Sometimes you just need to scream!!!

[YMZ PE]

I think I've said more prayers today than on any prior Sunday, on account of my leaky tub faucet. "Please God, don't allow me to strip this nut. Please God, let this washer be the right size. Please God, let my aim be true so I don't cross-thread the stem." I f*cking hate plumbing.

 

[knight1fox3]

And that's why I pay plumbers.

 

[YMZ PE]

How much does it cost to hire a plumber to fix a leaky faucet?

 

[knight1fox3]

Tree fiddy!

 

[Road Guy]

Husbands are free

 

[YMZ PE]

All told I spent about $40 on tools and parts. This does not include the gas for the multiple trips to the hardware store, or the beer that I needed to consume afterward because I was so sick of troubleshooting.

Husbands tend to overtighten and break things with brute force, so that's a potential cost.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

My bird came back and he brought his damn friend..

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Prop the door open and bring a BB gun...

 

[knight1fox3]

Or put a few of these out for them to munch on.

 

[snickerd3]

bug bites ITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[engineergurl]

bug bites ITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adolph's Meat tenderizer... used to help when I was working in the field and getting totally tore up by black flies

 

[knight1fox3]

These usually tend to help:

 

[NJmike PE]

Another reason that I hate small, firms with small budgets:

Today I received an email from my boss that our client was disputing my billed hours for a site meeting to discuss the necessity of certain trees which needed to be removed. First off, yes same one that ranted over, about a month ago. Now, why my boss couldn't speak for himself I don't know, given the fact that I discussed it with him post meeting.

Anyway, this woman claimed that my 2.25 hours billed was unjust and over billed. She insists that I shouldn't have billed more than an hour tops. Of course that doesn't account for the hour travel time there and the 30 minutes are made me wait for her.

So, I pulled my phone records, highlighted my calls to and from her, and my emails en route to the meeting indicating my ETA. I really shouldn't have to do that, just to justify an hour and a quarter of TIME which at my billing rate is $144.

Shit like this really pisses me off.

 

[YMZ PE]

What a PITA for such a small amount of money.

 

[NJmike PE]

Tell me about it. And if I didn't go to the lengths that I did to support and justify my billed TIME, this would have continued. Now with the phone records there is little she can do to further dispute it.

 

[matt267 PE]

...trees which needed to be removed.

well there's your problem right there.

 

[NJmike PE]

Cut em all down

 

[engineergurl]

Ahhhhh.... see it all worked out in the end because initially she thought you were charging her for 2.5 pounds if thyme not time... am I right?

 

[Lumber Jim]

His thyme is special, it costs $115 per pound...

 

[knight1fox3]

^ can you make thyme brownies with it too?