Sunday morning 0620 i was woke up by my mobile at the side of my bed, continual ringing. Picking the phone up i saw it was a withheld number, must be a customer, the perils of being a 24hr on call plumber. I answered the phone,"Hello". "Hi,I have a water leak from the base of my copper water tank.", the female voice said. Establishing her name was Polly and her address i set off about 20 minutes later. Arriving at the address i saw it was a lovely little cottage set back from the road, i opened the gate and saw the front door open. "Hello, you the plumber.", a tall lady said. "I su… 続きを読む

On my way from work, walking in the rain i passed through the town centre, popping into several shops in order to stay dry. Entering one shop i held the door for a lady following me in, as she passed she dropped something from her bag. I picked up what i could now see were a bunch of keys with several key fobs attached. "Excuse me", I said. The lady turned and looked at me, "Yes" she replied. "Oh, i think these are yours", i said as i held out the keys. "Yes they are, thanks" handed the keys over and the lady smiled. She was smaller than me and now that the umbrella she was holding wa… 続きを読む