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What a bizarre episode that was. Basically, I do a call out rota every 3 weeks and have to stay behind until 18:30 to pick up any emergency jobs.
Things like electric keeps tripping or boiler break downs or immersion heater tripping etc. So, gets a job in to go and repair a faulty light. Turns up at property (after eventually finding it through getting lost - damn you crazy Sat Nav), to find 3 kids messing about on the garden.
Think nothing of it. Harmless kids right? Wrong! One of them gives me a really funny look and for someone who looks about 5 or 6 it took me by suprise. I mean a really funny look by the way not a "Who's this man walking up my path with a set of steps and his tools?"
Young girl answers the door and shouts "Mum, the man's here". Mother greets me at door and shows me culprit light. "The kids flooded the bathroom and now the downstairs lights won't turn back on".
"Not a problem" me says and start to do my usual repair work. Realise I need to get some sleeving from the van I go outside. Same kids on the garden but they look a little.....well....shifty.
Go to the back of van, start to look for my sleeving and then hear a few giggles and then feel something wet on the back of my neck and then the giggles turn to full blown laughter.
Check myself and realise that something has been thrown at me by one of them. Turn around and see a pot of Yakult on the floor and that said kid who looked at me weird then swears at me.
Well, I was annoyed to say the least but thought to myself "He's a kid, just ignore him". So, walks back up the path (still dripping in Yakult) and then this same little **** runs at me and punches me in the nads!
It was a pretty good shot too. Took the wind right out of me but I thought I'm not letting these kids get the better of me so I just smiled (whilst trying to hide the pain obviously) and walked back in the house. Eventually got my breath back and decided to do this job now as fast as I could.
I wanted out.
Told the mother and said that it's unacceptable for that to happen as I'm here to do a repair and she went out and just shouted at the her kids to "Play away for the house".
Meanwhile she goes and gets hereself a can of Strongbow and declares "Time for a peaceful beer".
Says it all really. I get the impression her kids get very little or no attention. What do kids do when they are not stimulated? Cause mischief.
Managed to get the job done in the end and all working. Informed the Mother (who was sat on garden drinking and listening to what I can only describe as trance music) and she seemed happy with what I'd done.
She then demanded the little brat to apologise to me prior to me leaving to which he did say "Sorry".
When she walked out of the room, I looked at him and no suprise, he stuck his tounge out at me.
Just you wait kid, just you wait.
Things like electric keeps tripping or boiler break downs or immersion heater tripping etc. So, gets a job in to go and repair a faulty light. Turns up at property (after eventually finding it through getting lost - damn you crazy Sat Nav), to find 3 kids messing about on the garden.
Think nothing of it. Harmless kids right? Wrong! One of them gives me a really funny look and for someone who looks about 5 or 6 it took me by suprise. I mean a really funny look by the way not a "Who's this man walking up my path with a set of steps and his tools?"
Young girl answers the door and shouts "Mum, the man's here". Mother greets me at door and shows me culprit light. "The kids flooded the bathroom and now the downstairs lights won't turn back on".
"Not a problem" me says and start to do my usual repair work. Realise I need to get some sleeving from the van I go outside. Same kids on the garden but they look a little.....well....shifty.
Go to the back of van, start to look for my sleeving and then hear a few giggles and then feel something wet on the back of my neck and then the giggles turn to full blown laughter.
Check myself and realise that something has been thrown at me by one of them. Turn around and see a pot of Yakult on the floor and that said kid who looked at me weird then swears at me.
Well, I was annoyed to say the least but thought to myself "He's a kid, just ignore him". So, walks back up the path (still dripping in Yakult) and then this same little **** runs at me and punches me in the nads!
It was a pretty good shot too. Took the wind right out of me but I thought I'm not letting these kids get the better of me so I just smiled (whilst trying to hide the pain obviously) and walked back in the house. Eventually got my breath back and decided to do this job now as fast as I could.
I wanted out.
Told the mother and said that it's unacceptable for that to happen as I'm here to do a repair and she went out and just shouted at the her kids to "Play away for the house".
Meanwhile she goes and gets hereself a can of Strongbow and declares "Time for a peaceful beer".
Says it all really. I get the impression her kids get very little or no attention. What do kids do when they are not stimulated? Cause mischief.
Managed to get the job done in the end and all working. Informed the Mother (who was sat on garden drinking and listening to what I can only describe as trance music) and she seemed happy with what I'd done.
She then demanded the little brat to apologise to me prior to me leaving to which he did say "Sorry".
When she walked out of the room, I looked at him and no suprise, he stuck his tounge out at me.
Just you wait kid, just you wait.
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