406 on Epic Fail

[steve_earwig]

Quiet today innit?

Fail? It's still going!

[steve_earwig]

Blimey, it really is quiet over there, are they executing the government live on BBC2 or something? (I hope someone's taping it for me if it is )

[maglite1]

love it , the lion does go from strenght to maybe a bit weaker once its rolled over and had a ticcle lol

[mandelbug]

How on earth can that be still driving straight?

[Welly]

I like how the guy flicks them the bird

(we were only looking )

Oh and it was quiet yesterday cos I was out in the afternoon loosing £10,000.00 on a contract where the client refused to pay for some additional works (covered extremely loosely by the specification of works)

*adds £10,000.00 to the next job*

[steve_earwig]

I like how the guy flicks them the bird

As do I (seen the new av? )

Oh and it was quiet yesterday cos I was out in the afternoon loosing £10,000.00 on a contract where the client refused to pay for some additional works (covered extremely loosely by the specification of works)

You do seem to get burned by a lot of clients, are you doing something wrong?

*adds £10,000.00 to the next job*

Oh come on, that really isn't fair (and? )

[Welly]

You do seem to get burned by a lot of clients, are you doing something wrong?

It's the element of risk, sometimes it pays off sometimes it doesn't, 7 out of 10 jobs make money the other 3 don't - it's just how it is. We start off with a quotation and fixed price (nothing more than my estimate based on increasingly poor drawings and specs) then there'll be some additional works and if the job runs well then all's good but if things don't go well, or the extra works are disputed then an agreement has to be reached to gain payment.

We'd rather write off £10,000.00 and walk away with £20,000.00 than argue it out for months on end and perhaps walk away with £22,000.00 and a ruined relationship. We've already guaranteed the next contract yesterday by 'helping' with the account.

It's all a big game really, sometimes it's fun and sometimes it makes you want to weep

We're working on the skyscraper on the left at the moment, doing specialist interior services, pretty cool eh?

[teamster1975]

Excellent touch with the biggles goggles!
Where abouts is that skyscraper Welly? It's a beautiful building!

[Welly]

Elephant & Castle believe it or not

43 stories of private apartments complete with wind turbines on the 'roof'. It was build using the slip forming method (bit like a tunnel) the crane driver threw the towel in at about 2/3 up - t'was too high for him

[Blue406]

German registered car in Poland.

My bet is, it's a Pole wo bought the car for cheap and is taking it home to repair.
German autobahns used to be full of Polish vans pulling a trailor with a smashed car.
The Polish appear not to have any safety standards for their cars.

I hate Polish drivers, they the most dangerous you can come across on european roads.