Whatever job is being done, whatever service you require it takes an awful lot of men to make it happen here in India, here are some examples...
To Install and Check a Phone Line - Answer 4
One to hold the carrier bag of bits, one to do the work, one to give opinions and one to stand around and gawp at your house and belongings.
To Install Broadband - Answer 3
One to fiddle, one to scratch his head and one to realise that the wireless switch on your computer is off (whoops! mea culpa!)
To Measure Up For Curtains - Answer 5
One to bring and hold the fabric samples, one to measure, one to write it down and two to stand around and gawp at your house and belongings.
To Fit Kitchen Window Blinds - Answer 4 (two separate occasions)
One to carry said blinds in, one to hold the blind and leave dirty fingerprints all over it, one to
fix it, one to stand and gawp at your house and belongings and one to ask for a tip - he didn't think dirty fingerprints were a problem, we did.
To Argue that You're Kitchen Blinds DO Fit and it's your windows that are wonky - Answer 2
This one was a classic and a perfect example of how the majority of Indian men won't listen to anything a woman has to say. The bottom of the blind is 1.5" shorter at one end to the other, he swears it's the window that is squiffy...I am there with tape measure (this goes on for an hour by the way) I measure the window, then measure the blind and each and every time he offers to hold the tape measure and then moves it to his advantage and tells me again and again that the walls are not straight. PLEASE! I do now how to measure a bloody window. They leave. DH removes the blind, we take it back to the shop, the owner looks at it and agrees it's wrong and needs replacing. 1 week later two different men arrive to re-fit, I tell them to wash their hands first, they take forever to re-fit it and then blatantly ask for a tip. So do you think they got one?
I have more evidence and incidents...but you get the picture, right?
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