A breakdown in communication

This column is inspired - if that's the right word - by an electrician. I'll give you no more detai...

This column is inspired - if that's the right word - by an electrician. I'll give you no more details so as not to prejudice you further. No details about age, religion, nationality, cost or gender. 'I need an electrician to check a few faulty sockets and put up a couple of new lights,' I said to a mate who's a builder. 'No problem, I've got a really good one that I always use,' he said. In my mind, I think the work I'm talking about should be done in a day, so I dust down the cobwebs on the Gosling wallet and expect to pay a couple of hundred quid. Plus I don't expect to see the sparky ...