German Electricians : "Always Two There are, A Meister, and one that's even more fucking stupid"
I could go on about this at length, and I have. You're free to look up the video (in german) of the stand-up routine based on it. But here's the edited version : The usual problems with appointments : ie turning up for them on the right time and date. The sheer stupidity : You'd think that installing a plug in a plasterboard wall would be done with a simple circular saw on a drill, rather than beating it into the wall with a hammer. If you don't believe me : we have 3 huge lumps on the other side of the wall in the living room where this was done. The "Meister Elektriker" (ie Older idiot who employs the idiot who did this) tried to wriggle out by saying at least they hadn't ripped the wallpaper. I responded, rather reasonably considering, that if I smashed his stupid skull in with a hammer would it be ok as long as I didn't break the skin?

Then there was the Electrician sent from Miele to repair the 3-week old 1000-Euro oven which died recently. He arrived on time, scratched his head, replaced THE KNOB and made an appointment to come back next week "as he hadn't got the right part". Next week, replaced said part, nothing worked, decided to come back a week later. Week later, replaced 3rd non-essential part, still no luck. Wants "his Meister" to look at it. Great. FOUR WEEKS without anything to cook on. We're demanding a new oven.

THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

Don't get me wrong. I'm sure that we will, one day, meet a good electrician over here. Unfortunately neither of us speak Polish.
( Stevedix http://www.stevedix.de/blog, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:08, 7 replies)

I like this
...and I'm amused by the irony that Germany is being "invaded" by Polish tradesmen.
( sanityclause is waiting until, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:17, closed)

And
that their ovens don't work.
(Rsoles, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:39, closed)

Not only that, this is a Miele oven, which is basically the oven equivalent of a Mercedes Benz.

Still not heard anything from them.
( Stevedix http://www.stevedix.de/blog, Mon 31 May 2010, 12:53, closed)

3 week old oven has died
Were you not able to just bring it back?
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:20, closed)

Not really. It's built into the kitchen.
( Stevedix http://www.stevedix.de/blog, Mon 31 May 2010, 12:51, closed)

The management company
sent an engineer to look at my fridge which didn't cool things to below 17 degrees.

He wandered into the kitchen, looked at it (literally, from the doorway), scratched his arse, said "Leider, ist es defekt" and went and got the spare fridge he already had in the back of his van.

I was most impressed.
(ragged, Fri 28 May 2010, 15:49, closed)

...can I have his Handy nr.?
( Stevedix http://www.stevedix.de/blog, Mon 31 May 2010, 12:51, closed)