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Gouranga

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Alright, someone who does this professionally tell me if this is as funny as it sounded to me. I had a plumbing "situation" recently that needed to get done immediately and was a bit over my head. The ONLY guy I could get out there quick enough was the local roto-rooter guy. This kid, was scary. Really the only advantage he had over me was he had a lot better tools. One line he put out that really got me related to the finish up phase. He had just put in a new diverter into the shower and made a comment "I can't caulk this. I am a plumber not a caulker, and people get mad when you don't do it right." Now, I am a computer programmer and I can caulk my work. My uncle is a carpenter, he caulks his work. My grandfather was a vice president for a plastic injection molding company, he caulks his work. Does a professional plumber maybe, just maybe sometime in his career get some experience in how to properly caulk a job he is working on? Am I expecting too much out of a plumber to know how to do what I would consider "finishing touches" on a plumbing job?
 

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Caulking is something some people can't do well. I have a friend who has tried for years but just can't do it.

A bad caulking job can ruin the looks of a whole bathroom.

Being a kid maybe no one has taught him.

It was best for you that he didn't do it at all rather than doing a realy bad job of it as it is a lot more work fixing a bad job than doing it right the first time..
 

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yes you are expecting too much

your first mistake was not to have coffee and doughnuts waiting
for him when he arrived at your home...

or did you forget to carry his tools in for him?? thats a no-no


once you "insulted" this highly paid billy- butt-crack- that way

it was all down-hill from there... he had to get even LOL
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thats one reason why I fired all my help......

I did not have a limo go pick them up
in the morning for work.

The laundry put too much starch in their work clothes too

and I made them wear belts so they could not get a sun tan on their
butt -cracks. (that really made them hoppin mad)

and I did not have coffe brewing in my office for them either

and I would not give them a raise for being
20 minutes late every day either..


I was really expecting way tooo much for 20 bucks per hour ---




Caulking is not brain surgery.......

any moron should be able to take a bead of dap and a sponge
and simply seal around a tub spout.....

as long as you arent expecting them to come back out in a week and do
it again for you for free if it settles ...


that should be understood from the get-go

I usually just GIVE the customer the half spent tube of dap $1.75
and every one is happy....
 
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master plumber mark said:
Caulking is not brain surgery.......

any moron should be able to take a bead of dap and a sponge
and simply seal around a tub spout.....

Sponge? I just use my finger :D
 

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Finger first and then a sponge or a nice soft cotton rag from maybe an old
t-shirt does nicely.
 
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