Why do some customers stand 6" behind you?

[South Spark]

Anyone else get this? Just changed a bathroom light and the customer spent the whole time virtually stood on the bottom rung of the step ladder staring at what I was doing. Not conducive to a good morning's work!

 

[plugsandsparks]

Any customer who hangs around too long ends up being the mate, i dont mind if they want to watch but as they are doing nothing and assume want to save money they may as well help......
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[Baddegg]

Got a mate (wetpants) who once trapped the customers cat

Many years ago was talking to some other self employeds re just being left in people's houses and the little piles of cash thing, one bloke used to keep change in his van so he could add to each pile just incase the customer was leaving 'traps'!

im definitely doing that in future! Genius!

 

[Deuce]

People that watch, people that whistle endlessly, people that try and act overly familiar with something they no bugger all about.

Line em all up and....

Obviously if an attractive lady shows an unusual level of interest in anything I'm doing that's fine. I assume she fancies me, and rightly so!!

 

[Squid]

Some good stories there. I think if some of you got together you could write a very amusing book.

The proof reading and corrections would take a day and an age though........

 

[Squid]

Obviously if an attractive lady shows an unusual level of interest in anything I'm doing that's fine. I assume she fancies me, and rightly so!!

Congratulations I never knew you did charitable work in your free time for the RNIB, pat on the back time ;o))))))

 

[Squid]

Don't work in Brixton if you are worried about the customer standing 6" behind you.........

 

[Toneyz]

Don't work in Brixton if you are worried about the customer standing 6" behind you.........

Bad taste considering current headlines on the news.

 

[Squid]

Bad taste considering current headlines on the news.

Why is that?

 

[Toneyz]

Well, you tell me why in Brixton you should be worried about a customer standing 6 inches behind you?

 

[Rpa07]

Space invaders! I find farting silently and then looking at them in disgust gets rid of em!

Is that where you got your nickname Ken?

now that take me back again , I had just finish a job .had been under floor boards and now and again looking up through the hole the customers
head was virtually in side the hole to see what I was doing .
having finished the job he said I was watching what you was doing .
mmmm thought.so me gets out of the hole .boards down carpet down furnisher back .customer says to me .have you seen the cat .I said to the customer I thought a saw so thing run past me under their .
because it was pitch black and saw was the cat .

I found it funny the second time - must have been the practice!

 

[Squid]

Well, you tell me why in Brixton you should be worried about a customer standing 6 inches behind you?

Cause he may have an 18" schlong...........

 

[tomspark93]

Had one the other week. Man and wife followed me from room to room watching over my shoulder. It’s so annoying!

 

[Squid]

Well, you tell me why in Brixton you should be worried about a customer standing 6 inches behind you?

Now you can answer as I answered your question.

 

[Spoon]

Now you can answer as I answered your question.

Seems simple to me.
You explain your comment in post #36
@anthonybragg then explains his comment in post #37.

Everyone is a winner...

 

[Squid]

Seems simple to me.
You explain your comment in post #36
@anthonybragg then explains his comment in post #37.

Everyone is a winner...

Not sure what the bad headlines are though?

 

[Spoon]

Not sure what the bad headlines are though?

Neither am I.
I also don't get your comment in post #36.

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

Cause he may have an 18" schlong...........

Seems unlikely. Unless you have conducted a study to confirm otherwise.

 

[Squid]

Seems unlikely. Unless you have conducted a study to confirm otherwise.

I went to a fancy dress party once in Brixton, never seen so many people dressed up as a petrol pump with the "hose" slung over their shoulders..........

 

[Squid]

Neither am I.
I also don't get your comment in post #36.

Jeeeez you lot are are slow ooooh North........



Or you are trying to get me banned again.......... ;o)))))

 

[Spoon]

Jeeeez you lot are are slow ooooh North........



Or you are trying to get me banned again.......... ;o)))))

Yes, I'm slow. Its Monday... I don't switch my brain on until Friday.
Your above comment still doesn't explain your post #36...
What you getting banned for..?.. I'll get you a 'going away' cake if you do get banned. A little fairy cake will suit you..

 

[Toneyz]

SWD I took your comment referring to knife crime which is very high in Brixton and the customer having a six-inch knife. But please tell me that I have misinterpreted your reply, nevertheless, you still go on to make some sexual innuendo that you do to most threads. Where you the person on here that we got told was banned regarding the same?

 

[DPG]

Who knows? I haven't got a clue what this thread is about.

 

[Toneyz]

Who knows? I haven't got a clue what this thread is about.

It started out about customers standing watching you work.

 

[DPG]

Ah that was it. Ta.

 

[NDG Elecs]

I had a young lad (early 20's) recently that lay on his bed watching me lovingly as I changed a dsso face plate. It was a fiddly one with old brittle-ish cables so it took a wee while to do. I wasn't bothered TBH. Hopefully he might realise that doing a good job can take time sometimes. Customers lingering used to irk me but nowadays I'm less bothered. It's the chatty ones that get me especially when trying to concentrate on a carp installaton when fault finding. No end to end on a RFC with unidentified N's and CPC's so you don't know if you have the right ones etc, and the (lovely) customer is chatting away constantly. Pita!