It's only a five minute job!

[Leo21]

Bloody custards! The phone rings at 7.30 with a message "I've got no hot water", it's only the pressure. Now I've serviced it twice now, I didn't fit it and the boilers not in warranty.
i rang back and politely asked her not to ring so early as it woke my whole family.
i said I'd do it for £55 " but it's only a five minute job"
i told her to ring round. Bloody stupid custards!

 

[WaterTight]

- I'll do it for £55

- But it's only a five minute job!

- Well seeing as it's you....I'll need it in advance.

 

[Deleted member 32524]

Its such an emergency that she calls so early yet is not prepared to pay for it. Think we are like the Sweeney, just waiting to slide over the bonnet of the van while throwing our coffee away to respond to their mild inconvenience and all for a tenner.

 

[Rickster123]

55 quid... No wonder we've got a bad name!:cowboy:

 

[1Steven]

Put your phone on silent. Then call back during open hours.

 

[Best]

Just put their number into your phone and leave the phone beside your bed, with ring tone turned off.
When you find yourself awakening in the middle of the night, - just press their number and let it ring. Do this every time you awake.
When they ring you next day to complain, just say "sorry, it must be my auto reply app in my phone that replies to people that ring me at out of hours. The phone must have assumed it had to reply within early hours periods, because you must have previously rang it so early."

 

[WaterTight]

Or take out a premium rate number, divert calls pre-8am to that number with a message saying "You are through to the out of hours emergency number for XXXX Plumbing. The following call is charged at £75p a minute. Please leave details of your emergency and your contact details and you will be contacted as soon as possible. All call charges will be deducted from your bill and serve only to discourage non-urgent calls made at unreasonable hours."

 

[WaterTight]

....Press 1 if you are a Rude Time Wasting D*ckbag, Press 2 if...

 

[lame plumber]

I just pass the phone to my sleepy Mrs, they don't tend to ring bacl till office hours