[M.Acorn]

Was a little bit late for my first job this morning ! Putting all my gear in my van,tying the machine in,so inside the back,have single rear door and the strutts that hold it up are getting a bit slack ! Keys in pocket,phone on charge in the house,you guessed it BANG van door shuts me in 
Stuck in there for a good 20 mins,lucky for me i had a selection of tools to prize the lock open,not good !
Customer burst out laughing at me,when i explaind why i was a little bit late

[daysdeepclean]

Everyone makes mistakes, some, like yours, are funny. (To us anyway!)

One of my many mistake I made was when I was working for some C/C many years ago comes to mind, I was cleaning a sofa and using a Turbo dryer. When I came to move the dryer I didn't switch it off, and as I manoeuvred it the blast of air swept all these expensive looking ornaments off the top of a sideboard, smashing every one beyond repair

To add insult to injury, the colours ran on the sofa and the boss had to buy them another sofa, I offered but he said he thought it might run but took the risk  :

[stu_thomson]

travelled 7 miles across wet and slippery roads today to clean a 1st floor bedroom carpet in a care home, arrived and looked at job, took solution hose and vacuum hoses upstairs and secured with straps etc, took wand, sprayer brushes, etc up went to start truckmount up and had left keys in driveway
 had to take hoses down for health and safety and travel home to get keys
  all for a minimum order get paid in a months time or so job

and just turned on business p/c on upstairs and its not working, computer guy says its 9 years old now and prob knackerd

bad day and ive got a stinking cold

stu

[Simon@arenaclean]

My worse one. I'd booked a job with a lady after cleaning a doctors surgery, she was the practice manager and lived about a mile out of town. After setting up she said she was going to walk in and get some shopping, see mother and then be done. It was a lovely day, she showed me where the tea/coffee etc was and insisted I made one whilst she was away. I waved her off and knowing the job would take 3 hours wasn't in the least concerned. Just about to start I realised i'd left my polystyrene blocks in the van, went out to get them, and as I got near the van bang! Turned round and the door had shut behind me, gear inside, me outside It only takes a woman 4 hrs to 'pop into town' and walk a couple of miles. I tried climbing the fence in the hope the patio doors were open. Only to end up with splinters. Garage door locked. Tried the neighbours, no spare key. Stuffed. As she trotted up the drive she was 'delighted' to see i'd finished. Finished I haven't even started! I felt a right T*T. She thought it was rather funny and mentioned even when the door was on the latch it could sometimes lock : Still (started &) finished the job, hubby had a good chuckle and I still do work for them but it STILL comes up in conversation 7 years on.

Simon

[graeme marchbank]

 

[graeme marchbank]

I got stuck on a soft verge the other day for an hour before somebody finaly stopped to pull me out.