Pet peeves - Plumbing Zone

**ILPlumber** · 08-03-2008, 10:47 AM

OK. I'll start. Here's one of mine. Guys take break at 9:30. We all stand around and visit. Time to go back to work at 9:45 rolls around. Some moron always says I'll be right there I gotta pee. You just had 15 minutes to do whatever on your time. You pee on your time , not mine. Sounds a little harsh but, I get sooo tired of babysitting grown men. Then I'm the A$$hole.

**Bill** · 08-03-2008, 10:51 AM

Alright. Lunch time. Be back at 1:00, not 1:15, 1:45 or even 2:00.

Wiser · 08-03-2008, 11:02 AM

3:30 p.m. No more service calls, plumbers go home early. Gets paid (we guarantee hours).
Next morning, 8:30 a.m. call. Oh wait, I need to fill out my paperwork from yesterday or I have to unload the busted water heater from my truck first or I need to restock!

**Bill** · 08-03-2008, 11:05 AM

the one man who thinks we start at 8:30 or 9:00

Ron · 08-03-2008, 11:46 AM

Choosing to cut pipe with a handsaw when you can use a tubing cutter with an ABS cutting wheel on it. PVC is another story, I understand that there is no tubing cutter for that type.

Ron · 08-03-2008, 11:47 AM

Not wiping your soldered joints.

**Bill** · 08-03-2008, 11:50 AM

carpenters who insist on nailing down lock plates in the middle of two studs rather than over a stud, then you try to drill a 2" hole through the top plates and hit a nail every time!

I use those self feeding bits

Ron · 08-03-2008, 11:55 AM

Framers that should know where the toilet will be instead they seem to always put a floor joist right where the closet flange will need to go.

**Bill** · 08-03-2008, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ron The Plumber

Framers that should know where the toilet will be instead they seem to always put a floor joist right where the closet flange will need to go.

(Aint pointing any fingers this way, is you

)

GC's who let the HO talk them into moving the location of a bathroom after the framing was already built for what was on the plans, and the framer is the plumber as well

Ron · 08-03-2008, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USP45

(Aint pointing any fingers this way, is you

)

GC's who let the HO talk them into moving the location of a bathroom after the framing was already built for what was on the plans, and the framer is the plumber as well

Do it yourself and have only yourself to blame.

08-03-2008, 10:47 AM	#1
ILPlumber Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: IL Posts: 5,295 My Photos	Pet peeves OK. I'll start. Here's one of mine. Guys take break at 9:30. We all stand around and visit. Time to go back to work at 9:45 rolls around. Some moron always says I'll be right there I gotta pee. You just had 15 minutes to do whatever on your time. You pee on your time , not mine. Sounds a little harsh but, I get sooo tired of babysitting grown men. Then I'm the A$$hole.

08-03-2008, 10:51 AM	#2
Bill Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I have no idea! Posts: 5,861 My Photos	Alright. Lunch time. Be back at 1:00, not 1:15, 1:45 or even 2:00. __________________ Virginia Plumbing Codes Virginia Department of Licensing Ones intellect can often be summed up by his own words Everything in the known universe is governed by "Cause and Effect", there is no getting around it. Think about what you do before you do it.

08-03-2008, 11:05 AM	#4
Bill Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I have no idea! Posts: 5,861 My Photos	the one man who thinks we start at 8:30 or 9:00 __________________ Virginia Plumbing Codes Virginia Department of Licensing Ones intellect can often be summed up by his own words Everything in the known universe is governed by "Cause and Effect", there is no getting around it. Think about what you do before you do it.

08-03-2008, 11:46 AM	#5
Ron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,635 My Photos	Choosing to cut pipe with a handsaw when you can use a tubing cutter with an ABS cutting wheel on it. PVC is another story, I understand that there is no tubing cutter for that type. __________________ Stephen Hawking: If the government is covering up knowledge of Aliens, they are doing a better job of it then they do at anything else.

08-03-2008, 11:47 AM	#6
Ron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,635 My Photos	Not wiping your soldered joints. __________________ Stephen Hawking: If the government is covering up knowledge of Aliens, they are doing a better job of it then they do at anything else.

08-03-2008, 11:02 AM	#3
Wiser Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 913 My Photos	3:30 p.m. No more service calls, plumbers go home early. Gets paid (we guarantee hours). Next morning, 8:30 a.m. call. Oh wait, I need to fill out my paperwork from yesterday or I have to unload the busted water heater from my truck first or I need to restock!

08-03-2008, 11:50 AM	#7
Bill Moderator Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: I have no idea! Posts: 5,861 My Photos	carpenters who insist on nailing down lock plates in the middle of two studs rather than over a stud, then you try to drill a 2" hole through the top plates and hit a nail every time! I use those self feeding bits __________________ Virginia Plumbing Codes Virginia Department of Licensing Ones intellect can often be summed up by his own words Everything in the known universe is governed by "Cause and Effect", there is no getting around it. Think about what you do before you do it.

08-03-2008, 11:55 AM	#8
Ron Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 8,635 My Photos	Framers that should know where the toilet will be instead they seem to always put a floor joist right where the closet flange will need to go. __________________ Stephen Hawking: If the government is covering up knowledge of Aliens, they are doing a better job of it then they do at anything else.

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