Or oversensitive? Electrician.

[UnicornGlitterTheBaneOfMyLife]

I called my local housing association as I was having problems with my washer. I said the switch on the socket wasn't working.

Guy turns up, we say hello and goes in the kitchen and I gesture to the 'socket'. He says 'that's not a socket... THAT'S a socket" pointing to the sockets where the kettles plugged in. (The thing I meant was the on/off switch)
I reply that I'm not an electrician and don't know the terminology.
He replies 'fuse box'
I was a little confused as he was so deadpan and said nothing else and it was all very fast. My head was still in the previous conversation.

He then goes "Wheres your fuse box?"

I show him and feel a bit uncomfortable now. He isn't friendly at all and standoffish.

He calls me in when he's finished.

I say 'Thankyou' and that I'll be glad to be able to get the washing finished and he says

"You know you could have just pulled the washer out and plug it in somewhere else"

I immediately feel a bit stupid and say I hadn't thought of that.

And his reply was "Was that a bit too A-Level for you? Bet you feel silly now" and started laughing

I have anxiety so I don't know if its that playing up or if he was rude?

Yep monkey he moans about them as well! Although a fair few have just been laid off and all gone into maintenance/housing association work.

UnicornGlitterTheBaneOfMyLife
My LL is a HA; they tell us to report broken sockets as they are a fire hazard.
Also, they encourage us to report rude workmen. They dont want to hire them, they are a hassle.

At least it was ha not private would of had to pay for a innocent mistake. Always look for the bright side. And always remember you wouldnt treat someone like that so ignore it not worth you feeling anything about it

He sounds like a dick.

Yanbu and I would (and have) complained about bad workmen in the past. I also requested they never sent him again.

So he got complained to on my behalf.

My ex-husband was very annoyed when I told him. He basically said "It's not on. He came into your home, with your children in and insulted you. Made you feel uncomfortable and I can guarantee he wouldn't have said that shit to me! They never say stuff like that to men"

He called the HA on my behalf and they are having a word with him and a follow up with me. Which I don't want to be involved in. They can talk to ex-H. He meant well and he is right really.

That's brilliant that your exH is speaking on your behalf and standing up to that ignorant oaf!

Yay Unicorn! That is a great outcome :) It is awesome that your exH stood up for you. We all need that sometimes :)

One more bully squashed :)

your ExH is great OP well done him

Good. I recently complained (in a very measured way) about a bus driver who was rude to me. Despite knowing that, objectively, they were just words, I felt really wounded by what she said and how she said it. The bus company took it very seriously and said that she would be spoken to and the issue noted against customer service targets for her next appraisal. Made me feel a lot better.

My tight arse landlord perseveres in sending round his jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none 'contact' to 'fix' any problems that crop up as he does mates rates. He is the most vile, dirty, sexist, intimidating arsehole and I hate having him in my house but I think he tries to make me feel small to distract from the fact he is completely inept at his job and always spends hours huffing and puffing before calling in backup. It's disgusting when men make women feel uncomfortable in their own homes.

When I lived in student flats we had an unpleasant, sexist pig who would blatantly make sexual comments - eg turned up a day late at our place at 7.45 am... And then wolfishly looked at my boobs and said... 'My this is a perk of the job catching sexy ladies in their underwear... Boak...'. He hung around for ages... I said he needed to leave as I needed to get on...

He then was asked to visit again... I refused and told landlord about how grim this person was- turn s out been several complaints. They sacked him...

I wouldn't take it personally. He just has poor social skills, he probably thought he was joking. Don't give it another thought, it's his problem not yours.

I would have taken it as a joke, laughed at my own ignorance, thanked him for doing the job and for telling me how I could have got round the situation as a temporary fix and probably offered him a cup of tea.

He did his job - even though you gave him the wrong instructions - put you right with a joke - which admittedly you didn't like/didn't get - fair enough - so why put in a formal complaint?

Next time he should say, "I'm sorry I was booked to repair a socket and am unable to undertake other jobs without a job sheet request. Goodbye"