24 Hours Service

[Harry Bloomfield]

In days gone by, when I had trouble sleeping, I'd jump in the car and drive through the night, often the outskirts of London. I'd find a lay-by, get a few hours kip and drive home.

I did a lot of driving just for the heck of it. Loved it. Got jobs involving long-distance driving.
Must have driven 100s of thousands of miles in my time.
Great memories.

Me too. I especially enjoy night driving, when the roads are quieter. Just for my amusement....

I would take mates out on round England jaunts, just for the H*ll of it. I once offered a free car collection and delivery service, providing just the bare expense costs were covered. I only got one taker, collecting car in middle England and driving it to the northern wilds of Scotland. Train to collect it, then train to home.

When I had spare time, I would help a mate out with his door to door courier service, all over UK and EU, just for the fun of it. Love driving, even nicer when someone else pays for the fuel

 

[Deleted member 294929]

In days gone by, when I had trouble sleeping, I'd jump in the car and drive through the night, often the outskirts of London. I'd find a lay-by, get a few hours kip and drive home.

I did a lot of driving just for the heck of it. Loved it. Got jobs involving long-distance driving.
Must have driven 100s of thousands of miles in my time.
Great memories.

I enjoy night driving.


I contracted for an electrical company a few years back. Leasing with two different plumbing companies in Hamsted/Kilburn 93 flats

Because of stress I'd wake up 2am.

So I'd drive to work. Most of the time I'd walk the corridors snagging the flats. Great as no one disturbed me not even the fox.
The job had a smooth end Because of this I think, got very few problems.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

Problem with driving in London now is the 20mph limits. With no other traffic slowing you down its easy to get caught out

 

[Deleted member 18243]

There's no real need for 24 hour shops. Apart from petrol stations and motorway services we have only had 24 hour shops for a relatively short time; it is normal not to have them.

However, their closing is just one small aspect of the decline of everything in present day Britain. After years of communism nothing works anymore. Expect the short supply, rationing or discontinuation of more and more of the things you have taken for granted all your life.

Our great wealth is in the hands of a corrupt few.

 

[gas112]

At BG normal week used to be 8.15 to 16.45 with only gas leaks after normal hours done by the duty man then shifts started to come in a sat morning then all day sat . Then all day sunday and 7pm on a week day then 9pm on a weekday no more work was done just spread out more resulting in a demoralised workforce doing shyte shift patterns resulting in thousands leaving over the years

 

[Mottie]

Thames Water came out and jetted my drain at 2.00am on Boxing day.

 

[conny]

Thames Water came out and jetted my drain at 2.00am on Boxing day.

Bet the neighbours enjoyed being woken up by the sound of the generator at that time.

 

[Odds]

Bet the neighbours enjoyed being woken up by the sound of the generator at that time.

Starting up a generator is one of the best ways to find out the time, as someone will invariably open a window and scream "Whaddya think yer doin'? It's two o' clock in the bloody morning!"

 

[diy_fun_uk]

But Bod, do you supply a 24hr service?

Andy

I suspect quite a few tradespeople that offer 24/7 call out in reality don't. My sister had a problem last year with her central heating or whatever and called one of these so-called 24/7 businesses. A very sleepy sounding guy answered and before my sister could say anything all she heard was 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT FECKIN' TIME IT IS?!?' followed by the '24/7' tradesperson hanging up!

We laugh about it now but it wasn't helpful on the night.

 

[Brigadier]

I suspect quite a few tradespeople that offer 24/7 call out in reality don't. My sister had a problem last year with her central heating or whatever and called one of these so-called 24/7 businesses. A very sleepy sounding guy answered and before my sister could say anything all she heard was 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT FECKIN' TIME IT IS?!?' followed by the '24/7' tradesperson hanging up!

We laugh about it now but it wasn't helpful on the night.

Quite a few tradespeople aren't even returning calls at all, let alone 24/7.

Must be a nice position to be in, not even having the need to even turn the work down........

 

[johnny2007]

Do we really need 24/7 services?
In my days supermarkets were closed on sunday and at night and many other businesses did the same.
I understand motorway services being open, but why McDonalds???
And talking about "needy" people, I once received a call at 2am from someone looking to have a kitchen fitted.
This "gentleman" asked: "Can you be bothered to get out of bed and give me a quote?".
Maybe it was the shock of hearing this when still asleep but I didn't tell him to feck off.
I told him I would've called next day.
I got up at 5am to go to work and called him; he didn't answer.
So I insisted and after a few calls he answered and complained it was too early.
Told me to call after 12.
I didn't call, but he did.
Again he started with: "if you can be bothered to get out of bed..."
I went along with it with intention to give him the runaround.
The address was on my way to a job a was doing at the time, so next day I showed up there at 6am
He started moaning and I told him I was out of bed and ready to give him a quote.
The flat was a tip.
I had one look at the greasy kitchen and quoted £10k (this was 25 years ago).
He said it was too much and if i could do it for £2k.
I left by saying that he needed someone bothered to get out of bed for that price.
Thinking about it now, I don't understand why I was entertaining such nonsense.
I grew out of politeness and tell people what I think without filters now.
Also my phone is off when I go to bed.

 

[securespark]

I used to offer a genuine 24h service.

Wasn't called on many times, but I did turn up in the middle of the night for a few things.

Customers were happy to pay, happy days.

 

[diy_fun_uk]

Do we really need 24/7 services?
In my days supermarkets were closed on sunday and at night and many other businesses did the same.
I understand motorway services being open, but why McDonalds???
And talking about "needy" people, I once received a call at 2am from someone looking to have a kitchen fitted.
This "gentleman" asked: "Can you be bothered to get out of bed and give me a quote?".
Maybe it was the shock of hearing this when still asleep but I didn't tell him to feck off.
I told him I would've called next day.
I got up at 5am to go to work and called him; he didn't answer.
So I insisted and after a few calls he answered and complained it was too early.
Told me to call after 12.
I didn't call, but he did.
Again he started with: "if you can be bothered to get out of bed..."
I went along with it with intention to give him the runaround.
The address was on my way to a job a was doing at the time, so next day I showed up there at 6am
He started moaning and I told him I was out of bed and ready to give him a quote.
The flat was a tip.
I had one look at the greasy kitchen and quoted £10k (this was 25 years ago).
He said it was too much and if i could do it for £2k.
I left by saying that he needed someone bothered to get out of bed for that price.
Thinking about it now, I don't understand why I was entertaining such nonsense.
I grew out of politeness and tell people what I think without filters now.
Also my phone is off when I go to bed.

I suppose law of averages says a tradesperson offering 24/7 will get the occasional call through the night for something stupid. In my sisters case, she didn't get a chance to say why she was phoning.

I do agree though, is 24/7 really needed in some sectors.

 

[Deleted member 294929]

I suspect quite a few tradespeople that offer 24/7 call out in reality don't. My sister had a problem last year with her central heating or whatever and called one of these so-called 24/7 businesses. A very sleepy sounding guy answered and before my sister could say anything all she heard was 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT FECKIN' TIME IT IS?!?' followed by the '24/7' tradesperson hanging up!

We laugh about it now but it wasn't helpful on the night.

That's not exactly an emergency is it.
I do a 24 hour emergency service. I refuse to go out unless it is an emergency

 

[Mottie]

Bet the neighbours enjoyed being woken up by the sound of the generator at that time.

I wasn’t too pleased at waiting up for them to attend either but when you've raw sewage coming up into your sink and overflowing, you can hardly go to bed and forget all about it. I'd been waiting since 9.00 Christmas Day.