I’ve ruined the floor and feel so stupid

[Thedramalama]

This morning our long awaited amtico flooring fitters arrived to prepare the floor. They spent hours levelling the floor with a special cement-like compound. They told me repeatedly not to walk on it and I fully understood. They then left and I continued with my work (currently working from home). I made myself a cup of tea ten minutes later and drank it whist speaking to a colleague on the phone....I think you can guess what’s coming.

Absorbed in the content of the call I (stupidly and absent mindedly) wandered over the hall to go and sit in the lounge as I often do when talking at length... slipped on the wet screed and collapsed in a heap on the edge of the stairs - in the process managing to cover the stair carpet and my clothes in the cement whilst throwing hot tea all over the freshly screened floor... not only did this happen, in my panic I tried to ‘fix’ it with a cake smoother- so now it looks absolutely atrocious...I cried - a lot. I have a lot going on at work at the moment but I have clearly fucked up massively and this is inexcusably dumb.

So what happened next you may wonder? A blubbing call to my husband who broke the news to the carpet fitters and bless them they are coming back tomorrow to assess and fix the damage. I can only imagine what they have said about me

Here’s the thing though...I can’t face them. I literally am so embarrassed at how stupid I’ve been. I just know they will think I’m a complete twat and I just can’t face them tomorrow or next week. Please make me feel better and tell me what you would do. How do I face two men that literally told me not to walk on their work

Working as a cleaner on a new build hospital. The floor we were working on was finished, but the floor below wasn’t. As we worked on cleaning the bathrooms, I turned on a tap and was pleased to see running water to rinse the sink with.
However.... the plumbers hadn’t actually plumbed the sink waste in... and the the plasterer on the floor below received a free shower.

At home: brand new patio laid, guess who walked across it thinking it would be fine?! It stayed looking like a crazy walkway until the day we left.

Last week we were helping our son and family move. I watched him remove the washing machine and he told me that he would have to cap the pipe under the sink.
He turned around to see me turn the tap full on the uncapped sink. I won't repeat what he said.

@Thedramalama

Oh my gosh I am laughing so so much at these stories 😂 the guys are back at 8am so I’ll let you know how it goes

How did they take it OP?

You won't be the first or last. I would also imagine that anyone who has cats/dogs who has had their floor levelled/concreted will have pawprints across it! We had a conservatory built last year. Concrete floor was laid, pawprints all over it. Had some concrete laid under the stairs - obviously one of the cats had investigated because there was very obvious proof

Cats are dicks

OP you can’t be as embarrassed as I was when I called the garage because my car just wouldn’t go into gear.
They’re just round the corner so kindly popped in to have a look...

And popped it straight into gear.
I hadn’t been pressing the clutch down 🤦‍♀️

In my defence I had been driving my husbands automatic a lot.

We all have the capacity to have the starring role in our own comedy films although they feel like the most dire tragedies at the time. Years ago I had a lovely, shiny,new kitchen fitted. I was overjoyed. Couldn't wait for my boyfriend to come home and see it. Thought I would cook nice celebratory dinner. Put gas on, put saucepan on hob. Didn't notice tea towel next to hob. Caught on 🔥fire! Burnt huge hole in shiny, new kitchen top!! Much mortification! Much humble pie for dinner! Now think it's bloody hilarious! Trust me. We have all been there!
The fitters will have seen it SO many times before.
Thanks for making me smile 😃 and stop worrying!

uoi havent ruined it-screeds nothing to them..amtici us brilliant..so much so-only carpet in my house is on stairs.

This is exactly the kind of thing I would have done! It's just so much part of what you do every day, if your mind is on something else, you do it without thinking.

Jesus christ woman. Man up. You cant face them? Wtf not? They will of took the piss in the van called you a silly bugger. Life goes on. Could be worse you could of wet yourself

Honestly, I’m in the building trade, they will probably take the piss for two seconds and completely forget about it, they’ve probably got more going on in their lives or will just talk about the football! Completely stereotyping, but don’t care!

Ooo no!
However missing point entirely please someone tell me if amtico flooring is it, is any good?!

Thanks for sharing OP. Really made me chuckle. Hope they got it all sorted for you. We all do daft things occasionally...actually I have quite a few lol. Most ridiculous was...

The day my parents had a new kitchen fitted, I reached up to grab a box of cornflakes from the cupboard above the sink. Caused a bottle of gravy browning to fall and take a massive chunk of white enamel off the new draining board. 12 year old me decided that it would be fine to cover the damage with tippex!! 🤦🏼‍♀️ Then my dad came in and washed up a cup and washed away my cover up!! 😳 He went to the kitchen shop, bought a new draining board and fitted it before my mum got home from work. We never told her. Hero!! 😂

This is so easily done. I must always leave massive reminder signs when jobs are getting done, paint drying etc. Just laugh it off tomorrow, you’ll be fine.

Our builders told us that they consider it lucky if an animal walks across wet cement. I think they were just trying to pacify us as next door's cat wandered in across the new kitchen floor!

Our neighbour fitted a beautiful £40k kitchen. Just days later, he put a hot pan on the new wooden worktop and left a perfect, circular burn mark. Eejit.

My parents extension has 2 perfect staffy foot prints under the flooring. Kinda love that the old girl left her mark

My husband's office is the room off the living room- we had the same flooring being laid and while I was pestering him by spinning on his office chair, I managed to launch myself, still spinning, into the wet floor. The chair wedged in nicely on an angle and I slid off, arse first.

I had to explain, rather sheepishly, to the flooring fitter that it was in fact me who did it, not a toddler. But I quite like knowing that under our living room floor is a now filled-in imprint of my arse cheeks.

If it makes you feel better I got locked out my house when taking the rubbish out, I was in my pjs of which the bottoms were a bit big. Thankfully I’d left my lounge window open, no problem I’ll climb back in. Jumped up and sat myself on the ledge to climb in.. at which point I’d realised by bottom had come down and I was displaying everything!!! Imagine the giggles from the workmen working on my neighbours property. I was humiliated and had to close my curtains and hide inside the house for days because I was beyond mortified.

My husband is a floor layer and this is an annoying but daily occurrence.. worse when it's public access areas and they for-warn residents the area need to be left to set between x and x.. at least you feel bad. just apologise.. it was an accident no need to worry x

It’s not a big deal, they will charge you extra for coming back and putting down some more so they won’t care.

@Thedramalama have they sorted it?

That bloody Simone! Every time!

Don’t want to sound flippant but it’s only screed, have had it done with the compound myself, I am a million percent sure they can fix it easily don’t worry.

Own it, the second you open the door to them.. I fell arse over tit with a cup of tea that landed up the wall
Then carry on your life as you would have

How did it go? Is it fixed?