[Offers] Pen pushers

[dejavuatbtn]

Not really the point is it. I'm not interested and completely unaware if they've had a pay rise or are about to lose their job, I just want them to do the job they are currently doing in a competent manner.

And there lies the problem.

 

[razer]

And there lies the problem.

In your opinion.

 

[sydney]

Similar story here. Waiting to get some new flooring fitted. Fitter calls on the morning he’s due to arrive and says he can’t make it and will come Wednesday. Wednesday was a no-show. Now we’re saying Friday...

Maybe, just maybe it’s not limited to office workers, but all manner of people could be inept, regardless of profession!

often delays are down to other clients , trades having to move rooms full of furniture that the clients have said they would move , client saying "oh while you're here can you do this room too" as self employed trades you can very rarely win , you are either sat at home doing nothing , worrying how to pay your mortgage or rushed off your feet with people hassling you left right and centre........also cash flow , waiting for payments from one job to buy materials for the next .....just saying.

not the same as arguing with some jumped up medical receptionist who is aggressively insisting that you pay a huge sum for an scan / procedure that you have been written up for by your gp as a "no patient charge" item .......

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Similarly, van drivers who have no concept of the highway code and who litter our streets with debris from McDonald’s and KFC really get my goat.

 

[pastafarian]

"we can't do that sir, it's company policy"

Sick of hearing this bullshit from companies. Can't really blame the individuals when their hands are tied so tight with company policies making it impossible for any kind of flexibility.

Then you talk to a supervisor who isn't so restricted by company policy.



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Fishy, we have common ground at last
Redmi Note 7 ......loving mine

 

[Wrong-Direction]

often delays are down to other clients , trades having to move rooms full of furniture that the clients have said they would move , client saying "oh while you're here can you do this room too" as self employed trades you can very rarely win , you are either sat at home doing nothing , worrying how to pay your mortgage or rushed off your feet with people hassling you left right and centre........also cash flow , waiting for payments from one job to buy materials for the next .....just saying.

not the same as arguing with some jumped up medical receptionist who is aggressively insisting that you pay a huge sum for an scan / procedure that you have been written up for by your gp as a "no patient charge" item .......

Exactly this, the issues are completely different

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[BadFish]

Fishy, we have common ground at last
Redmi Note 7 ......loving mine

ha yes, me too, fantastic phone and an amazing price.

We need to build on this

 

[Notters]

Penpushers ? The decorator we booked in weeks ago to do some work is now 3 weeks late.........had a text each week saying sorry, might be next week........

Yep. Had a bloke round to quote for a fence repair in March- still no quote.

 

[Questions]

Return the favour when he does the job and wants paying.

There aren’t many trades where you stump up for materials and full labour, complete the job and then have to wait ages for any money. If you aren’t happy with the wait get someone else in who hasn’t anything on. You’ could possibly find out why he isn’t that busy if you are unlucky.

 

[Questions]

often delays are down to other clients , trades having to move rooms full of furniture that the clients have said they would move , client saying "oh while you're here can you do this room too" as self employed trades you can very rarely win , you are either sat at home doing nothing , worrying how to pay your mortgage or rushed off your feet with people hassling you left right and centre........also cash flow , waiting for payments from one job to buy materials for the next .....just saying.

not the same as arguing with some jumped up medical receptionist who is aggressively insisting that you pay a huge sum for an scan / procedure that you have been written up for by your gp as a "no patient charge" item .......

Spot on.

 

[Goldstone1976]

This has gone well then.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

I feel we're at a time where some people that work in offices really don't care about their customers/clients.
In the past year me and my family have had to deal with many companies/council's/courts/providers over sensitive subjects. However all seem to be totally inept at their jobs, seemingly obvious/easy things to sort have taken months / over a year. Shame

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Load of bollocks. I work in IT ..... generally in an office .... there isn't an hour of the day I haven't worked. I've done 36 hour shifts. Care to detail when as a plumber you've still been at work at 3am or indeed when you've done a 24 hour plus shift ?

 

[SIMMO SAYS]

Load of bollocks. I work in IT ..... generally in an office .... there isn't an hour of the day I haven't worked. I've done 36 hour shifts. Care to detail when as a plumber you've still been at work at 3am or indeed when you've done a 24 hour plus shift ?

You're in the wrong job mate

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Similarly, van drivers who have no concept of the highway code and who litter our streets with debris from McDonald’s and KFC really get my goat.

While I was out of work I did some casual delivery stuff in a van around Sussex. I now have a new found respect for many van drivers. Two gripes stand out - the number of fvckwits that park in loading bays and think it's OK as 'it's only a loading bay' thus making me carry heavy goods even further and the school run times ..... never have I seen such incompetent and frankly selfish driving ..... and I hate to say it, 90% of them are women !

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Load of bollocks. I work in IT ..... generally in an office .... there isn't an hour of the day I haven't worked. I've done 36 hour shifts. Care to detail when as a plumber you've still been at work at 3am or indeed when you've done a 24 hour plus shift ?

Um I did say SOME office workers, as in the SOME I've had dealings with. Anyway I'll let you get back to your extremely difficult job tapping on a keyboard, under the air con and next to the water cooler... sounds like a holiday to me..

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[essbee1]

I'd like to add to this in a different way.

The number of occasions where shops/offices in fact everywhere in the UK are so blatantly short of staff is staggering.
Why can't these organisations simply employ more people, for god's sake?

I know you could say that staff cost a lot money - and I accept that, but the amount of cash I can see these organisations losing
because of the resulting incompetence is so clear.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

It is all down to management.

I worked in offices for many years and saw times change from when you could use initiative and common sense to help a customer,to becoming a button pusher beholden to productivity targets which required the getting rid of a caller as soon as possible.

Thank God I am out of it.

 

[Justice]

Should be illegal. The person expecting the job to be done may have taken time off work to be there, may have an event coming up that the home improvements are being done for, may be selling the property etc etc. Perhaps ‘tradies’ should have to offer written estimated start dates which also offer compensation for unreasonable delays. Utter rudeness just to leave people hanging.

Illegal? they could always get someone else.

 

[Simster]

Return the favour when he does the job and wants paying.

I think making someone sweat for their money long after the work has been done is a bit below the belt, even in this situation. IMO, a better way of returning the favour is to book him up (along with a different decorator) and then drop him with a few hours notice because you've found somebody else.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

It is all down to management.

I worked in offices for many years and saw times change from when you could use initiative and common sense to help a customer,to becoming a button pusher beholden to productivity targets which required the getting rid of a caller as soon as possible.

Thank God I am out of it.

Completely this. Thank God for retirement.