Quote: DaButt @ December 1 2010, 6:35 PM GMTThey've always arrived within 3 or 4 hours of my call.
So would British plumbers if we were allowed to carry guns.
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Quote: zooo @ December 1 2010, 6:41 PM GMTStop showing off!
I'm not, I'm just perplexed by the number of people who seem to be waiting an inordinately long time for repair work. I can't think of many things that I couldn't have fixed within 24 hours after a single phone call.
Quote: DaButt @ December 1 2010, 7:17 PM GMTI'm not, I'm just perplexed by the number of people who seem to be waiting an inordinately long time for repair work. I can't think of many things that I couldn't have fixed within 24 hours after a single phone call.
It's because us brits are completely imcompetent. And that's because we put up with it.
We're too laid back. And too polite/afraid of confrontation to complain too much. We just do it behind their backs.
And therefore they can take the piss!
Everyone's always going on about America having a better service industry all round. (I've never been there, but I'm sure it's true.)
Quote: zooo @ December 1 2010, 7:28 PM GMTEveryone's always going on about America having a better service industry all round. (I've never been there, but I'm sure it's true.)
'Cause they don't put up with shit like we do. We're bloody useless.
Indeeeeed.
I didn't mean to kick off a round of self-loathing. 
I just figured that your plumbers were like ours: eager to get job, do it well and make a bunch of money. Air conditioning repair companies around town boast of 1-hour response times and they've always come through for me. Nobody would put up with 2 weeks of waiting in triple-digit temperatures.
Quote: DaButt @ December 1 2010, 7:50 PM GMTI didn't mean to kick off a round of self-loathing.
I just figured that your plumbers were like ours: eager to get job, do it well and make a bunch of money. Air conditioning repair companies around town boast of 1-hour response times and they've always come through for me. Nobody would put up with 2 weeks of waiting in triple-digit temperatures.
Maybe ours overcharge so much that they don't need to be so eager?
Quote: zooo @ December 1 2010, 7:52 PM GMTMaybe ours overcharge so much that they don't need to be so eager?
Plumbers can earn a shit load. Maybe we habe less plumbers?
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 1 2010, 7:59 PM GMTMaybe we habe less plumbers?
My city of 2.1 million shows 441 listings for plumbers. Seems like a reasonable amount.
Cthulhu ate our plumber... even after I told him about all the water he could get out of it. Silly Cthulhu...
Mind you, he made a nice sandwich out of him.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 1 2010, 7:31 PM GMT'Cause they don't put up with shit like we do. We're bloody useless.
I always dislike this silly English self loathing trait; oh, aren't we a bit rubbish.
Give a shit?
Quote: DaButt @ December 1 2010, 7:50 PM GMTNobody would put up with 2 weeks of waiting in triple-digit temperatures.
That seems odd to me; I've had plumbers and boiler men in the same day as calling them when the boilers gone tits up.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ December 1 2010, 8:38 PM GMTGive a shit?
Every day. Usually in the morning, so I don't have to go at work. Though if I have to, I will.
I think bigfella's a bit of a milksop. Who lets themselves go without heat in this weather? GROW A PAIR!