A red-faced B&Q employee was mercilessly mocked by customers when he appeared to try to fix a rookie DIY fail right in front of his own store. Daniel Bates was outside the home improvement store when he says he spotted a staff member trying to clean up paint running from three posts using paper towels in the pouring rain.
The 35-year-old believes the bloke had painted the three barriers at the front of the store with white paint - but appeared to either forget non-drip stain or anticipate the forecast downpour. The dad-of-two was queuing for a bacon sandwich for around five minutes as he watched the 'quirky' scene unfold, admitting it 'wasn't the best advertisement' for the DIY chain.
Daniel said: "It was a belter. He'd obviously painted the post not expecting it to rain and then it had rained and the paint dripped.
