Not really a callout but I stormed out of a job the other week due to a crazy tennent....
Myself and landlord arrived at 9:00am to start a 10 day job, I had heard from neighbours that the woman there was 'off her head' but I thought I could handle it........ big mistake!
When we walked in she was straight on our backs about the state of the property (why have a go at me!!???), complaining about water from the tap causing her insides to rot and making her cats teeth fall out, slagging me off for not putting carpet back properly in communal hallway on a previous job (I had put it back!) calling us both every name under the sun. All this was on a Monday morning and I was in no mood for any agro but I bit my lip.
Me and landlord tried to lighten the mood by making a joke or two but she took it completely the wrong way and called her violent nut case of an ex husband to come round and chuck us out, she said "these two............ ..... are ........laughing at me etc"
I that point I snapped and jumped down her throat, I told her she was effing mental and told landlord that I couldn't do it and stormed out. I sat in my van for a bit and listened to them both inside tearing chunks out of each other in the kitchen, landlord was like "he's come here to help you but you can't keep your effing mouth shut!" I had noticed a kitchen knife in the sink and genuinely though she might go for him with it so I was just about to go back in but he then came out and she followed and stood on the step (now on the phone to her solicitor) saying "That plumber said I was effing mental! what are you gonna do!, I don't feel safe etc" Quite a scene was being caused and curtains were twitching.
Her solicitor advised her to lock the door and not let us back in, then landlord rang his solicitor and tried to smooth things over, it turns out the tennant's 'not competley all there' lets say and is well known to the police and been in prison for perjury, drug dealing etc, she also accussed a bailiff of sexual assualt after he brushed past her on the stairs.
Ten minutes later a car came screeching up and a bloke got out and came marching over to my van, I braced myself for a brawl but he only threatend me and didn't get violent, he had heard my outburst on the phone and told me he'd "rip my head off" if I called her mental again.
Turns out she had taken the landlord to court twice for not getting work done but everytime he tries it all kicks off, I didn't know any of this until later!!!
Someone else is going in on Monday with him so lets see what happens, I asked him why he puts up with her and why can't he get rid, he says he's had two eviction notices on her but the courts always come down on her side.
