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AIBU?

Is it just me or is this a bit out of order?

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SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 14:13

Workmen from window company were due to arrive 9am to fix a problem with front window which still under their warranty,10am comes and I rang and was told problem with their van and they'd be about an hour.Ive since been told that it will now be after 2pm I hate lateness and being messed around.Aibu? Should I just suck it up?

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whitesoxx · 26/04/2019 14:19

Well what else can you do? And if their van has broken down what else can they do?

CareBear50 · 26/04/2019 14:21

They should have volunteered the info to you ie they were going to be late. However, most tradespeople behave like this.....does not make it right of course!

negomi90 · 26/04/2019 14:32

What could they do? They couldn't predict a van breaking and wouldn't know how long it would be to fix until people get there to look at it.
Sucky but just one of those things

MatildaTheCat · 26/04/2019 14:38

I’m extremely sceptical about these excuses, they just occur too often where tradesmen are concerned. Yes, I’d be very fed up.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 14:39

Just found out off them that the van wasn't broken, they were going to come at 9am "then the boss got involved" dunno what that means but hey ho.

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lookingelsewhere · 26/04/2019 14:41

"Getting involved" used to mean going to the pub for one and getting sucked into drinking the afternoon/evening away in my day...

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 14:46

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GPatz · 26/04/2019 14:47

What could they do? Well for starters, they could have called as soon as they knew the van was broken. OP had to call them.

Saying that, it's best not to expect too much from tradesmen nowadays.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 14:52

They are here now.Im not making them a brew

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Sickandsurprised2019 · 26/04/2019 14:57

You won't make them tea when they've hinted it was down to the boss, not them?

Sickandsurprised2019 · 26/04/2019 14:59

Did they apologise?

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 15:13

No didn't apologise,I might make them one in a bit.

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Sickandsurprised2019 · 26/04/2019 15:27

If they didn't apologise they are bloody rude anyway.

Picklypickles · 26/04/2019 15:33

That woud piss me off. We were supposed to be having some engineers coming to reconnect our solar panels on Tuesday morning, so waited in all day and they didn't show up at all, no phone call or anything. We also had the men who fitted our new boiler a few weeks show up at 8.30 in the morning a day early, I told them they would have to come back on the agreed day and they got quite shirty about it.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 26/04/2019 16:05

@Picklypickles 😯

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