You all know April is PD awareness month, but more important, April 25th is National Plumbers Day.

[MBAnderson]

Homeowner to plumber re bill; "$300 for less than an hour’s work! That’s outrageous. I am a lawyer and I don’t make that much."

Plumber to homeowner; “I know. I didn’t make that much when I practiced law either.”

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[faridaro]

Thank you, we all need a good laugh!

[chartist]

That's funny, Marc and it reminds me of an incident that I had!

I went to a chain automotive repair facility for new tires. When my car was almost ready, the salesman told me I needed new shock absorbers because he said mine were worn out. I asked him how much it would cost and how long would it take. He told me it would cost about $900 and my car could be ready in an hour and a half. I told him that it sounded expensive for shock absorbers and I would have to think about it. I went home and called a local auto parts store to find out what shock absorbers would cost for my vehicle and he told me if I wanted to buy upgraded shocks they would cost $200, otherwise OEM shocks would be about $150.

So this meant the guy that wanted $900 for four shock absorbers installed was charging me at least $700 for an hour and a half of labor. I had just been to an attorney about a month before that and he was charging me $300 an hour.

I guess people will charge whatever the market will bear.

Art

[Boscoejean in reply to chartist]

so I guess that gives a person a good idea of what professions their kids or grandkids might want to pursue because most of these jobs are apprenticeships with much less cost than going to college - that said some of the jobs are physically challenging when a person is older so a lawyer may be able to do the job for a longer period of time : ) . We had a roofer who was in his 60s fix our roof a few years back and he was trying to keep his business going by hiring some assistants but he was not having a lot of luck - he did a great job and he did not overcharge us

[Sydney75]

cute!

[Dizlizz]

love it!

[LAJ12345]

just don’t get them to train in anything chatgpt can do!

[HekateMoon]

😂😂😂😂😂that made my morning, Mark!

[Gioc]

Very funny Marc, thank you!

I would like to say a word in favor of the plumbing profession: 24/7 availability, difficult working conditions, Requests for performance that cannot be said…😂

I am pleased to see that you are in a good mood… and it is also contagious!!! 👍👍👍

Greetings from Italy..

Gio

Pulc

[Dabaa]

'Morality is the difference between what you want to do and what you should do' - Wedekind. Just because some might appear to get away with elevated fees out of all proportion to the value of the actual work done, doesn't mean they should. God will judge scammers 1 Cor 6:9.

[amykp]

Hahahaha

I have a REAL story like that:

We hired a guy to bang out some dents in our car--his "name" was Doctor Dent and he made housecalls. So he came to our driveway with his bag of tools and proceeded to hammer out a bunch of dings while my husband (who loves this stuff) watched.

My husband (very impressed...and he happens to be an anesthesiologist) said: "you know, those tools look just like the things I watch orthopedic surgeons use."

And of course, you guessed it, the guy said: "Oh, I used to be an orthopedic surgeon. I like this job much better!"

[justhavefun2]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for a chuckle first thing this morning...or maybe it's not as funny as I think. My elderly in-laws just got quoted $300 for someone to haul a pile of leaves from their yard. Good grief!

[Jdig]

Thanks for sharing that, Marc. I find a good laugh temporarily reduces my PD symptoms!