Dealing With A Difficult Electrician | Jack Dee: So What? Live

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  • @mikebikekite1
    @mikebikekite1 11 місяців тому +143

    I used to work with quite a funny German guy (a nation not known for it's humour). He was having problems with a plumber who would turn up without tools or just turn up but not do anything. He got off the phone to the plumber, obviously a little stressed by having to deal with the guy again and said in his deepest accent "Mike, zis wud never off happened if we'd won zee war". I laughed so much a spat my coffee out.

    • @stringologymchugh4245
      @stringologymchugh4245 11 місяців тому +2

      But they didn't😂

    • @dragonsdynamite6403
      @dragonsdynamite6403 11 місяців тому +16

      @@stringologymchugh4245I think all parties involved are fully aware of that.
      The west would’ve been better off

    • @petermcgill1315
      @petermcgill1315 11 місяців тому +5

      @@stringologymchugh4245oh, really??

    • @lukecaldwell7721
      @lukecaldwell7721 11 місяців тому +6

      Haha that reminds me of a similar guy who told me that if your late for work in Germany and you try to blame it on the trains, you will be met with raucous laughter before being asked for the real reason.

    • @philjameson292
      @philjameson292 11 місяців тому

      ​@@lukecaldwell7721that was before DB went down the tubes

  • @puppy1584
    @puppy1584 11 місяців тому +52

    My husband is an electrician…sounds just like him…Me, “the light’s not come on in the kitchen “. Him, “did you flick the switch?”. 48 years - I’m feeling a bit tense.

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 7 місяців тому +1

      Im a sparks my wife has just echoed you

    • @DarylShires
      @DarylShires 4 місяці тому +1

      “48 years - I’m feeling a bit tense” is one of the funniest sentences I think I’ve ever read in any UA-cam comments section ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

    • @puppy1584
      @puppy1584 4 місяці тому

      @@DarylShires thank you!

  • @stevemcha7129
    @stevemcha7129 11 місяців тому +50

    Video engineer here, - Flew from Manchester to Edinburgh years ago to ‘fix’ a video recorder/player (u-matic 3/4 inch tape cassettes) for a financial services company. Fault found to be mains lead not plugged in !

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 9 місяців тому +2

      Sparks here, I had a lady call on an early Sunday morning to tell me about her new washing machine it had been fitted for her by her son.
      It wouldn't work? She said it must be a fuse or a short. I arrive check around it wasnt plugged in !
      That is a true story she was mid fourties and was an office manager.
      Her face was a picture and i always check the switches

    • @LeighWinspear
      @LeighWinspear Місяць тому

      @@stephenholmes1036 David Brent, sheesh, he will never learn................;)

  • @stephenholmes1036
    @stephenholmes1036 9 місяців тому +7

    I love the sound of a switch Jack makes. I add i sm a sparks

  • @magnusmowat8024
    @magnusmowat8024 6 місяців тому +3

    I cry with laughter at anything he says he’s a comedy genius 👏👏👏

  • @wardygrub
    @wardygrub 11 місяців тому +14

    Jack Dee hasn’t aged at all! He looked like a grumpy old git when I saw him in the 90’s!

  • @forfinsake
    @forfinsake 11 місяців тому +19

    I need help I’m watching comedy and I’m thinking cmon fuse box first 😂

  • @julesarthur4362
    @julesarthur4362 11 місяців тому +15

    I really laughed when he said tumble dryer for some reason. It was such good delivery. Doesn’t even really make sense plugging in a tumble dryer. He’s brilliant Jack.

    • @tonyh1460
      @tonyh1460 11 місяців тому +1

      The tumble dryer uses enormous amounts of power, unlike a mobile phone charger

    • @MrNatbatten
      @MrNatbatten 11 місяців тому

      Is your tumble dryer clockwork/nuclear/magic or something???

  • @markr9640
    @markr9640 11 місяців тому +8

    The phone charger punch line I nearly suffocated from laughing... and I'm not even sure why

  • @andreashaynes3346
    @andreashaynes3346 11 місяців тому +22

    Happy go lucky!!! Jack, you are a legend 🤣🤣🤣

  • @dougsaunders8109
    @dougsaunders8109 11 місяців тому +25

    Sadly in London I can imagine people ‘outsourcing’ pencil sharping

    • @TrevorBarre
      @TrevorBarre 10 місяців тому +1

      And where exactly are you from, pray tell? The Orkneys?

    • @dougsaunders8109
      @dougsaunders8109 9 місяців тому +6

      Nope London

    • @patagualianmostly7437
      @patagualianmostly7437 7 місяців тому +2

      Sadly, in London these days: You'll be lucky to find anyone that wants to help. It is no longer "London". Get used to it. The reality is hitting hard.

  • @blankfrankie3747
    @blankfrankie3747 11 місяців тому +8

    I'll be honest, I didn't think this was some of Jack's strongest material - until that 'phone charger' bit at the end. Had me cracking up for 10 minutes straight. 😆

  • @meagain3876
    @meagain3876 11 місяців тому +8

    My friend Sarah rang me asking for my help as her power had gone off.
    I asked her about her fuse box, but she was clueless about it (she'd just moved into a rented house), so I said that I'd come over.
    After crawling around in her under-the-stairs cupboard, I found that her fuse box had been switched off. It turned out that she'd dumped her mop and bucket into the cupboard and the mop had fallen and knocked the on/off switch on the fuse box!
    No fault.
    I made her promise to make sure that when she moved, she knew where the fuse box and stoptap were located. Luckily at her last house, the box was high on the hallway wall, so couldn't be accidentally knocked.
    She wasn't practical, but Sarah was a good friend and a real laugh. I miss you.

    • @SlinkShady
      @SlinkShady 11 місяців тому +2

      What a stunning anecdote. Do you tell that at dinner parties?

    • @neiltitmus9744
      @neiltitmus9744 11 місяців тому +2

      Yes girl friends mum put wet mop to dryover it round hers and tripped it out when it shorted out

    • @meagain3876
      @meagain3876 11 місяців тому +2

      @@SlinkShady never told a soul before - only people who knew about it was Sarah, me and my kids (I needed to bring them with me).
      Her kids were very young at the time and I doubt Sarah enlightened them as to what she'd done.
      Sarah died of cancer 7yrs ago - I miss her and all of her crazy antics.

    • @meagain3876
      @meagain3876 11 місяців тому +2

      @@neiltitmus9744 lucky not to have needed a replacement box!
      My old next-door neighbours had a wire running from their house to their garage. It hadn't been buried underground (can't think why it wasn't from the start) - instead it came from their under-stairs cupboard outside then it was tucked into the edge of the hedge before entering the garage down the edge of a window. It mostly was 6-7ft from the ground.
      The lady next door routinely pegged washing on the wire between her house and the hedge!
      I wouldn't touch a wire with wet hands, would you?

    • @SlinkShady
      @SlinkShady 11 місяців тому +2

      @@meagain3876 I'll read this later if I can't get to sleep.

  • @insertnamehere5146
    @insertnamehere5146 10 місяців тому +13

    Decent & honest Plumbers, Electricians and car Mechanics always offer the replaced part as proof the part was replaced, and work was completed. it's not required for the customer to take old part, but tradesman who offers you the old part are to be congratulated for their professionalism.

    • @kevinmoffatt
      @kevinmoffatt 9 місяців тому +2

      As an ex mechanic I can tell you it's better if the customer has the part thats been replaced; it avoids the scenario, three weeks later, of the customer accusing me of fitting an unnecessary part and the old part being long discarded and the proof gone.

    • @patagualianmostly7437
      @patagualianmostly7437 6 місяців тому

      @@kevinmoffatt Yup. Been there. Done That. Customers are a pain in that respect.

  • @bobdigi500
    @bobdigi500 10 місяців тому +7

    The only unbelievable part of this story, is an electrician charging £25! In London!!!!!

  • @davidhall5844
    @davidhall5844 11 місяців тому +17

    I’m a sparky with over 50 years experience and yes, I have had a customer who couldn’t operate a light switch. True story, much longer explanation needed though.

    • @MeppyMan
      @MeppyMan 11 місяців тому +5

      That or the switch is the fault and switching it you can sometimes feel if that’s the case. Confirming the basics is always a good idea.

    • @davidhall5844
      @davidhall5844 11 місяців тому +1

      Actually the poor lady had a mental problem.

    • @oldrrocr
      @oldrrocr 11 місяців тому +4

      I used to walk the customer through a few "user" steps before coming over...
      e.g. "Did you trip/reset the circuit breaker?"
      If you can save them 65 bucks, they will always call you back.😅

    • @davidhall5844
      @davidhall5844 11 місяців тому

      Plus just the act of switching it on can give you a clue as to what the problem is. Fluorescent lights for example. @@oldrrocr

  • @jimosullivan1389
    @jimosullivan1389 10 місяців тому +10

    What you dont realise it that experienced electricians have a mantra.
    1. don't believe the customer.
    2. don't believe the customer.
    3. don't believe the customer.

  • @paulrowe9604
    @paulrowe9604 11 місяців тому +2

    Jack Dee is VERY FUNNY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @stranglx
    @stranglx 11 місяців тому +39

    Well Jack, I’m an electrician and not a single week goes by where I go to a call out and resolve an apparent “problem” by simply changing a light bulb with one that actually works or simply switch it back on… these people always tell me they’ve already changed the bulb and it’s definitely switched on. I always have a switch in the van, I’ll charge a minimum of an hour on a call out to fit it though, but I’ll be out the door in five minutes so don’t worry about the tea!

    • @odiums_taint
      @odiums_taint 11 місяців тому +8

      facts.
      or the 'new' bulb they tried was actually an old faulty one they had laying about.
      and if the bit about the tea was even true, the electrician most likely wanted to get you out of his way for a few minutes jack.

    • @wavydavy9816
      @wavydavy9816 11 місяців тому +1

      Don't tell me.
      And you _don't_ charge £25 and hour + VAT 🤔

    • @stranglx
      @stranglx 11 місяців тому +4

      Double it

    • @merlin5476
      @merlin5476 11 місяців тому +5

      As a sparks, when this happens i have to drag out the situation nowadays because if I'm in & out in less than 5 minutes after merely flicking a switch on or just changing a lamp the customer generally thinks " oh, is that all it was, that was easy " (after trying to explain previously on the phone that the switch should be UP) they then seem reluctant to pay a call out fee, which varies from 35 to £80 . For a local job during the day to an emergency call out immediately.
      So i drag it out for around the length of a cuppa.

    • @christopherhume8896
      @christopherhume8896 11 місяців тому +2

      I might not have time for a cuppa but I charge extra if they don't at least offer. 😁

  • @dallasreid7755
    @dallasreid7755 11 місяців тому +8

    The world's funniest grouch😂

  • @BudgieFan101
    @BudgieFan101 11 місяців тому +5

    Jack Dee's persona is just so bloody Hilarious - Astonishingly Good Material. Truly a National Treasure

    • @walkingstick6655
      @walkingstick6655 11 місяців тому +2

      Ha! Only Brits say "a National Treasure."

    • @odiums_taint
      @odiums_taint 11 місяців тому

      or refer to this as Hilarious 😣@@walkingstick6655

  • @bonkywollocks3078
    @bonkywollocks3078 9 місяців тому

    Good to have you back Jack.

  • @gwae48
    @gwae48 10 місяців тому +1

    SO FUNNY BECAUSE SO ACCURATE 🤣🤣🤣 SOUNDS LIKE SAME GUY I HAD TO TOLERATE RECENTLY !!!

  • @dermick
    @dermick 11 місяців тому +11

    Recovering from some thoracic surgery - I think I busted my stitches!

  • @mongoose621
    @mongoose621 21 день тому

    "I don't have any kettles in my house. I'll have to go out and get one. Should take me about 30 mins."

  • @LeighWinspear
    @LeighWinspear 9 місяців тому +3

    Im an electician and Jacks joking at our expense is really affecting our careers and trade...........................;)

    • @davidc4408
      @davidc4408 Місяць тому

      Prices are silly...so there is a flood of immigrants doing it third of price UK

    • @LeighWinspear
      @LeighWinspear Місяць тому +1

      @@davidc4408 So you mean prices reflecting profession, experience and adherence to up to date regulations are silly? No, having a cheap, inexperienced, course passed electrician messing with a houses wiring is just a risk most are not prepared to take.
      DIY is ok if you know what you are doing, within regulations, but building control notification and giving the customer a certificate that is accurate and a safe record of installation is where professionallism comes in and is what you pay for.

  • @kenhewitt7357
    @kenhewitt7357 11 місяців тому +15

    Any electrician would go straight to the consumer unit.

    • @tobyjones9215
      @tobyjones9215 10 місяців тому +1

      No. We go straight to where the problem is…which is usually the consumer unit x

    • @kenhewitt7357
      @kenhewitt7357 10 місяців тому +2

      @@tobyjones9215 that's what I said.

    • @tobyjones9215
      @tobyjones9215 10 місяців тому +3

      @@kenhewitt7357 also kudos for knowing the term consumer unit. Most still call it a fusebox…amusingly so as there is now a brand of consumer unit called fusebox

    • @SnowHarp
      @SnowHarp 10 місяців тому +3

      Genuine question: why is the breaker panel / fuse box now called a consumer unit ? The name does not even suggest anything electrical.

    • @stephenholmes1036
      @stephenholmes1036 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@tobyjones9215 Correct

  • @David-le7jy
    @David-le7jy 10 місяців тому +2

    My job is an electricity pricing analyst, mostly specialising in non-commodity costs. So even though I haven't got a clue how electricity works, I know exactly the anxiety Jack feels when someone charges their phone up in my house.

  • @David-ey9jg
    @David-ey9jg 11 місяців тому +7

    I’m just amazed you can get an electrician for £25 an hour!

  • @joanr3189
    @joanr3189 11 місяців тому +14

    Good understated British humour.

  • @poisonmans
    @poisonmans 9 місяців тому +1

    As it comes, "I have mustard in mine ".

  • @shadeburst
    @shadeburst 11 місяців тому +15

    The first thing the electrician does is to put the switch on and off. In my computer days, when every computer was a desktop, I never ceased to be amazed how many user problems I solved simply by asking, "Is the computer plugged in and is the wall plug switched on?" (To be exact, as this was South Africa I asked, "Is it connected to Eskom?") Never overestimate the intelligence of the user, or L-user as they are called in computer support parlance.

    • @markbryant4641
      @markbryant4641 11 місяців тому +3

      Ha! Yeah this was cringe. A guy with obviously zero understanding of fault finding.

    • @pigknickers2975
      @pigknickers2975 11 місяців тому +2

      Same work, I once did a 25 mile callout to plug a PC back in, the connector had just slightly slipped out after the cleaner had been round.

  • @shaunmichaels6801
    @shaunmichaels6801 10 місяців тому +2

    Trip switch then the bulb and I ain't no electrician👍

  • @sarahjones8396
    @sarahjones8396 5 місяців тому

    Jack got an electrician to come out on the same day?! Blimey!

  • @markcolebrook6096
    @markcolebrook6096 11 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant Jack

  • @DaveThompsonfairlife4all
    @DaveThompsonfairlife4all 11 місяців тому +4

    Brilliant. I laughed hard at that. Has he done any more recent shows?

  • @victordevonshire807
    @victordevonshire807 11 місяців тому +2

    Brilliant. Loved it ❤

  • @polygonalmasonary
    @polygonalmasonary 11 місяців тому +6

    Don’t ever trust an electrician that doesn’t check your main switch box and trips before making any other diagnoses 😮🇬🇧🌈♥️👍

  • @oliverflanagan7623
    @oliverflanagan7623 10 місяців тому +2

    I went out to a customer who said their cooker didn't work. Guess what? The switch on the wall wasn't turned on.

    • @kevinmoffatt
      @kevinmoffatt 9 місяців тому +1

      Had to road test a new car with a customer who had just fitted a roof rack to go on holiday and the car was making a funny noise; yes, I said, it's the roof rack.

  • @AWayOfLiving84
    @AWayOfLiving84 9 місяців тому

    Why is laughter good for the soul? Why is a sense of humour good to have?

  • @thedave7760
    @thedave7760 11 місяців тому +11

    Jack Dee = Legend...

  • @iainmacvicar5858
    @iainmacvicar5858 10 місяців тому +1

    My Grandmother honestly believed that electrickery was controlled by the switch nipping the supply off at the switch because it squeezed it much like it would a supply of water. Obvious really. lol.

  • @AnthonyMcInerney-vl5bf
    @AnthonyMcInerney-vl5bf 11 місяців тому +2

    Just like watching an episode of Lead Balloon.

  • @mr.a8315
    @mr.a8315 11 місяців тому +4

    Very good. 😂 I saw Jack live at Glasgow King's Theatre around 2010/11, great show.
    Any fans of Jack who have not seen his tv comedy series 'Lead Balloon' should check it out, it is absolutely brilliant. It has 4 series (wish there could have been more) and has a fantastic two-part finale. ♥

    • @xgreenjacket
      @xgreenjacket 11 місяців тому +2

      Where can I watch it ?

    • @mr.a8315
      @mr.a8315 10 місяців тому

      @@xgreenjacket They're all here on UA-cam free.
      Channel is called ABSOLUTE JOKES
      Hope you enjoy. 👍👍

  • @Meisha-san
    @Meisha-san 11 місяців тому +4

    This got me thinking - would it be considered bad etiquette if you plugged in your electric car when visiting for dinner?

    • @capn_chris
      @capn_chris 10 місяців тому +2

      I know a bloke who actually does that to his father. Lucky for him he's not my son!

  • @paulkirton8945
    @paulkirton8945 11 місяців тому +4

    £25 per hour.This was a long time ago.

  • @stebul7996
    @stebul7996 11 місяців тому +6

    Absolute legend 😂😂❤

  • @napoleonbonaparte-o2m
    @napoleonbonaparte-o2m 3 місяці тому

    to be fair, if i got called out to jack dees house to replace a switch ,id milk that for all its worth

  • @Growyourownfooduk
    @Growyourownfooduk 5 місяців тому +1

    Been watching you for 30 years😂 you still the funniest comedian

  • @caroleorion1273
    @caroleorion1273 10 місяців тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @michaelrobson3460
    @michaelrobson3460 11 місяців тому +3

    Since when do light switches break?
    What fresh hell is this , that I have to look forward to?
    I've only just found out that my family can put holes in towels!

    • @Geokinkladze
      @Geokinkladze 11 місяців тому +2

      Bog standard light switches don't usually break, and in this instance (assuming there's truth to the story) it probably wasn't faulty. Most likely the MCB tripped as a result of the bulb blowing.

    • @Geokinkladze
      @Geokinkladze 10 місяців тому +1

      @@yosserc If the plastic broke you'd know about it, you wouldn't need an electrician.

  • @adriennemurray7695
    @adriennemurray7695 9 місяців тому

    Lucky you. Dont know how often it has happened to me that the damn thing works the minute the handyman touches it

  • @zapkvr
    @zapkvr 11 місяців тому +14

    Good luck getting an electrician round here. And 25 quid per hour, try tripling that.

  • @kirlu50
    @kirlu50 11 місяців тому +3

    £25 + VAT for electricity work. That's about half the cost of skilled workers here across the North Sea.

    • @IIChristisKingII
      @IIChristisKingII 11 місяців тому +3

      This was filmed nearly 20 years ago.

    • @davesmith9325
      @davesmith9325 11 місяців тому +2

      Another issue is the level of "skill" some "tradesmen" seem to have

    • @davidc4408
      @davidc4408 Місяць тому

      It will be at least £70 now

  • @k956upg
    @k956upg 11 місяців тому

    The electrician trying the switch is part of diagnosing faster as he will open it up & test it if it feels or sounds wrong ie clean click or crackling sounds (bad connection) flickering or starting but not staying on & changing the bulb may sound obvious but did you prove your new bulb works with a meter or substitution before you fitted it.

    • @JB9000x
      @JB9000x 11 місяців тому +1

      Not as funny though

  • @tyrantwitness2482
    @tyrantwitness2482 11 місяців тому +1

    What the problem is most likely to have been is the MCB had tripped! So half an hour plus switch, plus drink! Oh and if you let him keep the switch! Don't fall for it!

  • @peterfenton2750
    @peterfenton2750 11 місяців тому

    Love it😂😂

  • @RipperBravo
    @RipperBravo 9 місяців тому

    Garage joke he’s been using for years and I still laugh. No one like Jack.

  • @ez-tn8ic
    @ez-tn8ic 7 місяців тому

    9:24 female dara o'brien in the crowd ijbol

  • @jeztickles4361
    @jeztickles4361 11 місяців тому +25

    If your electrician shops at Homebase and charges you half hour to swap a switch, he’s not a electrician

    • @kraanz
      @kraanz 11 місяців тому +5

      I was more baffled by "you're gonna need a new switch." HOW ABOUT YOU CHECK THE FUSE BOX, MATE? If you're gonna replace the switch, you'll need to do that anyway.

    • @josephinebennington7247
      @josephinebennington7247 11 місяців тому +2

      Come on Jack, a little bit more doing your own process of elimination before calling anyone at all. Not impressed with your abject surrender to one switch failure.

    • @Stefan_Van_pellicom
      @Stefan_Van_pellicom 11 місяців тому +7

      Agree. An electrician charges AT LEAST a full hour.

    • @Marky.H
      @Marky.H 11 місяців тому +15

      It's only a joke fellas

    • @josephinebennington7247
      @josephinebennington7247 11 місяців тому +3

      @@Marky.H Oh! I didn’t realise that. You mean he’s a comedian too?

  • @soggybottom3463
    @soggybottom3463 9 місяців тому

    I did enjoy that. And I'll change your toilet roll Jack. Only 40 quid call out charge plus vat 😂

  • @andrewmanzi7512
    @andrewmanzi7512 11 місяців тому

    Brilliant.

  • @chockydog6960
    @chockydog6960 11 місяців тому +1

    I bet you checked the new switch to make sure it works

  • @WisdomQuotesLife-sw3xk
    @WisdomQuotesLife-sw3xk 2 місяці тому

    I tried doing my own electrician work on my house. I nearly burnt it to the ground but I did save on a call out charge. I always watch Jack when I need cheering up 😁

  • @baldbadger7287
    @baldbadger7287 9 місяців тому

    £25 an hour l! When was this show filmed?

  • @LUC66631
    @LUC66631 11 місяців тому +1

    2:58 Maybe that electric dude thought you were a American? 😁😁👍👍

  • @TC8787-yq7og
    @TC8787-yq7og 11 місяців тому +2

    Such a brilliant clip this

  • @stellataunggyi5425
    @stellataunggyi5425 11 місяців тому +2

    Reminds me of the old days when I had to phone up Dell helplines if my printer wasn't working. They'd almost always ask me if it was connected to the computer or if it was plugged in to an electricity source! Now why the fuck would I have called them if I hadn't actually tried the reliably two things that meant my printer had always worked in the past?

    • @allananderson949
      @allananderson949 11 місяців тому

      How do they know you're not one of the ones who ring them first without checking the power source?

  • @odiums_taint
    @odiums_taint 11 місяців тому +1

    wonder why there was a seemingly random tangent about a handyman in the middle of this "joke"... it was about a handyman the whole time!

  • @TrevorBarre
    @TrevorBarre 10 місяців тому +1

    Stewart Lee developed Jack's schtick.

    • @lesleyvivien2876
      @lesleyvivien2876 10 місяців тому

      But without the wit. Or charm. Or laughs.

  • @stephenclay7499
    @stephenclay7499 7 місяців тому

    One thing I don't mess with at home is electrics.
    And gas.
    And plumbing.
    Quite a few things actually...

  • @raymondburke1261
    @raymondburke1261 11 місяців тому +2

    £25 an hour in London, 🤣😂😅and your next joke is…..

  • @cogboy302
    @cogboy302 11 місяців тому +2

    - I have an auntie who puts SALT in her coffee.

    • @timsplanet2
      @timsplanet2 11 місяців тому +3

      Ahh, a tiny amount of salt removes some of the bitterness in coffee, and hot chocolate. Try it

    • @MrDannyDetail
      @MrDannyDetail 11 місяців тому +1

      BBC news yesterday reported that some scientist has proven that a cup of tea tastes better with a pinch of salt in it. Not sure if the scientist tested coffee though?

  • @anthonyrybicki1000
    @anthonyrybicki1000 11 місяців тому +1

    Funny how electricians in Britain never carry basic spares despite previously being told what the symptoms are.Same with plumbers.

    • @markstarmer3677
      @markstarmer3677 11 місяців тому +1

      Not all of us. Most would carry the basics, which would include a variety of switches.

    • @michaellucey6998
      @michaellucey6998 11 місяців тому +1

      That’s so they can charge time collecting materials 😂

    • @lesleyvivien2876
      @lesleyvivien2876 10 місяців тому

      My heating died. There were only a few things that could have caused it. The plumber rolled up and immediately buggered off again to buy a new motorised valve. Lovely - add twenty minutes to the time, and push it into the next full hour. £££££

  • @angelesperez6591
    @angelesperez6591 2 місяці тому

    I ised to work in Suttey
    The Surrey police banned officers frm charging personal mobile phones in offices. A regional newspaper sad that if every officer was charging their phone 24 houŕs perday of 365 days per year it would save about £5,000 per year. SCC dismissed about 10,000 staff to try to save money. Almost all were rehired withim about three years as the Council no longer functioned.Most of those rehired? pr new? were o higher pay than SCC's woekers had been paid before.

  • @user-qm3vm1cw8
    @user-qm3vm1cw8 6 місяців тому

    Big bad baby

  • @bongfuhrer
    @bongfuhrer 11 місяців тому +2

    As an somewhat handyman I would have changed that switch myself.
    Just so that the professional fire fighters could come and do what they are handy at..

    • @Geokinkladze
      @Geokinkladze 11 місяців тому +1

      Would you have checked the fuse box hadn't tripped as a result of the bulb blowing first?

  • @TheAggroculture
    @TheAggroculture 11 місяців тому +2

    Electricians comments.😂😂😂hilarious.it’s a story!for christs sake!!

  • @danielgreen7370
    @danielgreen7370 2 місяці тому +1

    L E G E N D

  • @Pes60
    @Pes60 9 місяців тому

    It does not take half an hour to change a light switch.5 to 10 mins max.

  • @JelMain
    @JelMain 10 місяців тому

    Well, it's good to be grounded, but neutral's good too. You're likely to blow a fuse, live.

  • @lesleyvivien2876
    @lesleyvivien2876 10 місяців тому +2

    I bet we all know stories like that.
    The manager of the computer dept in central London was working from home, fifty miles away. His deputy called him in because the system had crashed. He drove fifty miles, stood in the middle of the room, and jumped up and down once: the system sprang to life. And he drove fifty miles home.
    The shiny new medical graduate, tasked with doing my echo, called the tech manager when he couldn't get it to work. I'd wondered why it was so quiet, and asked if he'd got it on mute. The tech manager walked over to the wall plug, flicked it on and walked out again.

  • @CaffeineKing
    @CaffeineKing 11 місяців тому +2

    Classic!

  • @The-Real-Ando
    @The-Real-Ando 11 місяців тому

    Whatever is easiest? Bloody nothing, definitely the easiest.

  • @dragonsdynamite6403
    @dragonsdynamite6403 11 місяців тому

    Regarding the bit at the end, we just need to bring back manners. Me me me

  • @wisteela
    @wisteela 11 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely brilliant.

  • @orientaljones000
    @orientaljones000 11 місяців тому +3

    Since when has an electrician on a call out been £25 an hour ? 😉

    • @odiums_taint
      @odiums_taint 11 місяців тому +1

      since the story was a lie :O

    • @anthonyrybicki1000
      @anthonyrybicki1000 11 місяців тому +2

      £40 minimum in the sticks of North West England.

    • @IIChristisKingII
      @IIChristisKingII 11 місяців тому +1

      This was filmed nearly 20 years ago.

  • @tooyoungtobeold8756
    @tooyoungtobeold8756 9 місяців тому +1

    £25 a hour?

  • @timtaylor8406
    @timtaylor8406 11 місяців тому +1

    Hilarious but I missed the funny ending

    • @odiums_taint
      @odiums_taint 11 місяців тому +1

      i think we all missed it

  • @hntrains2
    @hntrains2 11 місяців тому

    People laugh because they paid to be there. The bit about the Gestapo grandfather, from one and a half decades ago: 40 seconds to make people genuinely laugh. Ten full extra minutes here, filled to the brim with repetitions and long pauses, and... oh, whoa! What happened? When did you turn verbose and prosaic?

  • @ZeuzBluez
    @ZeuzBluez 11 місяців тому

    Hehehe typical electrician 😅

  • @petermcgill1315
    @petermcgill1315 11 місяців тому

    Pencil sharpening?
    Sure, $100.

  • @georgesos
    @georgesos 11 місяців тому

    Brilliant 😂

  • @RobertfSullivan
    @RobertfSullivan 11 місяців тому

    Haha

  • @user-qm3vm1cw8
    @user-qm3vm1cw8 6 місяців тому

    I think you need a trip up to Scotland to vote against my independence you had man. Burst my bubble you try and try

  • @novackh2864
    @novackh2864 11 місяців тому

    Bugman

  • @KennethMoore-s6d
    @KennethMoore-s6d 3 місяці тому

    The same jokes 😢in all the time but way use it again and again but 😮 making some one laugh harder

  • @robertwilson123
    @robertwilson123 9 місяців тому +2

    Too long.....

  • @GBPaddling
    @GBPaddling 10 місяців тому +1

    Never forget this man pushed the Jabs..........NEVER forget.

  • @matreynolds1
    @matreynolds1 11 місяців тому +1

    As a Jack Dee fan, can I just say this isn't his best material. Straying into Clarkson, Sunday Times article territory here.