Pet hates

[kingeri]

Just wondering what everyone's pet hates are. You know, those things that really get on your ----. I went to a job last week and there was a massive gap between the backboxes and accessories - I'm talking about a 5cm gap here. I thought the accessory and backbox were supposed to form an enclosure! It really annoys me!

 

[ipf]

Down to me grammer again..... mean't 'pluckin', Tel

 

[dingodeano]

Customers who offer to chase out , lift boards, move furniture, to keep the price down. Then don't do any of it.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

plug-in . don't think that we had electrickery when george formby was around.

we did...but he was too busy stood on ladders.....pervin through windows....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

and then there are kitchen fitters, wood butchers, and worst of all, barring plumbers, spreads that manage to fire their slop into your toolbox even when you've stashed it out of their way.

dont forget `barry bathroom fitter` Tel...

 

[gdtrelo]

People (non electricians) who think they can do their own wiring then want you to fix it 'cause it does not work.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

People (non electricians) who think they can do their own wiring then want you to fix it 'cause it does not work.

well you can smell the bull $^&* on their breath as soon as they open their gob...and sometimes, just sometimes you can even see a little dribblin down their chin n all....
the more they lie....the more it costs em...lol....

 

[rayclubbe]

its nice to know lots of sparkys hate twisted earths at termination points see it so often makes you think were doing something wrong

 

[ayjay]

boys who blow the end off of their neon screwdriver then ask on here why it happened

 

[GLENNSPARK]

boys who blow the end off of their neon screwdriver then ask on here why it happened

yes.....caus that one really was completely stupid....

 

[jonnyboy1]

Lol this gets me aswell

 

[ayjay]

people who post two "pet hate" theads

 

[adonoghue1985]

Gaffers who say "you've got a board change this morning, you've got 2 hours including testing no calculations"

 

[JeanGenie]

Doing a nice looking install job with tray/conduit/trunking, then an alarm guy comes in later and tie wraps his intruder/fire/cctv cables any old how to it.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Doing a nice looking install job with tray/conduit/trunking, then an alarm guy comes in later and tie wraps his intruder/fire/cctv cables any old how to it.

just snip em....

 

[sparkless]

Gaffers who say "you've got a board change this morning, you've got 2 hours including testing no calculations"

you've got the wrong gaffer

 

[Stroppy]

its nice to know lots of sparkys hate twisted earths at termination points see it so often makes you think were doing something wrong

Ooh that really boils my wee!!

 

[ipf]

Clients who are late and awkward paying, then you find they can afford an offshore bank account. TTT's

By the way...TTT= Tight twisting ****

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Clients who are late and awkward paying, then you find they can afford an offshore bank account. TTT's

By the way...TTT= Tight twisting ****

hmm....a new kind of earthin arrangement.....like `grouning their wallets`.....

 

[ipf]

hmm....a new kind of earthin arrangement.....like `grouning their wallets`.....

Settle for grounding his head.lol.

 

[telectrix]

Doing a nice looking install job with tray/conduit/trunking, then an alarm guy comes in later and tie wraps his intruder/fire/cctv cables any old how to it.

easy solution. phone the company and give them 48 hours to re-route cables before you cut them.

 

[dan86]

related to electrics- having to redo work because some fud farked it up beforehand
in general- when driving, nothing ****es me off more than sitting behind someone at the lights and them having their foot on the brake.

I actually 'pulled over' a police car when I was a lot younger and told them that leaving their foot on the brake had dazzled me and they should know better. the driver was most annoyed and proceeded to look round my car trying to find fault (none at all) the other one was creasing himself which annoyed mr angry driver even more.
made me ACtual lol!

 

[Darkwood]

I hate tie-wraps which haven't been cut down troperly as it leaves a razor sharp plastic tongue all angles at my wrists when im adding a circuit to say a cable tray....:furious3:

 

[plugsandsparks]

sporting a nice slash on my parm from cat2 diffusers. They have to be the most ill thought out method for diffusing light for a suspended ceiling light install.
I have not yet found a way of looking elegant and professional when trying to tease one out.

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

sporting a nice slash on my parm from cat2 diffusers. They have to be the most ill thought out method for diffusing light for a suspended ceiling light install.
I have not yet found a way of looking elegant and professional when trying to tease one out.

Agreed, it's always turns out being a very unwieldy and clattering experience

 

[ETradesmen]

Having a cable get caught on every f'ing thing possible. It once got caught on itself and opened a portal for me to jump into..

 

[Thefailsafe2012]

Also how the springs retaining a GU10 will occasionally fire out and stick to your arm

 

[rattlehead85]

SWA cleats supporting armoured cable with massive washers bigger than the actual cleat holding the cable in place.
Ugly as hell!!

 

[ayjay]

young boys who assume they know it all and answering their constantly ringing cell phones to their untrusting girl feinds
*******

 

[dan86]

young boys who assume they know it all and answering their constantly ringing cell phones to their untrusting girl feinds
-----rs

cell phones. are you American?

 

[ETradesmen]

young boys who assume they know it all and answering their constantly ringing cell phones to their untrusting girl feinds
-----rs

Send em down the road...