Topic ID 471
i walked through the uderpass by Iceland,and a thought the kids had been at it again..it turns out its the councils poor attempt to paint it!its rubbish; what sort of monkeys are they getting in?
Reply ID 4050
In the one near All Saints church it looks like they must of had a paint fight.[:0]
Reply ID 4053
Pay Peanuts........................
Reply ID 4055
the thing is it now looks worse,there is paint dripping down the tiles and over the concrete,they have also painted over the stickers and flyers..i really thought the kids had done it ready for the next wave,but haveing said that im shure it would look better if they had.It will now cost three times as much to make good..it makes me so angery im off to get very vert drunk[xx(]
Reply ID 4060
Green drunk? sounds fun
Reply ID 4144
Del, I couldn't agree more. I used that underpass last week, and the All Saints chuch one, next up and they are TERRIBLE! It looks like someone has had a paint fight. I saw the workers doing it on the day. they didn't have a care in the world. Its the first time ever I felt so mad that I'm going to complain to the council. Do it too! they might attempt to put it right.
Reply ID 4160
i did,and waiting for a reply..viva la resistance..
Reply ID 4401
just got a reply from the council,they said its the first and last time they us these contractors,but maintained they had done a reasonable job!stone me call that reasonable,how can these monkey cowboys get away with it AAHhh it makes me so angry im off to get very very drunk[xx(]
Reply ID 4402
I think a rather obvious measure of whether the job was reasonable is if the public are sufficiently dismayed by the work to write and complain, as Del did. Del, perhaps your letter ended up on the desk of the person responsible for deciding to use these contractors. Perhaps they are not best placed to admit their decision was wrong. Get the Mercury down there. Let them find out how much was paid for the job. You might even get your fizzog in the paper. I feel a new thread coming on............forum members who appear in The Mercury.
Reply ID 4403
I like the cut of your jib[;)]i will do just that ..i dont think im being petty,am i?
Reply ID 4405
Hey what about Forum Members who were in the Mercury before they joined the Forum??!!! Sorry! This is serious, as a female underpasses are a great dilemma, do you walk down one and risk.. an attack, abusive drunks etc, or do you try and cross a road on foot and end up flat on it like Wile E Coyote? I get told off as I walk around a lot at night on my own but that's because I feel "safe" in hertford, but should I be more aware that there are oddballs out there? We can send a space probe to the outer galaxy.. but cannot get pedestrian's across a dual carriageway... bizarre...
Reply ID 4408
quote:No need to fret......most of the oddballs are on this forum. Just mention your name and use the secret handshake and said oddball will leave you be. Seriously though.....I agree with you. And Del.....you are not being petty. We pay the council, the council work for us and employ contractors on our behalf. If the work is poor, tell them. If their reply is poor.....take it further.
Originally posted by Drama Queen
Hey what about Forum Members who were in the Mercury before they joined the Forum??!!! Sorry! This is serious, as a female underpasses are a great dilemma, do you walk down one and risk.. an attack, abusive drunks etc, or do you try and cross a road on foot and end up flat on it like Wile E Coyote? I get told off as I walk around a lot at night on my own but that's because I feel "safe" in hertford, but should I be more aware that there are oddballs out there? We can send a space probe to the outer galaxy.. but cannot get pedestrian's across a dual carriageway... bizarre...
Reply ID 4409
yep, viva la resistance
Reply ID 4421
so have you mailed the Mercury yet? go to http://www.herts-essex-news.co.uk/mercury/heninfo/direct.asp
Reply ID 4425
yep thanks for the address
Reply ID 4432
I don't suppose we'll have any more problems like this ever again because with the money they receive from council tax increases the council will never have to use cheap and shoddy cowboy contractors in the future.
Reply ID 4433
my rants maybe in the paper friday!
Reply ID 4442
will keep an eye out [;)]
Reply ID 4472
Sorry, I can hear Clint Eastwood riding into town as you speak! and the tune from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"!
Reply ID 4476
If the contractors did a reasonable job why are they not being used again? I've been working for a council (not Hertford's) since last October and I'm amazed at what contractors get away with. I was prepared for a degree of incompetence but each day seems to bring another "I can't believe they did that". My main worry is that EHDC or HCC is just as bad as the one I'm working with.
Reply ID 4481
quote:i agree,they get away with it because no one complains any more.we live in a nation of blind sheep.culling is the way forward and if theres a god it should bless Hertford forum for allowing us to vent our spleens in didgital.
Originally posted by JohnSmith
If the contractors did a reasonable job why are they not being used again? I've been working for a council (not Hertford's) since last October and I'm amazed at what contractors get away with. I was prepared for a degree of incompetence but each day seems to bring another "I can't believe they did that". My main worry is that EHDC or HCC is just as bad as the one I'm working with.
Reply ID 4482
Trust me its worse than you think. You know the traffic lights at Dead S****y/Old Cross, they did a survey there and hired students with clipboards to click the number of cars coming from each direction. They got bored, went off for most of the day and were "found out" by admitting they did this and the figures given to the council were wrong by blabbling to a local radio station! So this is why when the traffic lights breakdown we all manage to get around hertford so much better. YOu cannot buy this sort of incompetence and instead of doing the 24 hr survey again we have the nightmare of old cross.. oh Yes, its worse than you'll ever know!
Reply ID 4483
dam ullumanarty.
Reply ID 4536
I've had problems with builders and decorators working on my home on an insurance job. The spec of works is fully documented, the firms visit the site and submit quotes.....................and the company that gets the job then tires to cut as many corners as possible. If they do that in the home of someone who has a defined spec of works and still expect to get away with it then imagine how much they will try to get away with when working for a council.