Went to the house to pay the carpet fitters…”er..we’ve had a slight accident, your curtain pole in the Kitchen has come down…but the screws obviously weren’t long enough”
“How did it happen?”
“Er, lad caught it with the role of lino”
“Lad needs to put it right then doesn’t he?”
“To be fair the screws aren’t long enough & it can’t have been put up right”
Getting more wound up at this point, “I put that pole up, I used the screws & plugs that came with it, if the screws weren’t long enough how have they taken so much plaster with them?”
Here’s a good bit
“Well that’s what happens with old plaster”
“Except that this plaster is only a couple of Months old, just like the plaster throughout the house”
“So what are you saying?
“I’m saying, your lad has grabbed the curtain to pull himself off the floor because that has come with some force, now that needs fixing before the estate agent comes on Sunday”
“Er…how about £50 off the bill?”
“You must be joking, it’s going to cost at least £200 to get a plasterer over the weekend”
“Oh…er…how about £200 off?”
“£250 & we’ll say no more”
“Ok”
When they went I used some filler to repair it.
If it had been an honest accident I wouldn’t have bothered but the fact they lied & tried to turn the blame (yes I know it’s blame somebody else day) I couldn’t let it go.