worst situation

[Phil]

I've worked in loads of these places, and some of the people I've met, and situations I've been in are crazy. Too many to list. This example was the first time I'd ever worked in a mental home too lol


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What made you become aware she was behind you?

 

[TBServices]

The grunting and plopping noises eminating from her body!!


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[hunterseye]

The grunting and plopping noises eminating from her body!!


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pmsl .......i'm loving these stories.

 

[lexicon101]

In my second year of apprenticeship , I was in a flat in edinburgh , where a guy owned the flats on the first and second floor, the second floor flats 4" was badly laid (cheap landlord job) , and was continually blocking and the rodding point at the hatch in the floor was leaking waste down to his flat below , not nice, so went to inspect it , right enough well choked , rods would only reach two metres to first bend, so I went to the downstairs flat, we removed the roof which was about to come in anyway , so we could inspect the first bend where rods were catching , anyway my gaffer upstairs was on the rods, so we decided that I would hold the joint section so he could give the rods some forc, however the joiner standing in the wee bath room at the end of the hall was a bit too quick to shout ready , which was actually my call, and when my gaffer shouted you ready, the joiner (lovely guy btw) shouted back almost , which through the floor must have sounded like ready to my gaffer. He the gave it some welly on the rods, and of course iwas literally just putting my hands up , too late joint came apart , and about 4 metres of three to five day old student filled 4" waste came down on my head, but for me what made me smile was when it happened the bathroom at the end of the hall, near to where i was had a wee shower cubicle in it, and this joiner he is a big guy , moved liked usain bolt straight in the cubicle as the flood descended and to add insult to injury when I followed, he pulled the door shut on me, well a golden shower would have been ok , this was rotten , and Ive been in some ****ty stuff before doing clearances, but this , man .... worked on though got job done, and customer happy. not a great day ...

Or the time as a 1st year , gaffer with open pipes in a bathroom 22 cold main, told me to go and turn the hot GV in the cylinder cupboard , however I turned what was apparently the wrong valve , and when he screamed in shock, I run through, then he screams some profanities at me , I run back , and cant remember what valve was what ! I learned that day to either mark the pipes or PAY ATTENTION...


some great stories here, loved the tranny one made me lol...

 

[julesverne]

2 things happened in the 4 1/2 yrs in the trade.

just started 3 months in.
hungover one day circular saw through hot and cold pipes whilst taking floorboards up. resulting flood took the kitchen ceiling down. put it all right though and still do work for cust, never drunk night before ever again.

in June this year rodding a drain in the pouring rain i was proper miserable and wanting to get it done fast. rod down manhole cover and really giving it some welly. slipped on some moss face flat straight in drain. cust laughing his bristol cities off.
turds and bog roll all over my head throwing up everywhere and cursing enough to make a saint blush. never told anyone till now not even my missus.

its an acquired taste

:iamwithstupid:

 

[Dannypipe]

I've shared mine allready.

My father has loads of these stories.

One of my favourites is when he was working in London. He had the contract to fit new central heating to a few tower blocks. He was a cocky git back then and if he had problems from the tenants letting him or his blokes in to do the work, he would simply cut there services off. Everything.

So he did this to this bloke, who was jumping up and down and very peed off. But the job got done.

A couple of weeks later my dad got the gig to do something with the soil pipe. (don't know the details) anyway he sent a letter out to everyone in the block asking them to not flush their toilets or sinks ect between a certain hour.

He was in the man hole, and had unscrewed the joint of the cast iron soil when he heard it coming from the 28th floor.

All he could do was turn his back and pull up the lapels on his boiler suit. He got covered. He reckons the fella must have treated the family to a curry the night before and then stock piled the loo contents as it was un-natural.

Believe me, he was such a cocky git back then he probably deserved it. Would have loved to have seen it, but I was about 9 at the time!!

 

[Koogatubac]

Awsum jules! Pure awsum!!! 🙂

 

[Mike Jackson]

I've just remembered one I had a good few years ago.

12 Storey office block. Each floor was rented out separately and had it's own sanitary facilities and kitchen. The gate valve wouldn't turn off in one of the toilets so I arranged to go in on a Sunday, turn off the down service to the entire block and replace it.

The 2" gate valve in the tank room on the roof turned off beautifully and I swapped the valve over. Went back up on the roof and turned back on. Checked my work and it was all good. I then replaced the tap that was the reason for needing to isolate that floor.

I packed up my tools and headed out into the stairwell to be greeted by a waterfall coming down the stairs. I rushed up the stairs to see water rushing out under the door of the sanitary accommodation of the next floor up. There was no one about so I had to boot the door in. When I got in the spout of the water heater was swivelled away from the sink and pouring water all over the floor. An easy fix but it seemed very strange to me.

When I went back the next day to repair the door it transpired that the cleaner for the company on that floor had decided to go in on the Sunday instead of his normal Saturday afternoon. He had placed his bucket on the floor, swivelled the spout of the water heater round and turned it on. When no water came out he put the bucket away and went home without bothering to turn the water heater back off.

The managing agents billed the tenant of that floor for the cost of repairs to the door and the mopping up costs, which luckily wasn't a lot as the staircase was polished concrete.

 

[Destroyer2813]

Awesome Jules but surely the missus smelt ya coming or you bin all your clothes and go home naked 🙂

 

[julesverne]

just my head and my high viz jacket went in it was a proper face plant into the shyte. a foot either side and i would have had a broken nose and teeth. cust in between laughing and wretching himself hosed my head down. threw the jacket in the bin and went home to the shower, 2 bottles of lynx shower gel and an hour later came out smelling off roses. clothes in wash and missus none the wiser when she came home from work.

 

[leepoll]

ahh but did you clear the drain lol

 

[Dotty]

I don't think Jules really cared! I'm really glad I've never been in one of these situations, I think I would vomit out my stomach lining!

 

[julesverne]

i left the rods there and cust did it himself later on in the day he said once he had gained enough courage. we both had a good laugh about it when i went back next day to pick them up.

 

[lewisplumber]

I flooded the main reception of formula one offices in biggin hill. Mr eccelston was out that day though. And I got 5ks worth of work! Always a silver lining!

 

[secret squirrel]

Working after dinner on a Friday 😀

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Working after 2pm on any day,,,,