Would you go round with this on your work van?

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There somebody goes round with a van with jimll fix it on it, he's a handyman by the look of it.

I've seen it in various locations.
It struck me as strange that a man would want to call himself and his business after a peaedophile?
AIBU to think It's a creepy name to give your business.
Also would you comment if he worked for you?

Jim,ll fix it.

He wouldn’t work for me if I knew before booking that it was his company name. I wouldn’t even ask for a quote.

There's a lot of people who wouldn't be bothered or would think it funny. That's the world we live in 🤷‍♀️

There’s a van that goes about near me -

Barry Monk - Uncle Albert’s Bush Trimming Service.

BIG OR SMALL WE TRIM THEM ALL, NO SEA TOO RUFF, NO BUSH TOO TUFF

With a cartoon of Uncle Albert from Only Fools, brandishing a hedge trimmer.

People beep at him as they drive past.

Haven’t hired him myself.

It just a sticker i see loads off them.
If your rich im single.
Prince/princess on board.
Living the dream.
Husbands wrong im right.
If you can afford me pull me over.
Jim will fix it.
Is that you dave.
Kids are in this car.
I have dash cam im watching you.

Thats just few ive seen.
They are just silly stickers not everyone wants or likes them so what.
I could not get worked up about it.
The man that removes anything and house moves around where i live has a sticker on his van that says from rubbish to home moves i do it cheaper call me on 0xxxxx with a huge smiley face sticker Ive used him loads of times and hes right he is cheaper.

But if he set the business up 10 years ago, paid £250 for sign writing on the van £150 for cards/stationery, £300 for jackets pens etc (like I did 17 years ago) to establish a brand and has reviews on all sorts of sites...What's he supposed to do spend a grand plus re branding, lose all the recognition, the customers who Google, the ones who remember that name and look in the local paper?

At least it’s memorable.

It's not a sticker this is his business name.. it's on the side of the van.

Let it go not everyone called jim is a pedo.

I’ve driven behind an aerial installer and a sign on his van said ‘satisfaction with every erection’. Near where I used to work there was an Asian guy who was a builder. His van slogan read, ‘you’ve had the cowboys, now try the Indians’. Sometimes they are just humorous. I wouldn’t be put off by Jim’ll Fix It.

This made me laugh you`ve had the cowboys now try the indians thats brilliant.

Well of course they aren't, but the programme called Jim'll fix it was presented by one of the most prolific peadophiles in this country's history. So calling your business after the programme is both stupid and offensive. I wouldn't want a stupid offensive person working for me.
He could easily change the name to Jim's handyman business or something.

There's a guy who empties septic tanks with 'you dump, we pump' on his tanker

It’s clearly not hindering his business or he would have changed it. Don’t hire him if it bothers you this much.

Yes, he could.
Not even sure his name is Jim.

I'm hardly in a position to hire him am I ?, since I don't live anywhere near OP and I don't plan to scour the country for a moron who calls his business 'Jim'll fix it' if I need a handyman. So your remark is completely inapplicable to me. As to it affecting his business, I imagine he is far too stupid to have any clue what state his business is in.

I’d only care about how good he is at his work. I’m sure he’s not an actual paedo.

But the thing that was Jim from 'Jim'll fix it' was an evil cunt though

Nobody says he is, it's just a strange name and you automatically think of Saville .

How do I know… you could live next door to the man for all I know. Just seems like a very weird thing to froth about if you don’t know the guy.

Certainly a creep, who's not looking for business and not running a business.
Sort of irrevent, trying to shock, though possibly not an active pedo.

I also know an Asian builder who told me this was going to be his strapline 🤣

I’ve driven behind an aerial installer and a sign on his van said ‘satisfaction with every erection’. Near where I used to work there was an Asian guy who was a builder. His van slogan read, ‘you’ve had the cowboys, now try the Indians’. *Sometimes they are just humorous?
That's funny.
Back to Op.
Im not offended or upset. Its memorable, ok some may say not in a good way but more people will notice it than something generic like 'DS handyman'
If he gets work at least something good will have come from the catchphrase.

If you have to resort to describing completely calm remarks as 'frothing' then you've clearly run out of reasoned argument. Never mind, since you are obviously JIm'll Fix It's biggest fan you cna maybe hang out with him and chortle over mindless banter together. I imagine you live near him by your logic of 'if you comment about someone you must live near him' Sounds like his level of intellect, you'll get on like a house on fire.

Nobody says he is, it's just a strange name and you automatically think of Saville.
Actually not everyone does. Jil'll fix it was a couple of generations ago now so people who were around preteens age and above in the late 70s and early 80s will remember the programme. The catchphrase was brought back into the public conscious with the scandal but all that has died down.

Ive just asked my two lads who are 28 and 25 if they knew it. They know about jimmy Saville but didnt know the tagline.
I can guarantee there will be staff in my team that won't know it either.

There was a childminder in our village who also did Anne Summers for a while and she drove around in a people carrier with Ann Summers advertising on it.