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waichingliu81 · 01-20-2009, 10:26 AM

Tuesday, January 20 2009, 01:38 GMT

By Alex Fletcher, Entertainment Reporter

A woman held a washing machine repair man hostage after he failed to fix her household appliance.

Tracey Fox, 42, of County Durham, said that she would not let the engineer leave unless he resolved her problem following a month of failed attempts to get the machine fixed.

"When the engineer did eventually turn up he just took a quick look around and said the problem was a twopence piece which had become stuck," the mother-of-two told the Sunday Sun.

"He didn't replace the parts the other engineer had said needed replacing. He wasn't even going to attempt to fix it. I'm not proud of myself but I decided that I wasn't going to let him out of the house. I told him he might as well dial 999 now because he wasn't going to leave the house until my washer was sorted out.

"I locked all the doors and wouldn't let him out. He then phoned his manager and I think the manager must have called the police. The police did eventually turn up but I had relented by that stage and had freed him."

Currys has now given her a new washing machine.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/a143...e-in-home.html

catlover79 · 01-20-2009, 12:23 PM

They featured that story on our local news.

That's one way of making sure they get the job done!!

Mikado · 01-20-2009, 05:39 PM

@_@ ~~!!!!!

TJL · 01-20-2009, 05:46 PM

Attention! You in the house!

Release the Maytag repairman and come out with your hands up!

browneyes106 · 01-20-2009, 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TJL

Attention! You in the house!

Release the Maytag repairman and come out with your hands up!

LOL. I was sort of thinking the same thing.

Waterston_Fan · 01-20-2009, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by browneyes106

LOL. I was sort of thinking the same thing.

Yeah, same here.

But that being said, maybe there was nothing the guy could do.

PZelda · 01-20-2009, 07:05 PM

I'm sure the lot of us would be that pissed off if we'd had the repair man come by that many times in a month. I am NOT taking my crap to a laundromat!

catlover79 · 01-20-2009, 07:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TJL

Attention! You in the house!

Release the Maytag repairman and come out with your hands up!

Gordon Jump and Jesse White (former Maytag pitchmen) are probably spinning in their graves at this news.

01-20-2009, 10:26 AM	#1
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	Woman holds engineer hostage in home Tuesday, January 20 2009, 01:38 GMT By Alex Fletcher, Entertainment Reporter A woman held a washing machine repair man hostage after he failed to fix her household appliance. Tracey Fox, 42, of County Durham, said that she would not let the engineer leave unless he resolved her problem following a month of failed attempts to get the machine fixed. "When the engineer did eventually turn up he just took a quick look around and said the problem was a twopence piece which had become stuck," the mother-of-two told the Sunday Sun. "He didn't replace the parts the other engineer had said needed replacing. He wasn't even going to attempt to fix it. I'm not proud of myself but I decided that I wasn't going to let him out of the house. I told him he might as well dial 999 now because he wasn't going to leave the house until my washer was sorted out. "I locked all the doors and wouldn't let him out. He then phoned his manager and I think the manager must have called the police. The police did eventually turn up but I had relented by that stage and had freed him." Currys has now given her a new washing machine. http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/odd/a143...e-in-home.html

01-20-2009, 12:23 PM	#2
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,392	They featured that story on our local news. That's one way of making sure they get the job done!!
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01-20-2009, 05:46 PM	#4
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01-20-2009, 07:05 PM	#7
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	I'm sure the lot of us would be that pissed off if we'd had the repair man come by that many times in a month. I am NOT taking my crap to a laundromat!
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01-20-2009, 05:39 PM	#3
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