Working for an Insane Customer

[TheDanteBoots]

I had a landlord that wouldn't patch a small leak in the roof. Cost him a new roof and ceiling. He was also obligated to relocate us.

[jakelannetti]

I am a landlord, and I’ve learned 3 things:
1. Educate yourself the best you can
2. Find a good, honest reliable tradesmen(and these are usually not the cheap tradesmen)
3. Do whatever they suggest “if it was my home…”

And guess what, the amount i spend more to do it right the first time I save in future emergency calls, headaches and stress and it keeps my good tenants happy and makes them stay. No brainier.

[mrsducky]

Worked for a plumber. Woke up one morning to the pipes frozen and a spigot outside laying across the yard and the prettiest frozen water feature in the yard. Shut of the main and went to work. When the plumber got there, he offered to completely fix it right then and there for $40 instead of his usual $120 service charge. Called the landlord, he said no, he'd send his handyman. That night, it still wasn't fixed, called the landlord, he said the handyman was on the way. At 11:00 p m. Called the landlord again, said we were turning back on the water, because we needed to shower, but were NOT going back outside in the freezing cold after the showers, so his dude better get there soon! Woke up the next morning to the only house in the neighborhood that didn't have frozen pipes because the water was still running!
The water bill was normally around $7/month. That month, his bill was over $300! Landlord special!

[greatjob]

Isn't the saying "doing things over and over again and expecting DIFFERENT results [...]" the correct one? 😂

[vaalrus]

Landlord asked me to “Put back a couple of tiles” above a bathtub. I pushed my finger through the sopping wet drywall and pulled 2 square feet of plastic tiles and ruined drywall into the bathtub. He went ballistic. “Why did you wreck the wall, why didn’t you just glue the tiles back on?” I calmly pointed to the dripping plumbing behind the hole and said I could either fix all this properly, or I can go away, and he can call a local plumber and carpenter… Same guy who after I put a temporary prop under a crumbling porch so the tennant could shut their suite door refused to let me go get concrete to do a permanent fix. Had to fire the slumlord and apologize to his tenants, suggesting to them to seek other accommodations.

[AlwaysOhio]

I was very lucky with a home built in the last 1970s with PB plumbing. I never had any issues with the pipes themselves, but I had numerous issues with the PB fittings as the home got older, mostly with the hot water side. Fortunately, there were some reasonably priced fittings that would connect between PB and PEX that worked really well. Occasionally, you would also find metal fittings for connecting PB to PB. Fortunately, everything in my current come seems to be PVC, copper, or steel, depending on where in the house you are looking. It is definitely the house that Dr Frankenstein built. :)

[scottmacleod]

I recently went to a service call because there were signs of water damage. The spray foam insulation felt like someone held it under water for a long time. Turned out an electrician hit the water line when drilling holes for wires. Was just a pin hole that actually broke through so it wasn't spraying out just a steady drip for a while. The kicker was the home owner saw signs of water damage weeks ago and said they thought it would just go away. Another kicker is I was at their house shortly after they first noticed it to hook up an ice maker and can't understand why they didn't mention it at the time

[nowayout]

People just don’t realize you have to replace it all and don’t be cheap. Don’t care if you can’t afford it because in the long run, you will afford it whether you want to or not.

[Zoomzoom]

Landlords will never take the option you recommend.

[jonmurphy]

Just learned a trick from you to use the pliers to set the rings in place. I’ve been trying to balance the rings inside of the crimper for years now.

[companionsytoriginal]

50% of the comments: correcting the cliché
25% of the comments: the cliché is not the correct definition
The other 25%: literally discussing the pipe

[declangraham]

Bossman just casually throwing in a Far Cry 3 reference 😂

[KjWilliams_]

Definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result.”

[Onlinekarren]

Dude tried to define insanity but accidently defined the scientific method

[ctownRt]

Hell yeah! Get those multi grips (channel locks) on that brass fitting asap. Make sure all the edges are rounded out it’s safer that way.

[Kayce.D]

My cat woke me up from a nap by screaming at my door and the entire living room and dining room flooded cause of a toilet seal. Soaked it up with towels, shut the toilet. None of the flooring got damaged, unit below didn’t get any damage. Only thing that was ruined was a stack of paper and an old book

[Mjs]

I feel like in today's world : when in doubt, youtube it out! Theres a video for everything.

[Exilleful]

Man, when you said definition of insanity, I got flashbacks from Far Cry3 and Vaas❤

[DarkSwordRagnarok]

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a DIFFERENT result is the defition of insanity. Doing the same task over and over and expecting the same result is normal. 😂

[SaintlySaavy]

“Mixing up some sick beats”
We have customers like that!

“Dude I was in the kitchen cooking the sickest pizza of all time, and that’s when it fell through!” 🤣🤣