We had a surprisingly pleasant and amusing experience with the guy who came out to do our plumbing repairs.
The plumber, Matt, was a nice-looking, young blond guy with tattoos on his neck and elsewhere, and he was as country as a bowl of grits. What an accent!
He was here for about six hours, repairing two of our toilets and our urinal. The urinal repair was quite involved!
I was surprised that he knew how to work on a urinal, as I assumed the plumbing company would have commercial and residential plumbers, and it being less common for urinals to be in houses, the residential plumbers might not be familiar with them.
Matt talked to himself a lot while working. Bob and I were both amused at his ramblings, and we both howled when, at one point during the urinal repair process, he ejaculated: “Holy shit; that worked!”
Later, when we received his emailed invoice for the work, we learned that he wasn’t talking to himself, because this transcript was included:
Called en route
Arrived
Met Robert
Was shown 2 toilets and a urinal
Toilet 1 leaking from tank to bowl bolts
Toilet 2 has a bad flapper
Urinal leaking from bottom, possibly seal or flange
Recommended full rebuild on both standard toilets
Customer approved
Turned off water to home
Rebuilt both toilets with all new components
Turned water back on to home and tested toilets
Toilets working as they should be with no leaks
Explained to homeowner I would have to remove urinal from wall in order to diagnose and make necessary repair
Turned off water to urinal
Cut hard caulking seal
Removed urinal and found broken PVC urinal flange
Non-stock item, had to source from supply house
Drilled out old flange with success ← time of “Holy shit; that worked!” outburst
Cleaned hub
Installed new flange with bolt kit
Made sure flange was level
Allowed glue to cure for a while before setting flange under load with fixture
Set urinal
Secured to wall
Turned on water
Urinal won’t stop flushing
Replaced diaphragm and vacuum breaker
Urinal now flushes and stops when satisfied
Caulked around urinal perimeter
Cleaned up trash and tools
Wrote up notes
Job complete
Customer paid by check
So, apparently, he was not talking to himself but dictating his work progress.
Bob and I both LOLed again at the transcript comment: “Urinal now flushes and stops when satisfied.” Much like ourselves when peeing in it.
Hi, John! It’s unsettling to hear workers talking to themselves. The stories we could tell…
Miss seeing your posts on FB and interacting there.
It’s been an odd month. I envy your 29 books so far…I have read one book so far this month–grief and no focus got in the way–not that I am boo-hooing but it’s internally different for me lately…but that’s normal.
Hi Ellen! Thanks for reading and commenting! I miss your FB musings, too! xxoo