Con-man or sloppy supervisor?
A man was ringing my doorbell yesterday morning about 10.40, as if there was an emergency. I opened the up stairs window and he shouted up "Oh just checking that your gutters are OK". As I looked puzzled he continued, "We did them, our company did them" I asked which company would that be and he responded with " We did the soffits and gutters. I informed him that the owner wasn't at home and I asked why would it be necessary for him to ring the door bell, as the guttering is clearly visible from the street and asked again which company was he from and he replied " Just checking them - that they aren't leaking or anything" ( as if I stand outside checking them when it rains! ) I asked again which company was he from, he responded with "When will the owner be back" and I told him tomorrow. "I'll call then" he replied. I asked if I could have the name of the company that had called, he replied "I'll come over and check them to-morrow then". ( I shall wait with baited breath, for his return ). Meanwhile, his passenger had moved over to the drivers seat and drove up the road a bit, then when our master builder, was getting back into his small white van, the driver moved back to the passenger seat and they drove very slowly down the road ( possibly looking out for other guttering/fascias or windows that looked as if they had been finished recently. Either a con man or a very sloppy supervisor, as the guttering had been done in 2009! However he did show some potential as a (bad) politician!
Mari Austin ● 4956d0 Comments