Thursday afternoon, 4:45pm I get a call from a customer I've worked for before.
Water pouring all over the downstairs cloakroom, had to turn the mains off, can't cook the kids tea or give them a bath.
I get there at 5:30pm. The leak is from the fill valve connection. Not a drip, water gushes out when you turn the mains back on.
Turns out it had been dripping and her husband tried to fix it - with a hammer believe it or not.
By 6:20pm I've replaced the fill valve & the tap connector & straightened the siphon so the fill valve arm doesn't get caught on it anymore.
I give the lady the bill - £62:50 including parts & labour.
She goes into drama queen mode, she didn't expect it to be that much, it was much too expensive, would I accept £50?
I would point out at this juncture that this is a 4 bed des res, with a
2 year old Ford Galaxy & a 1 year old Focus in the drive.She eventually paid the full amount grudgingly.
Any guesses as to her ethnic origins?
Clue - the capital city is Abuja.
Told her not to bother me again.