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Originally Posted by STEED
Get cracking that whip on Wednesday make them sweat while you stand there with a ice cool beer.  |
Appeared on site at 9am, asked for three cups of coffee all with milk and two sugars.
9.15 am wife says the boss would like a word with me.
Boss (by a long stretch of the imagination) "We wouldn't be able to dig up that cherry tree, it will need the services of a tree surgeon, the access from your property to our van where the materials will be offloaded is four properties away and by my reckoning the salesman has underestimated the surface area by twelve square metres."
My reply "The estimate and plan clearly states the problems you have mentioned have been vectored into the price as agreed by your company and myself."
Boss "I'll need to contact the office and have a senior manager come around."
My reply "No problem but tell them that when they arrive I'd like to be consulted in person and if they're not here within the hour you can cancel the job and tip the wife £10 for the coffees."
Fifteen minutes later the senior manager arrived, listened to his worker then said "Don't worry, the job is fine and all the issues are for us to overcome."
Didn't stop the buggas finishing early at 2pm though
