Customers who hover over you all day trying to help

[Phil]

Had to leave early tonight I couldn't stand it........doing a kitchen and all I want is a bit of space/piece and quiet inbetween them coming into the room to cook dinner. Had a full day of interference but just general hovering and not giving me the breathing room to concentrate.

He was is his own way trying to give me a hand but was hindering me and slowing me down by at least 55%.......dragging in boxes and opening them all over the kitchen floor before I was ready for them and bits getting strewn everywhere. At 11;00am they went out shopping and I thought "At last I can get some solid work done" but no, they had mistakenly locked the garage and taken the only key with them leaving me no access to the new kitchen in the garage for 2 precious hours.

I was hindered so much its like trying to work while someone has you in a full Nelson....I couldnt even move in there. These are really nice long standing customers though and I know they will be really offended it I asked them to leave me alone.

 

[MrMeek]

in future just tell them to pshhh of haha, just explain to them that they are slowing you down and your grateful for the help but you work quicker if it was just you... they should understand.

 

[buckley plumb]

I had a woman hovering over me when I was doing a cylinder once - I found a rolled up sock behind the cylinder and shouted rat throwing the sock out near here - that was biggest mistake lol she screamed and when she realised it was only a sock gave me a right slap for scaring her - but she didn't hover again

 

[SimonG]

Have a curry the night before and keep farting, that'll give you space. But watch out for the follow through.

 

[Phil]

Have a curry the night before and keep farting, that'll give you space. But watch out for the follow through.

I did that on Wednesday but it didn't work! no joke.

 

[SimonG]

I did that on Wednesday but it didn't work! no joke.

What, follow through

 

[Leo21]

Just make it obvious, make sure everywhere they are is where you want to be. If thee in the door, go and get a bit of your van. Every time you go upstairs and they follow, turn round and go back down. Works for me, they soon get the message without saying anything or offending them.

 

[Rickster123]

I normally just ask if they are going to be watching me all day because it tends to make me slower. They soon bugger off.

 

[Ermintrude]

Normally old men. Never any attractive ladies with lovely junkies on display !

 

[Leo21]

Normally old men. Never any attractive ladies with lovely junkies on display !

My god, that's so true.

 

[julesverne]

in future just tell them to pshhh of haha, just explain to them that they are slowing you down and your grateful for the help but you work quicker if it was just you... they should understand.

that word you have used to describe a chinese person is racist and i find it really offensive. you wouldn't say the N word to a black person or the P word to an asian person so please dont use that word to describe a chinese person.

 

[Rickster123]

Awkward....

 

[julesverne]

sorry Phil i dont want to hijack your thread but i felt it needed saying because its true some of my best and closest mates are Chinese so i know how offensive they find this term and its not acceptable and using the term is just as offensive as other racist comment.

 

[Rickster123]

I'm sure it wasn't meant as an offensive comment mate.

 

[Dotty]

that word you have used to describe a chinese person is racist and i find it really offensive. you wouldn't say the N word to a black person or the P word to an asian person so please dont use that word to describe a chinese person.

Jules is spot on with this. It is racist and the matter has been brought up before.

I promised the member who made the original complaint, who incidentally is Chinese, that I would prevent such occurances again.

Use the word off forum if you have to. It is not and will not be tolerated on UKPF.

Thank you.