What would you do

[JFC]

I spoke to a forumite today that found my reaction to a customer banging on my door and then windows at 9pm quite amusing . Id done a quick £50 job for him a few months ago and we talked about his shop refurb comming up ( Right now so it seems ) Anyway for my own valid reasons i didn't answer the door so he started banging on the windows ........ What would you do ?

 

[Mike.C]

upstairs window with a bucket of water and he's taken a shower.

Cheers

Mike.

 

[davy_owen_88]

Depending on how he treated you the first time you worked for him, and how much you want the shop refurb job, my reaction would vary from opening the door and telling him politely to come back during working hours or just shouting through an open window to stuff his shop refit where the sun doesn't shine and ferk off.

 

[ByronBlack]

Did he know you were in?

If he didn't, I would have left him out in the cold and then spoke to him during working hours the next day.

Encroachment of personal time was one of my biggest problems when I worked for myself at home, clients would think nothing of phoning me at night, emailing me in the evening and complaining that I didn't respond until the next morning, I'm sure some people think that because you work from home they are entitled to bug you at all hours.

 

[JFC]

Interesting so far .

 

[Good Surname or what ?]

Call the police. Tell them there's a madman banging on your windows.

 

[motownmartin]

I would go upstairs and video him, then send it to him via email entitled 'Big Brother is watching you':lol:

Martin

 

[aisuru]

i'd turn the stereo up, grab a bottle of cider from the fridge, and a pint glass from the cupboard. if he was still there by the time i'd finished drinking it, i'd go and see what he wanted.

 

[Drew]

Fling the door open and shout take the hint, sling your hook.

Drew

 

[DomValente]

I think you should send everyone a PM and tell them what you said and did. I'm still laughing :lol:

Dom

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Jason

I think you should send everyone a PM and tell them what you said and did. I'm still laughing :lol:

Could I have a copy please?

Cheers,
Neil

 

[wizer]

Personally I don't answer the door at all if I am not expecting a visitor. That may seem odd, but I just don't have time for cold callers of any sort.

 

[Jhalfa]

My view is that if someone wants to contact you about business then they have to do it in business hours (plus or minus).

I won't answer phonecalls at 9pm (answerphone is on), let alone answer the door. Banging on windows is totally unacceptable.

Go on - what did you do??

 

[ByronBlack]

Put us all out of our misery!

 

[JFC]

I cant say here i will get banned :lol:
But i told him i heard him the first ******* time and to **** *** !
He called the next day to discuss work :shock:

 

[iajon69]

Did you ignore it long enough for him to get bored and leave. Then wait until midnight and go around to his house and bang on his windows to ask what he wanted

Ian

 

[ByronBlack]

I'm surprised you still got the contract from it, but good luck to your elbow!

 

[DomValente]

I cant say here i will get banned :lol:
But i told him i heard him the first ******* time and to **** *** !
He called the next day to discuss work :shock:

Not the full story :lol: :lol:

I think it was more like "I heard you the first ******** time and if I didn't answer the front door, why would I answer when you knock on the ******** window."
Oh and there was a cat and an umbrella pole involved.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Dom

 

[OLD]

Regarding the out of hours contact i wonder what you would do if work was hard to come by if we were in say a recession. Its been 15 years since the last one so the next can not be far of.
Personally i like to be told where i stand when trying to arrange for work to be done so i can make other arrangement if required.
We can all understand some one purchasing something and getting excited so they can hardly wait for it to be delivered i see a similarity here.

 

[motownmartin]

I cant say here i will get banned :lol:
But i told him i heard him the first ******* time and to **** *** !
He called the next day to discuss work :shock:

Not the full story :lol: :lol:

I think it was more like "I heard you the first ******** time and if I didn't answer the front door, why would I answer when you knock on the ******** window."
Oh and there was a cat and an umbrella pole involved.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Dom

It's amazing what a a few carefully selected chosen words can do :lol: :lol: :lol: , but where does the cat and umbrella pole come into it :?

Martin