02/06/2026
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ฒ โฌ๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง ๐จ๐ซ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค โฌ๐,๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก-๐ข๐ง-๐ก๐๐ง๐? ๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ญ...
๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
You see the post:
"๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐. ๐๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข."
Seems simple enough.
Then Facebook does what Facebook does.
First reply:
"๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ญ ๐ข๐."
No name.
No company.
No qualifications.
No profile photo other than a sunset and a motorbike.
You click their profile and discover they appear to specialise in fishing, karaoke and sharing conspiracy theories.
Nothing whatsoever suggests they're an electrician.
Then come the handymen.
"๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช."
Mate.
With the greatest respect...
Putting together an IKEA coffee table and changing a bathroom door hinge is not quite the same as rewiring an entire property.
Next arrives:
"๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐-๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐จ. ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐๐."
Posted by...
Debbie Farnsworth-Evans.
Well I'd certainly hope so, Debbie.
You're married to him.
Then there's my personal favourite.
A profile called:
๐ท๐๐๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐123
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐:
"๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐."
Who are you?
Who is Alexis?
Why are neither of you using your actual names?
Am I hiring an electrician or arranging a Cold War spy exchange?
*** ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ.***
A fully qualified, legal electrician might quote:
๐ถ โฌ5,000
A random bloke from Facebook might quote:
๐ถ โฌ2,500 cash.
At first glance that sounds like a bargain.
Until six months later when half the sockets don't work, the lights flicker every time you boil a kettle, and a genuine electrician has to come and put everything right.
Congratulations.
You've now spent:
๐ถ โฌ2,500 on the cowboy.
๐ถ โฌ5,000 on the real electrician.
Total:
๐ถ โฌ7,500
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐'๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐.
So next time somebody asks for recommendations...
Maybe leave the rewiring to actual electricians.
Not Scott who's got a ladder, a van and "a mate who knows about electrics." โก๐
โก ๐ง๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐:
"๐๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐, ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ..."