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"I'll be there around 2pm"

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ReyFinn · 03/08/2023 14:35

If a workman was attending for a quote and said he'd be there 'around 2pm' what bracket of time is acceptable to you?

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Maddy70 · 03/08/2023 18:49

I live in Spain. Around 2 means round up to the nearest week 🤣

DRS1970 · 03/08/2023 18:43

It would be polite to be there 1345-1415 imho.

DrunkenHandstand · 03/08/2023 18:40

Between 1:30 and 3:00

This is my experience. If they’re going to be later, they send a text to let me know. I’m fine with that, it’s sometimes hard for them to judge how long their jobs will take.

VisionsOfSplendour · 03/08/2023 18:32

ReyFinn · 03/08/2023 16:31

That's ridiculous.

If you had an appointment at 2pm you wouldn't turn up after 4pm.

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Well no but the situations aren't the same annoying as it is dont most people accept that tradesmen mostly work on a different clock to their customers

UsingChangeofName · 03/08/2023 18:25

Carpediemmakeitcount · 03/08/2023 17:10

I would say a reasonable time for a trademark is between 5 and 6pm. They work for themselves and they can't just walk away from money that they know they will get. I would say after 5 but before 6pm.

So why wouldn't they make the appointment for that time ? Confused

Yes, it makes sense that that is a time that might be easier for them, so why not say "I'll come after work on Tuesday - it will be between 5 and 6, if that's alright ?" and everyone would know where they stood.

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 03/08/2023 18:21

For a friend meeting me somewhere, usually 1.50 to 2.15.

For a tradesperson, I'd take that as any time that afternoon. Laughing at all the 'between 1.45 and 2.15' responses. Even the most organised tradesperson won't be able to plan their jobs and travel with that degree of accuracy unless they have a very predictable job e.g. assembling the same small range of flat pack furniture

Dombasle · 03/08/2023 18:18

Between 2.00pm and 4.00pm

newfloorplease · 03/08/2023 18:16

ReyFinn · 03/08/2023 14:35

If a workman was attending for a quote and said he'd be there 'around 2pm' what bracket of time is acceptable to you?

Well if he's anything like someone I'm dealing with at the moment it might be a month's time.

It's not an emergency luckily and we've not paid him.

timenowplease · 03/08/2023 18:00

For me around 2pm would be 15 mins either way. Anything else is 1.30 or 2.30. In which case I'd expect someone to say I'll be there around 1.30 or I'll be there around 2.30.

LlynTegid · 03/08/2023 17:48

I'd expect a call if it got to 2.15 and for whatever reason he or she was going to be later than that.

HalloumiLuvver · 03/08/2023 17:34

OhmygodDont · 03/08/2023 16:02

I think tradie time like husband pints numbers.

They are magical mythological numbers that mean nothing. Like chicken maths.

Yep.

For an average person, around 2 would be 1.45-2.15

For trades, make that any time the same week if you're very lucky.

TenoringBehind · 03/08/2023 17:33

1:50-2:10 and a text if he was going to be any later than this

motherofawhirlwind · 03/08/2023 17:25

MoonLion · 03/08/2023 14:37

I'd expect him to let me know if he was going to be earlier than 1.30 or later than 3pm.

This

RuthW · 03/08/2023 17:18

Between 1.55 and 2.05

GlitteryUnicornSparkles · 03/08/2023 17:16

I’d assume between 1.45 and 2.15 but realistically I’d expect anything between 1.30 & 2.30 unless I heard otherwise.

Carpediemmakeitcount · 03/08/2023 17:14

I have had more luck getting them over on a Saturday or Sunday a lot of tradesman don't work over the weekends. Good luck 🤞

ScottishIceCream · 03/08/2023 17:12

ReyFinn · 03/08/2023 14:35

If a workman was attending for a quote and said he'd be there 'around 2pm' what bracket of time is acceptable to you?

What's acceptable to me, i.e. 1.45 - 2.15, would bear absolutely no relation to the time he actually turned up, which would be after 4.30 or not at all.

fartfacenotfatface · 03/08/2023 17:11

I would want them to come between 1:30-2:45 if they said 'about 2pm'.
But based on my own experience of dealing with workmen, if they actually rocked up at any time on the expected day, I'd be surprised pleased.

Carpediemmakeitcount · 03/08/2023 17:10

I would say a reasonable time for a trademark is between 5 and 6pm. They work for themselves and they can't just walk away from money that they know they will get. I would say after 5 but before 6pm.

PoshPineapple · 03/08/2023 17:02

I lived in Spain for years, so about 2 days either side of 2pm!

Sewaccidentprone · 03/08/2023 17:00

Possibly sometime that afternoon. Or maybe not at all. Ring and no answer, text and you may get a response sometime later with some kind of excuse…. Family emergency is the usual one. Will offer to come round again and then not turn up, at which point you give up and start again.

unless….. the tradesperson has been personally recommended by a close friend or relative and they have regular contact with the or used them recently ie within the last 2 weeks.

thats my current experience.

or….I’m on my mobile, I’ll get the office to ring you back to set up an appointment. Never heard from again.

fitofthegiggles · 03/08/2023 16:57

Did he ever arrive op?

RainyWeekend · 03/08/2023 16:54

For a tradesman I would be happy if they turned up in 2023!!!

phoenixrosehere · 03/08/2023 16:52

1:50pm - 2:10pm

Rainbowshit · 03/08/2023 16:47

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