Just before Christmas we started with a window cleaner.
He's pretty good, does a good job but he just won't shut our back gate when he's been - I don't expect him to lock it or anything (it's a high gate, he can't reach the bolt it from the outside) but I've asked him several times to make sure he closes it properly as we have a dog - it has a latch which he just has to make sure clicks into place.
On the days I know he's been, I just make sure I go out in the garden and shut the gate before I let the dog out. The gate is round to the side so you can't see it from the house.
He comes regularly, once a month and we book the dates in advance and he is supposed to let me know if he's had to change the days.
He's not due until the end of next week.
Anyway, on Thursday I get in from work and let the dog out for a wee. He ponces about in the garden for a bit while I go for a wee when I notice a pile of our garden chairs in the middle of the garden (they live under the kitchen window and the window cleaner drags them out and doesn't put them back) and realise the window cleaner has been. Rush out and find the gate wide open and the dog has gone.
Huge panic for few hours, before our dog warden very kindly brings dog home - was found a couple of streets over but the person who found him rang the dog warden rather than the details on the dog's collar so it took a while to get him back. Get a huge bollocking from the dog warden
I'm really cross with the window cleaner. I asked him several times to close the bloody gate because we have a dog, so yesterday I called him and told him that I didn't want him to come back, if he gave me his address or bank details I'd send over a cheque or do a bank transfer for any money I owed him (I wasn't expecting him on Thursday so hadn't left his money out) but that was it.
He seemed OK at first, gave me his bank details and I transferred his money straight away, but last night I got a load of emails - telling me I had to give him 1 month notice so I had to transfer another months money, I was a bitch, an idiot who treated people like shit, he gave me a good deal so I was taking the piss out of him and that I was a stupid reason for getting rid of someone and I was lucky he didn't take me to court.
WIBU? I asked him time and time again to shut the gate and I feel sick to think what could have happened but alls well that ends well I suppose