It Pays To Be Nice

[sunny-dave]

... what goes around comes around ...

Just wandered out the front to bring in my bins and was accosted by huge scary bloke in hi-viz jacket - "Is it OK if we park here?" - points at transit and trailer with mowers & stuff on road outside my front garden.

"Of course - no problem - any time" (frankly I'd have let him park on my lawn - he was quite big ...)

"Only the old bloke who used to live here could be a bit funny about it"
"Well I'm not - it's a public road & you are welcome to use it"
"Cheers Boss - do you want your lawn done?"
"It's not part of your contract - my private bit"
"That's OK - no charge - it will give the apprentice a bit of work to do"
"Cheers - do you want a cuppa?"
"Ta - two with sugar, one without"

So I get my lawn mowed, they get a tea break & we're all happy that the world is a nice place

Sunny Dave :+)

[welshtanner]

Good for you.

[rockyracoon]

Excellent. But, "(frankly I'd have let him park on my lawn - he was quite big ...)" , bigger than you??

[aelmpvw]

i hope they did the edges ...

[cupid04]

Can you send him to Southend. Mr C pays our gardener £15 to mow the lawn and do the edges...

[sunny-dave]

He made me look like a jockey, rocky :)

[sunny-dave]

Yes, ael, - just noticed "the apprentice" had been made to pull up a few weeds in the shrubbery too :)

[Islay]

So you got a nice trim - well done you - you have to be careful at your age doing manual work!

[gness]

Is he fit, Dave....if so send him down the hill and I'll do the afternoon tea break...... ;-)

[Islay]

Gness -tiffin time?

[gness]

Depends what he looks like when he gets here, Islay...... ;-)

[aelmpvw]

dave gives directions to the team for gness's pad and the boss says 'not the lady who imprisons tradesmen in her shed?'

[Barmaid]

Well he can come and do mine. My blasted gardener didnt turn up this week.

But I was so nice to the builder and the roofer this morning that they are going to fix my roof and build me a porch when I am on holiday so I dont have to deal with the mess.

[Islay]

Is Asbo going to be nice to the builders?

[goodgoalie]

Dave, are you sure the 'big scary bloke' won't soon be knocking on your door asking for something for the work they've done?

[Barmaid]

He's going to the Kitty Hotel, Islay. I dont trust him here on his own - even with a very good cat sitter. He'll get into too much trouble.

[Islay]

ooooo you are going to be soooo punished when he gets out of gulag!!!

[jno]

they have apprenticeships in lawnmowing these days?

Do they have a Guild Hall?

[anneasquith]

It's nice to be nice :-)

[elliemay1]

That's the way life should work, all the time

[Patsy33]

Good for you Dave. I've found in life, the iffy, big scary people are the kindest people our there!