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Here is mine. About ten years ago I was called out for a mainline stoppage. The owner was a very nice guy. He mentioned that they built the house about 5 years prior, and that they had just had the septic pumped and cleaned etc etc....
It was pretty late in the afternoon and the clean out was buried in the bushes. The lid to the septic was still exposed so I pulled it and figured i would pop it free that way.
When I popped the lid, There were about a 1/2 dozen condoms floating on the surface. I contemplated what to tell him, I know they are not drainfield friendly. So I said the heck with it and tactfully said to him sir make sure when you flush things that they are items that can break down easily in the septic. Certain household items can cause damage to yor drainfield and ever so kindly pointed them out.
He looked at me and red in the face and said. "my wife and I live here alone, we do not have guest, and we do not use condoms"
AKWARD!!!!!!!!!
It was pretty late in the afternoon and the clean out was buried in the bushes. The lid to the septic was still exposed so I pulled it and figured i would pop it free that way.
When I popped the lid, There were about a 1/2 dozen condoms floating on the surface. I contemplated what to tell him, I know they are not drainfield friendly. So I said the heck with it and tactfully said to him sir make sure when you flush things that they are items that can break down easily in the septic. Certain household items can cause damage to yor drainfield and ever so kindly pointed them out.
He looked at me and red in the face and said. "my wife and I live here alone, we do not have guest, and we do not use condoms"
AKWARD!!!!!!!!!