The Painting the Decorating Show on Fixed Radio. Welcome to another episode of The
Painting and Decorating Show on Fixed Radio. I'm your host, as always,
Joel Bartle, and with me once again is Todd bon Joe. I've got
a question. Is decorating boring? The old phrase watching paint dry is a
metaphor for something really tedious, which of course we don't do. But does
it create a perception with some people that what we do isn't interesting? So
what do the public think about decorating and do they understand the role of a
professional decorator. Let's get the answers to these questions. Today, our producers
have asked the general public what they think about decorating and whether they would prefer
to work an office job or our job. Hello, Tod and Joel.
Oh you my friend. I'm very good. I love the intro. Joel.
I'm riled up like I'm in the corner ready for a boxing boxing.
And let me tell you something. Anyone that thinks dere creating is boring.
If deir creator is in boring, why do you get messages like the following
message? I love that. That's great. Indeed, I had someone message
me and ask if they could buy my socks after I posted a video on
Instagram. Someone who's interested in buying my my used, stinking dirty socks.
Someone's even listening to that. Getting off of that me saying that as well,
you know what I mean, fetish, there's some Yeah, there's some
interesting people out there, I'll tell you man. And well, apparently our
fixed radio bro, mister Andy Camm had a similar question asked to him a
while back, and I think he's took him up on his offer, didn't
he? He did. I got in touch with Andy cam and he reckons
he cashed out for one hundred pounds. Oh my day? Did you sell
yours? What happened? Do you know what? This is the moment?
Now? I never and I put my bare feet up on this table,
but no, do you know what I think to myself? Right? I
thought that's an easy that's an easy for you quid. But one man,
I just don't want this is wrong with my son. I don't my day.
And oh but I would say, as I try to be the best
parrot I can be, I have got some terrible habits. I do things,
I lose my temper. Do you know I was watching Happy Gilmore with
my daughter the other day. You've seen that. Yeah, my brother that
is that was his nickname for me. He's called me Happy Gilmore because I
just lose it over nothing and I do, like every time I'm driving or
do something and I'm just sort of luster and I flip out like that.
But I thought to myself, right, I'm not the best, so you
know that that sort of stuff. But I thoughts to myself, I want
to prove to my daughter that you don't sell things like that items are clothing
or anything else. You know, this is a moral thing, so I'm
taking it. Yeah, you need I mean, if he offers to me
like two hundred quid, then you know that's different stories. So but the
thing is when you get into that, you get into getting that line of
work, where do you draw the line? Do you know what I mean?
Because you think this is this is our addictions start like staff, Yeah
it's just a sock. No, But it's like you've done a moral thing
there because I've got Yeah, I think you've set the present because what's she
going to do? Then she might grow up and think, yeah, this
is a good idea, and I'll be telling this story round with other people
who'll be laughing and joking. But I'm just thinking, nah, man,
this is just this is just so strange because if you do that, yours
as well. Pack it all in the start and only that only sucks.
Yeah, okay, let's kick off our socks and get the show gay with
the Killers. Somebody tell me Painting and Decorating show on Fixed Radio. I'm
Joe Bardo with Tov and Joel on the Painting and Decorating Show, And today
we're looking at what the general public and other trades think about decorating and what
we do. So, as I said earlier, we asked our producers to
ask the general public some questions. And first we asked, is decorating a
boring trade? All right, okay, so let's read some answers. Is
decorating a boring trade? So this first one, No, from decorating myself,
I appreciate it's a time consuming job if you want to create a good
finish hair hair from absolutely yeah. Yeah yeah. Next one, Yes,
all my mates that are trade say it's the most boring trade. I wonder
what they do. Yeah, all my mates that are in the trade,
what do you do then? Mate? Back in your computer and shut your
mouth. I come on, gloss, you just stripe down your heads about
that. Another one. So, no, being a good decorator is a
skill, thank you. Absolutely, absolutely definitely right, Okay, decorated?
Is he a boring trade? Yes? All the times I try at home,
it's so boring. Yeah, well you know you're trying at home.
You don't know what you're doing. You're making a mess of it. It's
boring. It's boring because you're so bored looking at your crap work. Basically,
that's why it's so boring. Um. No, it's an artful correct,
Yeah, definitely, definitely yeah, okay, No, I have done
quite a bit over the years. I don't think it's boring at all,
and find it really therapeutic to do. You can kind of just crack on
and sewn out a bit. Yeah, gorrect bing. Yeah, so it's
not it's not boring, is it? You know you like you? It
is very therapeutic. Yeah, yeah, good answer. I'm not going to
go bing for everyone. I'm annoying. You're making it less boring. It's
decorating a boring trade. Yes, my dad was a decorator and used to
drag me to jobs throughout my childhood, so I'm pretty good at it.
But it was also the most boring thing I ever done in my life.
Daddy issues, Yeah, don't come here with your daddy issues. You want
to go and see a good psychotherapy dads. Yeah, if you've got issues
being dragged down the control by your dad, don't use that to spread negativity
about our trade. No, I don't consider it to be boring because it
requires so much concentration. That's a good answer. It's good. You can
imagine him. There was tongue out. Okay. So so we also asked
some other trades's decorating a boring trade and here's what they said. Yes,
I would rather drink bleach. I'd imagine exactly. Sounded like that as well,
And he's obviously hilarious. This guy's a bit of a joker. He's
a joker in the pack with really fresh bread. I'd rather drink boat.
Okay, No, it's a great excuse to drink more beer as well.
Another joker, Glenn. I proved that right. No, if you're a
professional decorator, but yes, if you're a chanceller in the clapped out banger
with one tin of paint m nice sentiment. He's tried to throw a gag
in there. Leave the comedy to us, mate, but we appreciate the
sentiment he's decorating the boring trades. Yes, I would rather work in an
office than be a decorator. I can tell you right now. I've actually
worked in an office twice. I did like work experience, and it's a
week, but that was enough. But I actually, at one point when
I was working for his firm when I was younger, actually did a little
stint when I was working in their office. I did like a few weeks
and I absolutely hated it, hated it. It was so boring. And
you literally under your bus's feet as well. I mean, I know,
like you can work for a bus when you're on the tools and stuff like
that. But it's just i'd see why it isn't boring because we can actually
you see different things every day. You could be at different places. You're
not just stuck it. You're not going to that one destination, that one
journey, that one thing stuck in that office environment. Out of the screen.
This is this is feedback from another trades person. So they're like yeah,
yeah, well yeah, I know what an insult that is? Yeah,
yeah, it's decorating a boring trade. No, the satisfaction from a
quality finish must be second to none. Absolutely, is decorating a boring trade.
No. I respect decorators as well because they can make our work look
amazing or crap true exciting, sorting out the other trades, yeah right,
okay, So coming up, we'll find out what the public said when we
asked them if they would rather work in an office or as a decorator,
and find out what they understand about what's our work involves. Fixed radio.
This is the Painting and Decorating Show. I'm Joel Bardel with Tov and Joel,
and we're finding out what the general public and other trades think about decorators
and our trade. So we were split on answers for is decorating a boring
profession? So let's find out how the public answered, would you like to
be a decorator? And why or why not? Okay? So the first
one, No, cutting in takes a lot of time and patience that I
don't have. They've they've expanaged to express some trade knowledge there because they've used
the terminology cutting in. That's decorating speak. That's someone that knows at that
knows a little bit. Yeah, absolutely, his decision is maybe an educated
one, so maybe maybe wants a little bit of respect for that, saying
he doesn't have the patience. He's obviously knows a look, he's appreciating as
will like cutting in. You know, there's this technique. It's an art
to it, you know, And I think because there's a lot of trades
out there just think it's just literally just slapping a bit of paint and when
they've got when they've got to, like actually to cut in and get a
nice clean line, you can, you know, hey, they expecially I'll
just slap a bit of paint and shut up, slap of it. I'll
slap, yeah, a bit of paint on. Would you like to be
a decorator? And why why not? Well no. Four years ago I
booked some time off work to help one mate who was a builder get his
house ready to be sold. I to sand all the walls ready for the
first coat to go on, and spend all day doing it. My arm
was nearly falling off by the end of it. He then painted him the
next day and then thought he was taking a Mick when he said out to
go around and sand again. It turns out it wasn't. How much effort
is it to be a decorator? And he's banging the money there. I
mean, look all right, fair enough. You know he's saying he's not
bored. There are some really tedious parts to our job. God, deny
it. I deny it. There's the details that people don't appreciate, because
yeah, if you want to get that real pucker finished, you know,
you're like, you've just put the paint on. I know, but now
I have to stand it smooth again, like we were talking about. But
that's it, that's the that's the process, so I could understand. Yeah,
yeah, it does have its moments. So would you like to be
a decorator? And why why not? Yes, I wouldn't mind doing it
for a profession. I honestly love seeing the end results. It's super satisfied
and i'd see you what social media. We spoke about this on previous shows,
like before and after all the photos and stuff like now and people sort
of showing off their work. But I know as well, I mean I
get that comments and people who are not in any trade whatsoever, and they
love it. They just love seeing these transformations. It is really satisfied to
see a normal People will appreciate saying done well. And I think whatever it
is, whether it's someone's made a fairy cake saying, watching somebody do something
properly and well and with passion is satisfying, and it is interesting, and
it's pleasurable to watch, yeh, seeing something run down and then just sort
of you know, yeah, the transformation. Yeah, absolutely, yes.
But I think if all your jobs were magnolia, it would get boring.
I try to apply my trade in doing old properties with interesting cornessing in big
walls that can take bolder colors. I mean, that's that's a good point.
I've got to be fair. I think that if you're just doing like
a standard like sort of New Bill property, there's not like much character to
it, character to it. You literally might just change your color or you're
going on with the same color. He would get very boring really quickly.
That's what I've always said as well, like I prefer it when a job
really needs some tlcs in a bad condition. Yes, I would love to
be a decorator. I find painting the most therapeutic thing ever, and get
so excited. I love all the prep work and don't make my airs completely
clean, tidy and frog tapes up. Blussing is another story. Hate that
with a passion. They also hate the cleaning up after he she likes to
get frog taped up and then and hates the cade up. Yeah, I
see what's going on here. Fair enough? Okay? Would you like to
be a decorator? No, I wouldn't like to be working on my own
in one room all day. I wouldn't like that. It must be physically
exhausting with the repetitive actions required. Based on these responses, would you say
the general public get it? They get it? You reckon? They definitely
don't get it because you've got to be a proper I've gotta be a proper
debt like class to really get They've got maybe a slightened occasion. Maybe it's
a bit better than I thought. Yeah, if this really is just general
general Joe public who really have no idea about it? Fair about it?
Go well done, guys, you've had it close, but no cigar.
Right. Okay, Next, let's see how other trades answered. Would you
like to be a decorator? And we'll find out what the public said is
more boring than watching paint dry Fix Radio time to crack on. You're listening
to the Painting and Decorating Show, where we've asked the public whether they think
our trade is boring and whether they would like to do it. So let's
find out what other trade said when asked, would you like to be a
decorator? I start off with a positive yes, I'd quite happily get into
that side of things. I enjoy spraying my own stuffy spraying. You're not
really it sounds like a chippy. It must be a chippy. Yeah,
yeah, okay, fair dues all right. The next one no, and
they are the biggest bs merchants on site to paint fumes gets in their head
experience. No, I personally struggled with the most basic painting task. I
love creating stuff small or big, and the sense of reward or lack of
it from coating something just does nothing for me. It summed up in the
first line, I struggle with the most basic Okay, so would you like
to be a decorator? Yes, I honestly enjoy painting. I think it
would be something much easier to do as a one man band and I prefer
working alone then on sites, which is what I'm doing now. Good man,
fair enough, mate, fair enough, we'll have that. Yep,
it gets a tick h No, personally, I hate painting, having I
hate painting having to go over the same bit time and time again. But
being a plaster is the worst. It's the same thing day and day.
I agree. I agree with that. Yeah man, yeah, plasters plasters
hard work as well without extra hard work. And it's yeah yeah, yeah,
yeah yeah. And why does he have he's brought plastering into it.
This isn't a plaster in show at least you said it's worse, So fair
enough, Okay. Would you like to be a decorator? Yes, I
would enjoy the finished products side and a happy customer. Oh he's not used
to a happy customer then where Electrician's definitely electrician. We've got how much?
How much would you like to be a decorator? No? I would dislike
uneven wall surfaces, dust everywhere, paint where you don't want paint, peky
customers, being the last guy in site, and having to make up for
everyone else's poor work. We got we give him half a point for that
thing, because he's like a diligent decorating himself. Yeah, knows what's involved
in OCD doesn't like Yeah, but then there does he know? Like you
know, dust everywhere. You know, he's either a perfectionist or a bit
a bit wet paint where you don't want paint. That's down to you.
You know, you've gotta be better that picky customers. You know, fair
DU's last guy on side. Yeah, because like you say, there you've
got you're making up for everyone else's poor work. I can, yeah,
I can appreciate that. Yeah, yeah, fair DU's fair Dues. Yeah,
no, no, you know, it's an interesting stuff there. I
kind of see the angles. I see where they're coming from. I mean,
I don't know about the biggest bas merchants and site. I know there's
a few other trades out there absolutely full of so yeah, I don't think
that's all ust no way, but yeah, no, fair enough, fair
enough, Okay, let's come back and wrap the show up by finding out
where the public and other trades think is more boring than watching paint dry.
He listened to Fixed Radio, the Builder Station Painting and Decorating show on Fixed
Radio. Right, that's it for today's painting and Decorating Show with Me,
Joe Bardell and Todd Fonjoel On today's show, we've asked the public and other
trades whether decorating is boring and whether they would like to do it so for
a laugh, we also asked him what is more boring than watching paint dry?
And these were the answers. I can't think of anything more boring than
watching paint dry. So they're saying that he's the most boring. How boring
are they where they can't think of anything more that? Straight away? You
the person who is in the copying out the French dictionary backwards is more boring
than watching paint dry? Good example? Good one? He's another one having
to go to a musical, Yeah, man, I could snap. I've
been to I've been directed a few musicals in the days. Yeah, it's
not my cup of charm. And I would definitely sit there and watch paint
dry. So yeah, absolutely. And someone's just put watching paint dry?
Yeah, well done, mate, that was the question. Say what you
see mate? Just repeat it? Well done? What's next week? I
catchphrase? Stone definitely a scaffolder and what's more boring than watching paint dry?
Working on a production line or in a factory. Big up the people that
are working on a production liner and a factory hard working. That's a that's
a really hard job, right. What is more boring than watching paint dry?
And the winning answer with more than five people giving the same answer is
being a you know, it's cricket. I don't like cricket. I love
it it. I can take, take or leave cricket. Oh, I
can absolutely leave it. Oh what a pile of monkey pood that is?
Man, I could not give a monkey yeah yeah, or horrible? Man?
I mean, I'm the tennis has been on recently. I just bores
me to tears. But cricket, oh, my word basted honestly the most
boring sport. So I don't know who is he worse is snooker? I
remember, mate, man, my mate, I remember telling me he's such
a he watched any sport and he said as a kid, not even as
an adult, as a kid, he used to watch snooker on a black
and white TV. Man, I think he's more boring. He's more boring
and watching paint dry snook one is snooker even a sport? Like I don't
know, It's like you watch it for a minute and if you feel like
it's just all so slow, but are you're thinking is this for real?
Is this a joke? And they're there in the little waistcoats. And then
man with the white gloves comes, gets the ball, puts it back and
here's another go. And then if you look at the crowd, they're all
half dead, like sort of the mob that go down the snooker. It's
not exactly a lively crowd. Is it all decorates? Right? Okay,
well I think there's some yeah, interesting and funny funny replies to this today.
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