19/02/2026
Well, it’s school holidays, so I had my apprentice with me again today, my son Gabriel.
He felt a little left out as he doesn’t have any branded workwear, so he fashioned himself a badge and got his phone, diary and toolbox together and off we went to our first job for some lovely clients with a door lock issue.
He was quite happy helping out until we came across a little issue that took some fathoming out. At this point it all got a bit too much for Gabriel and holding a torch wasn’t his idea of ‘fun’. So he binned me off, found a toy box and eventually settled down in front of the TV with snacks and a drink courtesy of our lovely client on this particular job.
All in all I think it’s fair to say that unless Gabriel is actually doing the job and working out what the issues are and what needs to be done to get the repair completed, he gets fed up rather quickly. A bit like me in all honesty. I don’t like to watch,I want to be involved and definitely don’t like taking orders!😬😊
For me, well it was just lovely to have my little boy with me helping out, something that is quite a privilege for a dad to be able to do. Although I did have to bite my lip on one or more occasions, particularly when he shone the torch in my eyes and blinded me for a second!😂
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