the trivial complaints thread

swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
Location
Arlington TX
I get so confused when I log in now because I changed my avatar to a photo of @MCrider lol... But I digress....


Back to the Plumbing story...

Since I last reported I have:
Called the city to see if the blockage is in the sewer - City dude was like...
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So I called the plumber to come back out, they showed up yesterday around noon. Different guy. Definitely smarter/ more experienced.
He ran the radio transmitter camera thing to help potentially locate clean-outs. In short order he finds 1 clean out, but its behind our house... but the city sewer line is in front of the house.
Weird... but okay.

Here's the first clean out:
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So the guy is all perpelxed.
Plumber "There has to be a second clean out here somewhere"
Me: "I dunno, I guess theres just one?"
Plumber: "No No... Maybe its under these cement pavestones"
Me: "I can't imagine someone would pour pavestones over a clean out... It has to be somewhere else."
Plumber: "I need to look under these stones man"

So I have a walk way around the back of my house thats made out of one of these rock pattern things:
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I give him a big pry bar, he lifts it up the stone thing... starts tearing away at two layers of plastic and...

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The guys like...

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And I have to hand it to him... dude's like the plumbing whisperer or something.


So once we found that, he started working his way toward finding the actual problem.
Along the way we found a 3rd clean out about 70' from the street:
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From that clean out he was able to clear the clog using a pressure bladder/ sprayer thing, and then he used his camera to find the cause of the issue.

And the cause is...!?!

Broken PVC pipe... likely from Tree Roots.


But that's not all kiddies... guess where the broken pipe is!?!

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6 feet under ground... below all kinds of utility lines.
Plumber's quote to dig the hole and fix the pipe is.....






$2500....

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Yeah....




Once I get the utility lines marked, I plan on getting the hole dug for about $300-400 and either having them fix it, or possibly repairing the break myself.

............... To be continued.
 
Fro Diesel

Fro Diesel

creative control
Location
Kzoo
Pablo said:
When my youngest was that age...she used to like to crap in her diaper, pull it off and use the detritus to finger paint the walls with it. Talk about a freakin' awesome sight. It was like walking into Amityville horror story when I opened her door.
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When it was too clumpy to paint with she would use it like play dough

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And then the big brown shark in the pool.


Reminds me of Eddie Muphys delerious show.
 
makejetskiinggreatagain

makejetskiinggreatagain

Brandon
Pretty pissed right now. I have been at this job now since 2008. in 2012 I left briefly (4months) and then came back. I agreed to come back to work here contingent on being able to maintain my tenure so that I was able to receive my same paid time off hours (4 weeks) instead of starting out as a new hire again. They honored their promise and since 2012 I have had no issues. Then in late 2015 we were bought out by a new company. Today I find out that they have me on record as being here since the end of 2012, not 2008. WTF!? I bring it up to HR and so far their explanation is that their policy is to only go by the most recent hire date even though I have my W2's showing me here since 2008. They say they are trying to work it out since it was an agreement by the previous company but I get the feeling im going to be f****d since there was no agreement on paper. Now instead of being 2 years away from 5 weeks of vacation I am dropped down to 3 weeks (the new companies less generous PTO schedule). FML.
 
OCD Solutions

OCD Solutions

Original, Clean and Dependable Solutions
Location
Rentz, GA
Turtle said:
People selling stuff on Craigslist and not updating the ad and then give you an attitude for texting them about the existing Undeleted ad
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I dogged a guy daily for almost 2 months to remove an ad. I think it finally just expired.

Me: Still got the Grizzly Lathe?
Him: I HAVE TOLD YOU SEVERAL TIMES NOW THAT I DON'T!!! WHY DO YOU STILL KEEP ASKING??????
Me: Cause you haven't taken the add down yet and I'm sick of seeing it come up in the search results for the past month. How many hours are on it?
Him: YOU NEED TO GET A F#$KIN LIFE YOU $HITBAG.
Me: I'm trying to get a Grizzly Lathe. Does it come with any tooling?
Him: THE ONLY TOOL HERE IS YOU BUDDY!! STOP HARASSING ME!!!
Me: So take the add down. Have you done any upgrades to it?
Him: LISTEN YOU STUPID F#$K STOP EMAILING ME OR I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: To who? The Craiglist police? Wouldn't it be easier to just take down the add? I can show you how if you don't know how.
Him: YES YOU DUMB PRICK!!! I'LL REPORT YOU AND THEY WILL BLOCK YOU!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You won't take a second to take down the add but you'll go through the hassle of reporting me? Seems easier to just remove the ad.
Him: LISTEN YOU LITTLE PRICK!!!!!! STOP EMAILING ME OR I WILL FIND YOU AND BEAT THE LIVING poop OUT OF YOU!!!!!!
Me: I'm at 9 Tranquil Pl about 3 miles from you, please bring pics of the Lathe and any extra tooling you may have acquired for it.
Him: ...
Me: Are you on your way yet or did you come to your senses and just remove the ad already?
Him: I'M IN A TREE STAND YOU F#$KIN RETARD!!!
Me: Okay cool, Is your wife home? Maybe I can swing by your house and she can show me the Lathe?
Him: SHES HOME BUT I ALREADY TOLD YOU!!!! THERE IS NO LATHE!!!!!! I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You already sold it?
Him: YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME YES I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Damn that sucks, that was a good deal you had it for.
Him: I KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT SOLD LIKE A MONTH AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? A whole month ago?
Him: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Wow, you should probably take your ad down then huh?

;)
 
Pablo

Pablo

sqeez bth levrs & lean bk
Site Supporter
Location
georgia
OCD Solutions said:
I dogged a guy daily for almost 2 months to remove an ad. I think it finally just expired.

Me: Still got the Grizzly Lathe?
Him: I HAVE TOLD YOU SEVERAL TIMES NOW THAT I DON'T!!! WHY DO YOU STILL KEEP ASKING??????
Me: Cause you haven't taken the add down yet and I'm sick of seeing it come up in the search results for the past month. How many hours are on it?
Him: YOU NEED TO GET A F#$KIN LIFE YOU $HITBAG.
Me: I'm trying to get a Grizzly Lathe. Does it come with any tooling?
Him: THE ONLY TOOL HERE IS YOU BUDDY!! STOP HARASSING ME!!!
Me: So take the add down. Have you done any upgrades to it?
Him: LISTEN YOU STUPID F#$K STOP EMAILING ME OR I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: To who? The Craiglist police? Wouldn't it be easier to just take down the add? I can show you how if you don't know how.
Him: YES YOU DUMB PRICK!!! I'LL REPORT YOU AND THEY WILL BLOCK YOU!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You won't take a second to take down the add but you'll go through the hassle of reporting me? Seems easier to just remove the ad.
Him: LISTEN YOU LITTLE PRICK!!!!!! STOP EMAILING ME OR I WILL FIND YOU AND BEAT THE LIVING poop OUT OF YOU!!!!!!
Me: I'm at 9 Tranquil Pl about 3 miles from you, please bring pics of the Lathe and any extra tooling you may have acquired for it.
Him: ...
Me: Are you on your way yet or did you come to your senses and just remove the ad already?
Him: I'M IN A TREE STAND YOU F#$KIN RETARD!!!
Me: Okay cool, Is your wife home? Maybe I can swing by your house and she can show me the Lathe?
Him: SHES HOME BUT I ALREADY TOLD YOU!!!! THERE IS NO LATHE!!!!!! I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You already sold it?
Him: YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME YES I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Damn that sucks, that was a good deal you had it for.
Him: I KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT SOLD LIKE A MONTH AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? A whole month ago?
Him: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Wow, you should probably take your ad down then huh?

;)
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Boyer, wish I could like that story more than once.
 
swapmeet

swapmeet

Brotastic
Location
Arlington TX
OCD Solutions said:
I dogged a guy daily for almost 2 months to remove an ad. I think it finally just expired.

Me: Still got the Grizzly Lathe?
Him: I HAVE TOLD YOU SEVERAL TIMES NOW THAT I DON'T!!! WHY DO YOU STILL KEEP ASKING??????
Me: Cause you haven't taken the add down yet and I'm sick of seeing it come up in the search results for the past month. How many hours are on it?
Him: YOU NEED TO GET A F#$KIN LIFE YOU $HITBAG.
Me: I'm trying to get a Grizzly Lathe. Does it come with any tooling?
Him: THE ONLY TOOL HERE IS YOU BUDDY!! STOP HARASSING ME!!!
Me: So take the add down. Have you done any upgrades to it?
Him: LISTEN YOU STUPID F#$K STOP EMAILING ME OR I'M GOING TO REPORT YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: To who? The Craiglist police? Wouldn't it be easier to just take down the add? I can show you how if you don't know how.
Him: YES YOU DUMB PRICK!!! I'LL REPORT YOU AND THEY WILL BLOCK YOU!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You won't take a second to take down the add but you'll go through the hassle of reporting me? Seems easier to just remove the ad.
Him: LISTEN YOU LITTLE PRICK!!!!!! STOP EMAILING ME OR I WILL FIND YOU AND BEAT THE LIVING poop OUT OF YOU!!!!!!
Me: I'm at 9 Tranquil Pl about 3 miles from you, please bring pics of the Lathe and any extra tooling you may have acquired for it.
Him: ...
Me: Are you on your way yet or did you come to your senses and just remove the ad already?
Him: I'M IN A TREE STAND YOU F#$KIN RETARD!!!
Me: Okay cool, Is your wife home? Maybe I can swing by your house and she can show me the Lathe?
Him: SHES HOME BUT I ALREADY TOLD YOU!!!! THERE IS NO LATHE!!!!!! I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? You already sold it?
Him: YES!!! YES!!!! YES!!!! FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME YES I ALREADY SOLD IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Damn that sucks, that was a good deal you had it for.
Him: I KNOW, THAT'S WHY IT SOLD LIKE A MONTH AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Really? A whole month ago?
Him: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Me: Wow, you should probably take your ad down then huh?

;)
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I'm not saying you're my hero, but that's some expert level trolling sir. I like it even more because thats a huge pet peeve for me as well.
 
Jyzmbe

Jyzmbe

Location
Plano, TX
Having to returf your waterbox because you ran it too hot and melted the piss out of the turf until it turns into a hard plastic.
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Parkersxr

Parkersxr

Location
Blythe ca
So I've been hearing boats behind my house , started thinking I was loosing it as there's no lakes until last night I met a dude at the local bar n he said he made it turns out these rich effers have a man made lake in the gated community, jealous as heck . I gotta drive n hr n a half to ride .
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bird

bird

walking on water
Site Supporter
Location
La Crosse, WI on the BIG River
I was out riding my moped when I first moved to Madison. I remember going down a bunch of dead end streets to find this Lake some folks mentioned on a property just over the hill. This guy had a "Fish Pond" built and used it as a private Wake boarding/waterskiing lake!
6163 Oak Hollow Dr Oregon, WI53575

https://www.redfin.com/WI/Oregon/6163-Oak-Hollow-Dr-53575/home/57682781
 
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