Did you have a good day today?
I didn`t…and this is why.
I took my car to the dealer for the third time for him to sort out the crap Bluetooth connection. I was met with the same old drivel as before about compatibility of certain phones etc but they just seem to fail to understand…..why, for the sake of a mad mullah, was it working perfectly for 9 months if it`s incompatible??
So I left it with them and waited for them to give me a lift home. I sat and worked. Thirty minutes later I got a lift home. I arrived home just as the plumber arrived to fix the toilet. Half hour`s job he said. This placated wifey somewhat as she paced up and down dying for the loo, demanding why I didn`t tell her what time he was coming. I didn`t know. Have you tried getting a time of arrival out of a plumber? More chance of a free hand job from a lady of the night. I sat and worked.
Thirty minutes later she can wait no longer. I have to get a cab to the outskirts of town because she can`t walk for fear of flooding the town again and go and spend a tenner in a coffee shop so she can have a pee. We returned home. I sat and worked.
Half an hour later…..he was done. As he walked out another fella appeared at the door. The Water Company scientist who was here to investigate why our drinking water appears, over the past few months, to have been supplied to our tap directly (and unfiltered) from the River Ganges. Water off again but this time at the outside stopcock thing. Said scientist then proceeds to thrill me with his knowledge of water and how it is affected by the breakdown of compounds in old taps, washers, pipes and anything else to do with the water supply. I sat and tried to work but his genuine interest in his job was so thrilling that I found myself enthralled by the history of the tap.
An hour later he is almost done and goes out to turn on the outside stopcock thing. He returns frowning…. It`s stuck and faulty. We shall have to get the men out but don`t worry they will be here this afternoon. He will return at tea time to complete his tests once the supply has been re-established. He left. I sat and worked.
Thirty minutes later the men arrive and proceed to quiz me upon the actions of the scientist, their view being that he must have done something to cause this problem. I explained, “I know nothing Mr Faulty!” so off they went with tools in hand. I sat and worked.
Twenty minutes later they returned….all ok now. Is your water working? I have no idea! You told me it wasn`t so I haven`t tried it. I tried it, it didn`t. Much discussion followed and eventually it came to work. I sat and worked.
Ten minutes later another knock. I open the door to find the water men quizzing the new man, who they presumed to be the water scientist, about his knowledge of water systems and how he had come to stop it working. He didn`t know. He was from the car dealer and had come to pick me up.
Get to the dealer and face the same old answers. Basically it`s a factory fit option that should not be allowed to be fitted to a pedal car.
I get home to find the road closed by bollards and plastic fences left by the water men who have now disappeared. I finally get in the house. I sit and work. Ten minutes later the water scientist returns, turns the water off and on again, makes sure that it is wet and goes.
So do not ask me if I have had a good day please!!
