OT; White Van man

[The Natural Philosopher]

I like direct action.

[dennis]

But all he is doing is still not getting paid and costing those of us that have insurance more. Stupid really.

[tim....]

I'm beginning to wonder if Adam made them up.

1 has a non negligible risk of seeing you on the end of an attempted murder charge.

And for 2 (unless you guys know better) it is impossible to "clean" expanding foam from fabric so would result in the car needing a complete internal re-fitment at several thousand pounds. This is something that the punter is going to claim off their insurance and likely to result in a criminal damage charge and private claim for compensation

tim

[ARWadsworth]

If they can prove I did it. I did not do it infront of them, I am not stupid.

[Man at B&Q]

I hope it happens to you one day.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Do you count having a car windcsreen smashed in with the reverse end of a loaded pump action shotgun?

[ARWadsworth]

The sort of people that have no intentions of paying deserve it.

[dennis]

Your posts say that you are.

1: you wont get the cash they owe you as they don't know why it was done. 2: they just claim on the insurance.

[ARWadsworth]

That's rich coming from you.

You will not get the money even if you take them to small claims nor would you get back payment for all the time and effort you put into taking them to court. The BMW driver was on TV and named and shamed as a cowboy builder with loads of CCJs against him.

And they pay the excess and higher premiums later. Not to mention the distress and inconvenience. Imagine a milk bottle filled with gloss paint hitting the side of your house at 3am just because you stole £50 off a workman. But you cannot prove anything.

These are people that have NO intentions of paying for the work and they are thieves.

[jgharston]

I was on the way home for a cuppa while a coat of paint was drying when I bumped into a neighbour, and had this conversation:

Him: Still looking for work? What's your line of work? Me: Software engineering/computer programming. Him: Oh, I know the ideal job for you, $telemarketer down the road, you sit phoning people all day selling them gas and electricity.

What is it about this country???

JGH

[Andrew Gabriel]

Decided I needed to watch an episode after clearing up the mess resulting from accidently kicking a new tin of paint across the floor...

[Ian Jackson]

In message , Andrew Gabriel writes

On the basis of "Things couldn't possibly get any worse" - or could they?"

[ARWadsworth]

Sometimes they can get worse. My mate knocked his step ladders over which had a can of paint stood on it. All the noise startled his cat that was asleep on the setee. The cat ran off straight through the paint and up the stairs carpet.

[robgraham]

Oh come on, that is just too good to be true and is straight out of some cartoon. Rob

[ARWadsworth]

It is true. I also know someone, not a mate but he drinks in the local, and his wife wanted the lounge redecorating. She decided to put a can of paint on some steps and knock it over so that the insurance company would pay for a new setee and carpet. It worked right up until the moment the insurance assessor came to visit the house and her daughter asked in front of him "Mummy is this the man that I am not supposed to tell about you thowing the paint about to get a new setee?"

[Bill]

In message , Ian Jackson writes

Oh yes.... I was painting the woodwork on the front of my house years ago and rested the plastic paint tin, (can you have plastic tin?) on the metal cage around the central heating exhaust vent. Went in for a cup of tea, didn't notice the heating come on until it was too late. Rather large white streak down the wall.

[ARWadsworth]

Well tonights episode was based on my apprentice.

Last winter we started a rewire and after the second day he said he would make his own way to work and I need not pick him up. Well I was surprised to see that he was actually at work at 8am.

He gave the game away by not de-icing and removing the snow from his car before I arrived.

Blame the wife:-)

[<me9]

I remember about when I was about 15 my parents were decorating. I was mixing a quart tin of gloss by inverting it repeatedly, and dropped the tin, upside down onto the middle of a newly bought fireside rug. The lid (obviously in the circumstances) came off, leaving a large puddle of white paint in the middle of the new carpet. I beat a hasty retreat! Nothing was said on my return, but the next day the carpet was back down, looking as good as new. I've always wondered how it was cleaned so well, but never dared to ask. It's too late now, 50 years on.