Are Plumbers Demented?

[plumberscrack]

Ran into a buddy I used to work with and of course we started to reminisce about the the guys we had around us.

Man, what a team we used to have.

Warning: some of the things written below might be disturbing to some

Here are just a few of the winners:

On his first day of work he wore a black cape with a hood. Naturally, we called him 'Batman' from there on. He was from the middle east so he didn't get the joke. If you have to explain the joke to someone it's not as funny.

Bobby would disassemble his Big Mac before comsuming it because it was "too complex" to eat as a whole :confused:

Glen for 2 years was a perfectly normal individual until I saw him eat his boogers while talking to the customer.:shocked2: Yea, I couldn't believe what I just saw so I confronted him. Expecting some form of denial or at least a mental condition that would explain this. Nope. He went on to explain to me he has ALWAYS done this and that no one ever told him not to.:bash: He did mention however they are better when he's on vacation at the beach....more salty:barf: I'll take his word on that.

Thom was the "Mad Crapper" Before starting work in the morning he would ask the customer to use their bathroom. He would spend the first 20 minutes on the toilet then not flush. He was afraid it might stop up the toilet :scratchhead: Then go on to charge the customer for the full time he was in there.

There are soooo many others but I want to hear yours :clapping:

[ToUtahNow]

Bill,

Thank you for the above post as it has helped me better understand you.

Mark:slap:

[MrsSeatDown]

Crack-now Rick doesn't seem so bad:hug:

[Pipestone Kid]

Crack, Are those the normal ones? :grin-devilish::grin-devilish:

[plumberscrack]

Crack, Are those the normal ones? :grin-devilish::grin-devilish:

Well, 'normal' is a relative term; so for the guys I work with, yes :lol:

I can't be the only one here that works with lunatics :confused:

[drtyhands]

Well, 'normal' is a relative term; so for the guys I work with, yes :lol:

I can't be the only one here that works with lunatics :confused:
WOW!!!
Even though I wish I could just get this contractors guys helpers to end up working with some other company,I don't have to deal with nearly that much insanity.All I got is some three toed sloths who think the world owes them something:banghead:

[Alphacowboy]

I have a good friend that is a plumber, and he got a tatoo of a plumbers wrench on his lower back right above his *** crack! :lol: His wife wasnt to happy about it. The guys is a riot though, the few times I have been on a job site with him, I pretty much laugh non-stop for hours. And once he breaks into song, there aint no stopping it. Some of the stuff he comes up with seriously could make millions. I swear, if he strapped a camera on himself all day, he could have his own reality show, and people would be laughing for hours! :D

[Big Dog]

Is this a trick question?????? When I first saw the title, I was like, DUH, does the pope do it in the woods......wait, that's a bear and something about catholic, ................. wait.........I'll get back to you after I sit down for a minute

[Tyman]

To anwser your question, yes they are demented. I have never met such colorful, emotionally unstable, strange people.

One guy I worked with would rub his index finger and thumb together rapidly everytime he took a bite of something.

Another guy would say Yat, Yat, Yat everytime he finished what he was saying.

I am happy to report that I consider myself completely normal. I do get some strange looks about the bobble head beaver on my dash of the van though.
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a242/yoda2be/Beavertail012.jpg

[Service Guy]

Are plumber's demented? Some are!
Just read through Dunbar's posts!!!:speechless::joyful:

-just kidding buddy!:nanner:
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[westcoastplumber]

I got crapped on yesterday, after I rang the doorbell and the landlord told them not to use any water, includes the toilet.

wouldn't this make you demented after enough times:confused: luckily alot of water came afterward so I was able to wash it off quickly:smack-head:

[glkearns]

I got crapped on yesterday, after I rang the doorbell and the landlord told them not to use any water, includes the toilet.

wouldn't this make you demented after enough times:confused: luckily alot of water came afterward so I was able to wash it off quickly:smack-head:

Did you kill the water to the house after that? I usually give one warning, then tell them that since they can't listen that their water will be off until the sewer was tied back together.

Greg

[Devine Plumbing]

Did you kill the water to the house after that? I usually give one warning, then tell them that since they can't listen that their water will be off until the sewer was tied back together.

Greg

Yes, they get one warning, then the water goes off. However, in a big complex everyone gets one flush regardless. I guess its just part of the job. When the pipe starts rumbling its time to get out of the way.

[PLUMBER RICK]

Yes, they get one warning, then the water goes off. However, in a big complex everyone gets one flush regardless. I guess its just part of the job. When the pipe starts rumbling its time to get out of the way.

sometimes i will install a double test plug or jim cap. but typically you do get a heads up with the sound of the flush.

what's tuff is when it gets your nice dry dirt wet and mucky that you now have to dig out and repack.

rick.

[westcoastplumber]

Did you kill the water to the house after that? I usually give one warning, then tell them that since they can't listen that their water will be off until the sewer was tied back together.

Greg


lol, multiple toilets in the upstairs, each had one flush, it was to late to turn the water off and flush them all.

I really thought they understood this time:smack-head:

[westcoastplumber]

Yes, they get one warning, then the water goes off. However, in a big complex everyone gets one flush regardless. I guess its just part of the job. When the pipe starts rumbling its time to get out of the way.


I heard the flush and instead of getting out of the way, I grabbed pipe to minimize damage, It worked kinda, but the load didn't make it in, neither did most of the water, but I tell you what, there was minimal damage thanks to my efforts.;)

I am always thinking of the customer first;)

[DUNBAR]

Are plumber's demented? Some are!
Just read through Dunbar's posts!!!:speechless::joyful:

-just kidding buddy!:nanner:
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Oh I know I'm demented......and a little insane and overly medicated 93.2% of time but you don't see me complaining!


This was one of many reasons I felt a private forum was needed here; I got tons of things I've done, do now and plan on doing in the future that would have eyebrows fall off foreheads if anyone knew.

Blame it on Oatey cleaner! :D

[NHMaster3015]

A year or so back, one of my apprentices came in covered head to toe with Poo. Seems he had neglected to un-plug the ejector pump before disconecting it. Funny thing is, he was laughing about it. So yes I think we're all a bit demented. Who else would make a career out of feces.:eek:

[boillerman]

I have a good friend that is a plumber, and he got a tatoo of a plumbers wrench on his lower back right above his *** crack! :lol: His wife wasnt to happy about it. The guys is a riot though, the few times I have been on a job site with him, I pretty much laugh non-stop for hours. And once he breaks into song, there aint no stopping it. Some of the stuff he comes up with seriously could make millions. I swear, if he strapped a camera on himself all day, he could have his own reality show, and people would be laughing for hours! :D
I worked with a guy like that, we called 'Hap'. I always figured it was short for happy. My favorite story of his was when he had to tell the preacher the reason his daughters bathroom drain wouldn't work was because the sewage pump got jammed by a feminine napkin.:o

[Bogart]

I will tell on myself. At one shop, I was known as "the phantom crapper." A townhouse project we were on had a spec that was finished, and we used the downstairs powder room. We weren't supposed to, but we had a passkey. One morning, I walked thru the empty garage and I let myself in, and sit on the mug. As I started to wonder about the soap on the lav, and magazine basket on the floor, I heard voices thru the register, dawning realization and panic hit at the same time. Of course, it wasn't a one-wiper, I frantically wiped and wiped and wiped. At last I was clean enough to pull up my bibs, flush and run out of the house. I had the presence of mind not to run straight out across the courtyard, but kept to the wall while struggling to strap my bibs up. I then ran between buildings and into the rough we were doing. I became a legend of sorts. At union meetings, some of the guys who were there, tell that one to the apprentices.