible customer supplied light fittings with a cable entry barely big enough for a single 1mm T&E,or terminal blocks perfectly sized for bell wire.
Also those shaver lights with cabling access enclosed by another cover on the rear so you have to connect it up and replace the daft cover before fixing to the wall - fine where the cable is on a stud wall and you can lose some slack but apart from that a real pain.
And the worst thing of all, customers who don't offer a cuppa.

 

[tomspark93]

schneider easy 9. nothing easy about a CU with no room above RCBOs, Main switrch arse about face, RCDs ( in Dual RCD boards) fed arse about face. i.e. incomer at bottom.

I feel your pain with this one!

 

[Deleted member 9648]

Terminal screws which don't fit any screwdriver obtainable in this galaxy.

 

[Leesparkykent]

Dryliners not bringing cables through.

 

[Pete999]

Part P

 

[VoltzElectrical]

schneider easy 9. nothing easy about a CU with no room above RCBOs, Main switrch arse about face, RCDs ( in Dual RCD boards) fed arse about face. i.e. incomer at bottom.

YES! I have fitted two of these in the same (farm) board. Crazy stuff.

 

[Flanders]

1 Not cleaning out threds on back boxes and just powering the screw in so when i unscrew it the pin breaks off
2 Twisting earth together and putting both legs of a ring circuit in one length of sleaving
3 Dabed off plasture board walls because i can never get a secure fixing to them

 

[pennychew]

I cant stand Hamsters, they are Fat Lazy and only wake up at Night, and they Bite.. that is my PET that i Hate

When i saw the thread title i was going to chip in with 'budgies' but you beat me to it.

Cap doffed sir!

 

[Lagentium]

Today, and for the last few weeks it has been Scolmore spring loaded lug acoustic dry lining boxes, damn things, oh and the job I'm currently on!!

 

[Johnuk]

carpenters seen to been doing most of the other trades work for a lesser rate, soon they will do electrical and plumbing