I'm clearly not cool enough to hang out with you "real" plumbers, even though I had to work just as hard to get my license as any of you. I will share this in leaving, though.
I will frequently find "real" tradesman intentionally putting fitting bins and other product in disarray. At first I thought they were just vandals or idiots or both. However, in talking with other plumbers and also management here, I've concluded that tradesmen don't like their trade "devalued" by people being able to make simple repairs themselves. They want customers to get fed up with trying to do it themselves so that they will, instead, call a service company to do it.
I'm finding that same elitist attitude here. It's kind of ironic to find plumbers whose sh!t doesn't stink.
Oh hell I know mine stinks!
I misjudged "travel time" between chair and toilet and even though I made the last turn into the bathroom to the straightaway...
lost it. Couldn't get my shorts down quick enough and my slow-close toilet seat didn't swing up fast enough, it's real bad.
Gotta bring in shop vac and garden hose, disinfectant, some Renuzit! air fresheners and possibly some counseling after this is all over with.
The movement however was quite satisfying. I was impressed!
Anyway, I'm friends with a few of the licensed plumbers that work at HD. Only one that I'm aware of in my area would I trust for good logic, but he told me he's not allowed to talk code anymore.
Code being the recommendation of any product. I find this disturbing, but I see their point as "code" can be conveyed by personal interpretation in so many different variances.
But I'll agree that just because they brought in "licensed" individuals, there's no guarantee that this move indicative of professionalism, it just lessens the odds that bad advice is given, like it has been so known for.
