Jobs you hate doing.

[southcoastboile]

oh yes and another thing that annoys me is when they say they want a service, you get there and the boilers not working, they want a repair and service for the cost of an hours labour.

 

[stevetheplumber]

i just hate work being so slow

 

[wheeto]

i just hate work being so slow

Work is always slow when I'm doing it!

 

[LegionellaSlave]

I just hate work (FULL STOP) :63:

 

[dontknowitall]

I'm quite happy with work, but only so long as someone else is doing it instead of me.

 

[gravytrain]

changing bath taps. i hate this.

plumber merchants who dont have what you want even when its just a basic plumbing part

eg this morning .....
basin flexi connectors...no
basin tap back nuts..... no
swan neck pan connector...no
bag of iso valves....no

good grief !!!

 

[Resolute]

changing bath taps. i hate this.

plumber merchants who dont have what you want even when its just a basic plumbing part

eg this morning .....
basin flexi connectors...no
basin tap back nuts..... no
swan neck pan connector...no
bag of iso valves....no

good grief !!!

You sure you were in a plumbers merchants?!

 

[WaterTight]

i find when you get a run of jobs going fine, more or less to plan, few fun challenges to overcome, pleasant customers who are very pleased, decent pay, you get in your van and think 'this is a good job really. i'm my own boss, doing a sociable job, making decent money, being of service...'

then when you've had a panic, or a serious of frustrations, a spirit-wilting set-back, an annoying customer, feel you've let somone down or let your standards slip, when you end up wasting your time, being called back to the same job several times, then suddenly it's a stressful, unforgiving, combative and often lonely job.

my over-riding opnion of this job - in the relatively brief amout of time i've been doing it - is it is very up and down. but i reckon better up than down than complete predictability (office job.)

and sometimes after a really tough day, when i get in the van mumbling to myself about quitting and giving up, i find when i get home, smarting and throbbing and barely able to walk about, i find i have this sort of buzz. like i may have gone ten rouns with tyson but i'm proud of it. it's a sense of achievement. so yeah, all in all, for now, i'm of the opinion it's a good job.

but let's give it 10 years...

 

[WaterTight]

You sure you were in a plumbers merchants?!

They did have an impressive selection of sex toys and ****ographic magazines.

 

[gravytrain]

You sure you were in a plumbers merchants?!

ha ! the great and wonderful Plumb Centre.

 

[SimonG]

changing bath taps. i hate this.

plumber merchants who dont have what you want even when its just a basic plumbing part

eg this morning .....
basin flexi connectors...no
basin tap back nuts..... no
swan neck pan connector...no
bag of iso valves....no

good grief !!!

It's stock take week, never have anything in this week, every year!

 

[Pipedream]

I think Watertight must have read my brain, I don't think the job could have been described more eloquently, it is almost poetic. His words should be mandatory reading for everyone thinking of going on the tools. It has raised my spirits - thank you Watertight.

 

[Guest123]

.....tiling!!!!!

 

[SimonG]

.....tiling!!!!!

I like tiling, it's the grouting, I detest with a passion.

 

[Guest123]

I like tiling, it's the grouting, I detest with a passion.

Hate the tiling, hate the grouting, hate the adhesive....with a passion. Next year I'm going to push more wall cladding than tiling. Looks better too and washes down with a damp cloth and no more mouldy grout in the future. Plus it's very easy and quick to fit, downside is the price at bout £80 per sheet, but if you take grout and adhesive and the price of decent tiles, the price isn't too bad.