Saturday, 23 February 2019

Remember to pay your bills!





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  1. local alien23 February 2019 at 05:24

    That was grand! He did a real demolition job.
    Something like that was shown on our news one night. Wonder if it was him or its catching on as a way to get a bit of satisfaction.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 06:05

      You have to like this guy. A satisfaction factor of 100%.

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  2. thelma23 February 2019 at 06:35

    Brilliant ;) ;) lousy places Travel lodges

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 07:06

      I've never been in one. I don't like 'cheap' hotels; I always go for the medium priced ones!

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  3. Anonymous23 February 2019 at 06:54

    It is wonder Travelodge, perhaps a franchise operator, would allow their reputation to be called into question over an owed debt. Great work. The shiftiest people in the world do get away without paying debts, no matter what the courts do. He may get charged but oh, what satisfaction he must have felt.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 07:07

      I expect a lot of people would like to do what he did!

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  4. cumbrian23 February 2019 at 07:19

    Don't mess with this guy.

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  5. Yael23 February 2019 at 08:03

    Something cruel and sad, someone who has nothing to lose apparently.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 08:15

      I can understand his anger. You spend weeks, or months, working on something, and you don't get paid. I've had similar experiences when I've sold things; unfortunately I didn't own a digger!

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  6. Andi's English Attic23 February 2019 at 08:16

    What were the two guys trying to do at the end? Hold it back or disable it?

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 08:57

      I think those machines run on bottled gas; I imagine they were trying to disconnect the bottle.

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  7. the veg artist23 February 2019 at 09:02

    I think this might have been a case of 'remember to check your bank account before doing something drastic'! I've read that he had been paid, late, but that the money was in his account!!!

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  8. Gwil W23 February 2019 at 09:53

    The man who built those giant crossed cutlasses above the Baghdad motorway always complained Saddam had never paid him. I agree it's a good idea to pay the bills. Having said that I recently paid a bill that had been in the post for over a month and it had only come from the other side of the city. The once reliable Austrian postal service is not what it used to be.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 10:24

      At our first house here, I once found a man in the cellar measuring pipes. He'd done some plumbing work for the previous owner several years before, and hadn't sent the bill.

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  9. Tom Stephenson23 February 2019 at 12:20

    I felt like that after one night spent in a Travelodge. They are like prisons, which is where I suspect the unpaid worker ended up.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 12:41

      There are two 'hotels' to avoid in France at all cost. Premiere Classe, and Hotel F1. DIRE.

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  10. Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybe23 February 2019 at 13:24

    I would imagine his satisfaction was short lived. The cost he is going to incur will probably be more than what he owed - including possible jail time.

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  11. Graham Edwards23 February 2019 at 14:31

    I'd never seen the full video only the news item. Quite a job he did there.

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  12. Rachel Phillips23 February 2019 at 14:39

    I am surprised to read that Graham says "news item" . Flabbergasted actually. I suppose it is because it is Travelodge that makes it newsworthy. This sort of thing goes on all the time in the real world in my experience.

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    1. Cro Magnon23 February 2019 at 15:54

      He could write it on his letter heading; 'All unpaid for work will be removed'

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    2. Rachel Phillips23 February 2019 at 18:32

      Peter used to write something on his invoices.

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    3. Cro Magnon24 February 2019 at 04:33

      Probably a lot more people should too.

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  13. Marja24 February 2019 at 02:13

    lol a bit of a mess So that's the way to deal with it haha

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  14. Jo in Auckland24 February 2019 at 08:05

    My partner is a plumber.. if plumbing work isn't paid for in NZ it is illegal to go and remove the plumbing work done..the only recourse is the small claims court.. total BS as they cannot enforce payment!!!

    Jo in Auckland

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