Yeah, so apparently the plumber guy who came here last night was not the plumber who was coming to work on Alex' bathroom. Alex told us this morning that these guys go door to door here, usually to "clean the chimney". And he took advantage of the fact that we don't speak enough French to know he wasn't the right guy, and we basically led him to the bathroom since we knew someone was coming (he came this morning...).
Alex was of course pretty mad this morning, (at the plumber, not us) as was I because I normally consider myself savvy enough not to get suckered. I do feel that James and I would not have let him in if we didn't already know a plumber was coming this week. Alex called the guy today and read him the riot act, and threatened to report him to the fraud department. I guess the guy half-heartedly argued that we told him in French the drain was clogged, to which Alex basically told him we can barely say hello and thank you so how did we know how to say "clogged drain"? I did speak quite a bit to him in my bad French yesterday trying to explain that Alex was not home and what was supposed to be fixed, etc and now I think he understood me and saw an opportunity. Anyway, the guy agreed to send Alex the 80 euro back without much fight. So I feel much better about letting him in.
And the moral to this story? Don't let strangers into the house kids, especially when it's not your house and you don't speak the language...
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