october 27, 2016 




ivy pollard, 73, from the backend of brighton was all set for a binge-watching session of her favourite tv series when the tradesman who said he would arrive between 7am and midday arrived between 7am and midday. 




<u+2018>i<u+2019>d just finished skinning up the first spliff of the day when the miracle took place<u+2019> she said. <u+2018>there was this unexpected knock at the door which i was hoping would be the new clown costume and accessories that i ordered 3 weeks ago!<u+2019> 




<u+2018>but it wasn<u+2019>t! it was the guy from swirlpool! the one thing i wasn<u+2019>t expecting! someone actually doing what they said they were going to do! the only time i experience that level of follow-through is on the toilet, or in my pull-ups, but even that doesn<u+2019>t happen all that often.<u+2019> 




<u+2018>it was all a bit embarrassing actually, because there wasn<u+2019>t anything wrong with the oven yet. the warranty had just expired so i knew it was only a matter of time. i thought i was being clever by booking an engineer straight away, confident that by the time he turned up, there would be something wrong with it.<u+2019> 




<u+2018>mind you, he didn<u+2019>t mind. it turns out he<u+2019>s a big game of thrones fan as well. so we had a smoke and cracked on with the show. we had a jolly old day in the end, much to the chagrin of the other customers he was scheduled to see that day, but, then again, that<u+2019>s tradesmen for you.<u+2019> jodster
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