Got a phonecall from a customer I put a gas meter in for the other week they were complaining about a strong smell of gas in their garage. I was shitting it, I drove an hour out if my way to fault find and see if I’d actually left a lack and quietly sort it out and not lose my gas license.
Properly running through all the horrible scenarios of losing my job.
When I get there the customer had already figured out it was nothing to do with me and his grandson had been playing with a valve on a calor gas bottle for a portable fire that was in the garage.
His grandson being six thought this was hilarious and I honestly could have strangled the bastard.
No I work for a large company but then any gas engineer is gonna rush back to make sure they haven’t done anything wrong, I was just happy there was no issue with my work. Leaving a gas escape at a property can result in HSE crawling all over you and losing your license, and a major critical incident can mean you’ll never work in the industry again.
Now if I had actually left a leak and I can rectify it before theres a formal investigation so it won’t be picked up then fine. Really the only way your going to leave a leak is if your not testing properly or following procedure you document all of this so that in the event of escape you can prove you were working to standards so something like not having a union tightened all the way home in a pipe won’t mean youll lose your licence or job.
The smoke alarm in the flat next door is doing that single, intermittent low-battery chirp and I can hear it through the wall and it’s driving me insane.
It gets worse. My Dad wasn’t surprised or annoyed when I told him. I think he might be a closet gammon too. I can’t even get into it with them cos I’ll lose my shit.
. Looks like the lubeless fist up the arse approach. Oh well.