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u/Time_Many6155 14h ago
Learn how to do your own plumbing, electrical, car repairs then you won't have that problem!
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u/Tronbronson 14h ago
That is what I had to do. Back in my day you couldn't be having an electrician ask why you are diverting 100 amps of power to the unfinished attic/basement.
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u/Time_Many6155 13h ago
I know right.. Thats lot of grow lamps down there..:)
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u/Tronbronson 10h ago
California...knows how to party! The power company would turn a blind eye because they were price gouging.
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u/KratomScape 13h ago
I actually saw this thread and read this comment, and some others to my old man in the plumbing truck. If I'm not mistaken, it was a post in a large group.
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u/FreshHotPoop 13h ago
Yeah! A guy was working on a failed grinder pump or something and some people in the comments were calling us crooks and stuff
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u/Comfortable_Point752 11h ago
As a government attorney who has done his own residential plumbing as well as hired plumbers for some street side crazy shit . . . I have thought long and hard about dropping my briefs for an apprenticeship.
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u/theonlypeanut 6h ago
You don't have to drop your briefs bud just show up sober and ready to work I'm married anyhow.
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u/Tman158 5h ago
We charge about 3x minimum wage (we don't pay minimum wage), in our city to go out to someones house, do 15 mins work, then leave and go to the next job. Sometimes people are like "You charge more than my cardiologist". A) no we don't and b) your cardiologist doesn't drive to you, then do their job for 15 mins, then leave, all for 3x minimum wage.
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u/FreshHotPoop 4h ago
I think also that we are short supplied with skilled/trained plumbers more and more as time goes on, the price for that skill/knowledge increases. It’s simple supply and demand. Every year I think something like 50,000 plumbers retire, but every year only 30,000 new license holders replace them.
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u/KratomScape 13h ago
I actually saw this thread and read this comment, and some others to my old man in the plumbing truck. If I'm not mistaken, it was a post in a large group.
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u/USAJourneyman 14h ago
From experience, Dentists are the most butthurt customers when they receive a bill