Early Morning Engineering Works!

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

So you would like engineers outside your house at 2am in the morning. Clanging all the cable and metal gratings.
I certainly wouldnt. It appears that vm engineers can do anything they like ?

No they cannot, they will have gained permission from the local council first. You realy do need to think about what you are ranting about and then think about how you are going to word your rant BEFORE you go ahead and post your rant.

[Arthurgray50@blu]

I simply give up. Too me, what everyone is saying. It doesn't matter that during Midnight and six am. Yu would be quite prepared to Engineers from anyone just make engineering work outside your house.

I remember when they were doing cable work down our road - under Tele west. They put leaflets through the door to prepare residents what they were doing.

Several weeks ago we had roadwork's down our road that last THREE WEEKS. we were notified in good time, by the local council.

These engineers didn't do that. Even when complained about the noise. Instead of someone telling that residents what was happening. They just kept working

its called principal of the matter.

So you want the workers doing emergency repairs to go putting leaflets through everyone's door setting off at least one dog and likely waking people up with the letterbox but getting on with the job making it as quick as possible that makes them bad. We routinely have loud noises where i live more so at weekends when the latest lewis hamilton finds out they can't take the chicane at 60 it's part of modern life and your going to have to adapt Arthur because it's not gonna change just for you and some of your neighbours.

[heero_yuy]

Arthur is obviously quite happy that when his TV and internet goes belly up that VM will pop a leaflet through the door to say that they'll do the work in a few weeks time and during the day so as not to disturb his beauty sleep.

[Pierre]

Arthur,

answer me this simple question.

if your water, gas and electric were cut off, would you be happy to wait three weeks for them to be fixed?

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

I simply give up. Too me, what everyone is saying. It doesn't matter that during Midnight and six am. Yu would be quite prepared to Engineers from anyone just make engineering work outside your house.

I remember when they were doing cable work down our road - under Tele west. They put leaflets through the door to prepare residents what they were doing.

Several weeks ago we had roadwork's down our road that last THREE WEEKS. we were notified in good time, by the local council.

These engineers didn't do that. Even when complained about the noise. Instead of someone telling that residents what was happening. They just kept working

its called principal of the matter.

I don't think anyone would be happy about work going on in the street at that hour, but there's a world of difference between being happy about it and accepting that, sometimes, these things have to be done.

As many have stated elsewhere this probably wasn't planned work. There's a world of difference between pre-planned building of cable, for which VM continue to leaflet households, and emergency repair works.

Did you and others go to the engineers and ask what the issue was or go to them all guns blazing complaining about the noise and demanding they stop?

Kids usually grow out of egocentrism and understand that the world doesn't revolve around them, doesn't necessarily owe them anything, and can be unpleasant to them. Going by threads like this and others where you constantly provide evidence of your profound sense of entitlement I guess you skipped that part.

[mrmistoffelees]

Arthur hasn't mentioned his job yet, is this a new record?

[joglynne]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

There is no link to this thread.

Where l work in West London, l was staggered to hear from nearby neighbours that they were woken p at 2.00am in the morning by working engineers from Cable and Wireless engineers. Working on behalf of Virgin Media. They were working on a road, and were clanging on the Metal covers within several houses.

When they were told to stop by residents. The Engineers just carried on working. I spoke with a Vm Engineer who was in the road. and was advised to call the 0845 number which l did. After several calls to India, l finally got a UK number

I was told that engineers have to fix faults, no matter what hour it is.

Don't engineers know that people have to get up for work. Pathetic.

I have seen how badly VM engineers have caused problems before near where l live, they totally closed the A316 for five hours, by doing two days work in ONE DAY. And closed the whole road. Due to stupidy

He did, well in a way. It's the area where he works, not lives, that suffered the 2am disturbances which triggered this discussion. I think Arthur was trying to help the residents who felt unable to tackle VM personally.

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by joglynne

He did, well in a way. It's the area where he works, not lives, that suffered the 2am disturbances which triggered this discussion. I think Arthur was trying to help the residents who felt unable to tackle VM personally.

Thanks Jo. I hadn't noticed that the residents 'told' the engineers to stop working.

No wonder they didn't get very far or get a huge amount of information from them.

Pity we don't know exactly which street this is. Be interesting to see what the work actually was.

[Jayster]

Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

There is no link to this thread.

Where l work in West London, l was staggered to hear from nearby neighbours that they were woken p at 2.00am in the morning by working engineers from Cable and Wireless engineers. Working on behalf of Virgin Media. They were working on a road, and were clanging on the Metal covers within several houses.

When they were told to stop by residents. The Engineers just carried on working. I spoke with a Vm Engineer who was in the road. and was advised to call the 0845 number which l did. After several calls to India, l finally got a UK number

I was told that engineers have to fix faults, no matter what hour it is.

Don't engineers know that people have to get up for work. Pathetic.

I have seen how badly VM engineers have caused problems before near where l live, they totally closed the A316 for five hours, by doing two days work in ONE DAY. And closed the whole road. Due to stupidy

Honestly what would you expect them to do? If you were working, instructed by your employer to do whatever and a few members of the public told you to stop, what would you do?

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Arthur hasn't mentioned his job yet, is this a new record?

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Arthur hasn't mentioned his job yet, is this a new record?

Arthur currently works for VM as a metal cover replacement technician

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by Kursk

Arthur currently works for VM as a metal cover replacement technician

I seem to remember he said he was a bin lid banger at one time (bin man)

[Osem]

Maybe VM and all the other utilities ought to commence a programme to replace all those noisy metal inspection covers, drills, tools etc with nice soft ones made of rubber.

[alferret]

I personally would prefer to have a difficults nights sleep knowing my services would be working properly during my waking hours than have the same disturbance during a time when I needed the services.
Also another consideration would be the impact to traffic in the area if this was carried out during 7am-6pm.

Arthur would you like me to send some chill pills to you through the post, at my cost so you can lay off your berating of everything that doesnt suit you personally.

Also could you turn off double space in word for me (or at least remove the empty lines) It annoys me so much that I just want to throw myself under the nearest milk float.