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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Our fire extinguishers got replaced yesterday and the dude who replaced them replaced them with longer and thinner ones. The extinguisher in the kitchen lives just above and next to the kitchen drawers. Any guesses why this is a problem?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Early nominee for the 'Not my job mate' award for 2024

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He didn't even know we had a 2nd fire extinguisher in the laundry. that one was due for replacement 2 years ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That's not on him. That's on the owner/agent. If the job request doesn't mention the laundry extinguisher, how is he meant to know it's there?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can you move the mount up a bit? Can you get the agent to move the mount up a bit? Can you leave the extinguisher on the floor because if there's a decent fire, get down low and gogogo, will lead you to find the extinguisher on the way out.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Stop being logical. I'm just here to dog on tradespeople with the IQ of a misshapen door knob.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh, you think the tradie didn't notice the drawer issue? That's cute. Of course he noticed. But by 'accidentally' doing precisely what the job sheet asked for (replacing the extinguisher and nothing more), he gets called back a second time. $$$

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dude. He replaced the entire mount plate with a new one which he mounted lower down...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The obvious old screw holes might be a tiny clue

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

No spoon for you!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not quite the same, but I’ve got a wok burner that would set fire to the top cupboards if you actually used it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use my wok burner outside like my Viet friends told me to.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not portable in this case. I do have a movable induction one from IKEA : house stove deemed unsafe and it took forever to get landlord to replace.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Mine is a cast iron thing plugged into a gas bottle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

A fire extinguisher in the kitchen! Fancy plus!!!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

ha just wait til you hear the smoke alarms and see the evacuation lights. I genbuinely can not communicate how loud the smoke alarms are. The best way I can describe them is that they're so loud you can hear the air. Like on top of the high pitched squealey beeping they are so loud they cause the air inside to rumble. I'm surprised they don't shatter a window

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Me? $0.00

Someone? Probably many hundreds of dollars. Wouldn't surprise me if they paid almost a grand for it. As soon as tradies hear "government job" the prices have a funny tendency of quadrupling