Today I Learned

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Glinda

You'll tank me later.

FIFY.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

FIFY.

HA!

Well done, sir. Well done.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Pay attention to Glinda because plumbers are going to start becoming scarce in 10 years.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Pay attention to Glinda because plumbers are going to start becoming scarce in 10 years.

Dude, they're scarce right now! Why do you think I did it myself!?


Ok, not really, I've done this before. I like being able to do little fix-it jobs myself. This new flusher was really easy to install (much easier than the previous, junky, malfunctioning flusher), and when in doubt, there's always YouTube DIY videos.

But beyond all this, I'm not willing to pay $60 just to get some bozo to show up for a little home repair project I can do myself.

[xoxoxoBruce]

$60? Would he come in the house or just tell you what to do in the driveway?

My buddy(the plumber) was at his sister's house when she had a heavily advertised outfit come and as promised in the ads he put on his disposable booties over his shoes. But while he was there he made a half dozen trips out to his truck... with the booties on.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

$60? Would he come in the house or just tell you what to do in the driveway?

That's the going rate out here - $60 minimum charge, whether they fix your plumbing problem or not. "Additional charges may apply."

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

My buddy(the plumber) was at his sister's house when she had a heavily advertised outfit come and as promised in the ads he put on his disposable booties over his shoes. But while he was there he made a half dozen trips out to his truck... with the booties on.

I guess that's better than them never putting the booties on to begin with. I had a guy out here last week to figure out why my internet connection had suddenly died. He wore his big dirty clunky boots into the house every time he came in from his truck. Turns out someone at HQ mixed up my service request order with someone else's and somehow managed to switch our phone numbers. Of COURSE my internet service suddenly disappeared - I'd been given a completely different phone number/account that didn't get internet from that provider.

Repair guy had to go back to the office THREE TIMES to get Eric the Imbecile at HQ to straighten everything out. Tracked crud in on his boots every damned time he came in the house. At least it wasn't raining.

*smh*

[xoxoxoBruce]

Actually those booties will pick up/track in, more shit than a boot will.