Well not actually
mid-punt, but on the way there!
This happened to me last November. About 15 minutes before I was due to arrive at the WG's place, I'd got to the general area where she worked but didn't have the house number so I rang the WG, only to be told there was a problem. This was after about a 75-minute journey so you can imagine how hacked off I was.
The problem was that the boiler in the house had packed up the day before but the WG had fixed it - more than I could have done if it had happened at mine! However an Inspector had to come and approve the work she'd done and while I'd been on my way, he'd rung to tell her to expect him about the same time that my appointment was due to begin!
She gave me the option of hanging around outside; or coming in to the house, having a cup of coffee and passing myself off as her "Uncle Luke"
while the Inspector did what he had to do. Once he'd gone, then we'd go upstairs and my hour could begin a bit late.
Obviously, I opted for the 2nd. So the WG made my coffee and told me that I'd get my full hour because she'd re-scheduled other clients - I was the first one of the morning. Of course, the Inspector was later in arriving than we'd expected but when he eventually arrived, I'm passed off as 'her uncle' who'd just popped round for a chat and she's there in her 'civvies' so there was no indication to him that we were waiting for him to do a quick inspection then push off so that we could get down to business upstairs. He kept talking and talking, generally stringing out this inspection.
Finally, he left. We went upstairs and had just started getting to grips with each other - you know; the DFK stage - when her front door bell rang!
She put an old dressing gown over her lingerie and went downstairs; I felt sure I was going to be short-changed for my appointment with her next client waiting downstairs. But no; it was her chatty Inspector again - he'd apparently left his torch in the kitchen!
When I heard that, I knew where I wanted to stuff it!
At least he didn't come back while we were any further into the meet but it was bad enough as it was.