Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Neil Williams on June 05, 2009, 08:22:04 pm
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Lined up today for me to create this nightmare? ???
The arrangement was to meet Virginia at 4 The Shires to quote for cleaning living room, HSL, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.
Arrive at village location and followed directions given but couldn't find The Shires. Looked in the map book and no such place, well not for not 35 miles anyway.
Strangley enough the directions took me to a street called The Severals. Right ok that could be it allowing for bad reception on the phone etc.
Knock on the door and these are the exact words I used.
"Virginia it's Neil from Willclean here to quote for the carpet cleaning you requested"
"Oh come in it's booked for Monday 10 am isn't it"
I don't think so as we're quite busy for the first half of the week but I'll play along. Then it dawned on me that this was a bungalow, but they were happy chirping on about how clean I would get the LIVING ROOM ONLY.
Then the real fun began. "We're VAT registered so with VAT it'll be £69"
"Oh the person on the phone said it would be £39 like in the advert, is that ok with you mum" Yes comes the reply.
"What advert would that be"
"Thomsons"
"We don't advertise in Thomsons"
"Yes you do"
"No we don't"
"I'll show you"
This is ether an old book or I've somehow managed a freebee. ;D
Gets the book and shows me the advert for Abacus saying room £39
"That's not me"
"Yes it is because that's the number I called"
(this lot are more quackers than Donald quacking Duck)
"No it's not"
Meanwhile the madness continues as daughter tries to get the OAPs fed.
"Anyway parkings a bit of an issue here isn't it"
"I'll have the gates open so you can park on the garden"
This just gets better and I think I'd better go as I'm started to lose the plot now.
"See you on Monday then"
I'm already thinking double booking here, do I just drop the job or get there 10 minutes before Abacus ;D
On the way home make phone call to wife to say this lot are really round the bend and relay the storey.
A few minutes later I get a call back saying Lady is on the other phone wondering why I haven't been to the Shires yet?
What have I been doing for the last 20 minutes?
Turns out I've arrived at a property unexpected.
I've been invited in
I've arranged to do a job for twice what another business has arranged to do it for
I think I'll just go to bed
BTW I did go to the other property (eventually found it) and got the job, and she got our numer from........ Thomsons......A 3 year old edition ;D ;D ;D
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Neil
booked a job a while ago the lady gave me the post code and her phone number.
put the post code in the sat nav and arrived at destination after about 8 miles wrong name on the house.
And no one at home so i phoned the number no answer so drov along hoping to see the name of the farm she had given me to no avail,
On a off chance i pulled over at a house that was being renovated and asked derections the bloke had never heard of the farm i told him her name and he said he knew her and i was about seven miles away he gave me directions and i got there after a few detours as it was down on the lizard.
TURNS OUT F SOUDS MUCH LIKE S
AND SEVEN SOUNDS LIKE SIX.
What were the odds of someone knowing her seven miles apart.
Only in cornwall all related you know.
Neil
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Interelated more like :o
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We never know do we ;D