Then theres the other side, the inbound crew write up a defect, engineer gets called at the last minute, go onboard, the new crew and SLF are sat there all expectant and ready to go, the captain say's "Just sign it off, it's alright, I'll take it!"
I informed him it dosn't work like that, I asked him to offload the passengers so I could do my investigation with the electrical power off, and lift him mouth opened and went below to have a look around below the cockpit. When I got back they were all still sat there, nothing had happened until I informed him, I had found rodent droppings and I was not allowed to dispatch the aircraft.....