Keeping your cool. - TilersForums.com

[enduro]

I did a job for a customer just before christmas she had a 50sqm travertine floor laid and the wrong sealer was applied by the tiler...(well her husband let it slip he put another type of sealer on to make it shiny) Well it looked awful and was a real job stripping it back. So i stripped it and polished it and it looked a treat and they were very happy. There was a large dresser filled up with china and they told me to go round this as they didnt want it moved. Well just after christmas she phoned and said there was a few places that had little bits of sealer on and they would just do these bits themselfs if i told them how to. So i told them and if they had a problem give me a call and i would pop back and do them.
Well this is where i do not know how i kept my cool!!! I was at work on Monday and my wife called me at 4pm and said she had been to the doctors as she had been getting chest pains over the last few days, and they told her to get straight to hospital :yikes: So her mother took her as i needed to collect my daughter from school...So at 5pm just walked in the house with two very upset children there is a message on my answer phone from this women...Telling me she is going to take me to court and her husband was coming round to my house to get there money back and really slagging me off about her floor!! Now i was mad...i was fuming :incazzato: So i settled the kids down had a cup of tea then phoned the women. I explained i was not happy with the message she had left, and i reminded her that i did say i would come and sort the bits out that she thought i had missed, she was a bit off with me but i kept calm. I had to cancel my jobs this week due to my wife still being in hospital so i arranged to go there today. Well i turned up and the bit i had missed was under the dresser they had moved :mad2: the bit i was told to leave. I explained this to her..i kept calm and said i would do it. It took me 1 hr to do but i did it for free...I must be getting soft but i wasnt going rise to the bait and have a slagging match with her...Bloody customers!!! Wife still in hospital hopefully home tmro :hurray:

 

[nybor62]

wow you r a lot calmer than i would have been , you should get the nobel piece prize

 

[Stewart]

Your a better man than me, as I wouldn't have handled it like that..........

 

[White Room]

I think on the way out after finishing the job I would have growled, they might be the customer but theres no need for that kind message on the phone.

 

[mikethetile]

thats the way to do it and with a cheerfull grin just to rub it in

hows your missus

I had 6 heart attacks so take it seriously , I didnt

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

well played mate !! you kept the moral high ground there

 

[doug boardley]

handled like a true pro Andrew, losing your rag with customers is a one way street to oblivion. Hope your Mrs is ok mate, that's the main thing.

 

[hillhead]

Oh a cheeky one, don't you love them, not.
You didn't need it Andrew with your poor wife not well.
I hope things turn out well for your family.

 

[enduro]

The trouble is i was warned by a few people she is a nightmare to work for...When i looked at the job i met her husband she was not there. He has his own roofing company and we hit it off straight away, a really nice guy. He built his company up from scratch, works all hours and she is as common as muck and has a bit of money and thinks she is obove everybody else..Now i think im above her by not lowering myself to her standard by slagging her off on the phone. I feel sorry for him because she really gives him a hard time.

 

[hillhead]

More fool him !