The tale of the fluffy blanket and the dodgy electrics

[IvyPlant]

For those following this existing thread: www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4635864-tradesperson-inviting-people-into-my-home?page=1 aka the tale of the fluffy blanket and the dodgy electrics thread, it continues here.

Nothing new to add at the moment though, but the previous thread is almost at capacity.

Ah, was that the audio bit you mentioned? O and wondered about that

Very satisfied now

Waited all day for this. Hope that women doesn’t have a partner as if he’s getting divorced why would they be sneaking around like that

Fantastic. You're a super sleuth. I also 100% believe you as this is the shit you'll tolerate to get tradespeople to finish the fuckibg job in this day and age!

😂Thank you for clarifying I'm not god. I often wondered.

Oh fucksticks. My phone died and I missed the photo update somebody send me a screen shot 😂

For the record I wouldn't have risked the electrician walking off the job either. My DH is a tradesman and his sparky friends are stupidly busy and would out right refuse to certify someone else's work.

Brilliant thread OP.

Brilliant thread OP.

I loved Line of Duty and actually, working in anti-corruption would have been right up my street I reckon. However I left and eventually returned to university to complete a degree in English Lit (hence my verboseness) and who knows, maybe there is a future with crime fiction waiting for me! 🤔😉

*Him: 'I'm really sorry. It's not what it looks like.'

Me: 'You're right, it's not what it looks like, it's what it is.*
Oooh I love your assertiveness!
Well done @IvyPlant !!!

Great update and outcome @IvyPlant

you save hopefully £250 ish on a days wages

still curious what she did for those 4hrs

and it is sneaky coming to his work , your home for hours

pop in for lunch if must. But 4hrs

also Curious about cushion

Bloody brilliant op. Glad you called him out.

What a dick. Him, not you.

Thanks for putting us allnoutnod our misery this eve, it could have been a fake yarn but I'm glad he knocked a day off. I'd still be raging though. You handled it so graciously.

Bloody brilliant op. Glad you called him out.

Verbosity

Try £425 for the day rate (inclusive of VAT) you can see why I was pissed.

I'm having a plasterer come in soon to replaster the walls in the outside office. Stand by for part 3 😅

1 day? You were ripped off there.

I think having lunch together is an euphemism for shagging in your shed.

Potato, potato.

Although I like that verbosity uses more syllables than verboseness so...

Bloody brilliant op. Glad you called him out.

Plasterers are usually too knackered to play around from what I hear. Good luck OP.

Thanks for coming back and giving a proper update OP! Its been a pretty entertaining week, I hope you're ok and happy with the resolution I didn't think you were a troll anyway but the now redacted photo (which I was lucky enough to catch a glimpse of!) proves it. Every house my parents have moved into has needed major work and its crazy what the builders get up to when you're not there and they don't realise they're being watched...

For those who are now two sheets to the wind after all the waiting and tension, and still thinking of alternative endings so the curtains don't close on this thread yet:

The tradesperson and the mystery woman visitor turn out to be a heavily-disguised Holly and Phil, who needed a secret location to improve their skill at sneaking past cameras and pretending they're there for legitimate work purposes.

The whole thing is sponsored by This Morning, who as we speak are busy splicing highlights from this footage into a hard-hitting documentary exploring a little-known condition, Post Queue Stress Disorder that can affect people who spent too long in The Queue - namely forgetting how to live indoors again, eating straight out of the fridge, using the toilet with the door open, and continuing to sleep outside on a blanket because beds now seem 'too soft'.

The OP is actually Piers Morgan, who joined in for just a fraction of his normal fee, as getting the tabloids all whipped up, having hundreds of people hanging on his every word and toying with the public perception of TV personalities is his favourite way to pass a slow celebrity-news-week... He even found the time to indulge in his second-favourite activity: disappearing off for a while when he is in most demand, building a marble run scale replica of Buckingham Palace, and entertaining himself by designating each marble as a different member of the royal family and and playing God with their fates.

When this documentary airs next week, This Morning will take out full page ads in all the papers to make it clear that the nation's favourite duo started researching this story last Friday, at great risk to their own health, and now not only deserve awards for bravery, but full apologies from all their fellow journalists and other doubters.

Huw Edwards won't be having any of it, but as he's catching up on sleep for the next month after presenting the BBC News for ~2 weeks straight without a single toilet break, it will be a while until we hear his thoughts on the matter...

And the plaster dust would get everywhere. Very impractical.

£425 a day !! £60 an hour! Bloody hell ! I'm waiting for a quote for a new kitchen and the electrician came round for a reccy the other day , I'd better brace myself!

I still imagine the OP going all Colombo! Just as the electrician is about to leave after mentioning the invoice, the OP puts her hands to her head and says the classic punch line ;

Can I change my ending for this one? 😂